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Taking Care of Baby and Missing Limbs: Woman Writers of the Middle Ages & All Quiet on the Western Front - Chapter 2

Posted 2008-11-19 17:01 by scotese

In British Literature the students learned why there were so few writers during the Middle Ages.  The boys were first asked to write using the hand that they usually do not use.  Next they were given an impossible quiz ("How many words total were in last night's reading?")  Next, they were given babies to take care of -- while the girls were given a group work to complete.  The boys were told that they also had to complete the group work -- but in order to do so they had to get up of their own initiative, then sharpen a flattened pencil, get back to their desk Read more

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Viewing Illuminated Texts at AwaytoTeach

Posted 2008-09-06 07:22 by scotese

How do you view the Illuminated Texts that are found on this website?  Any of the Illuminated Texts written in Flash (see the menu at the top - these are still a small minority of all of the presentations on this site) can be viewed with any browser - you may need to download the newest Flash Player from Adobe -- if you do your browser will prompt you to do so.Read more

Frederigo's Falcon (from the Decameron) - Group Work

Posted 2006-10-18 05:05 by scotese

  Though this work is Italian, I usually teach it directly after we study The Canterbury Tales, as Chaucer was influenced so heavily by The Decameron.  This is a cooperative exercise designed to be completed by 3-4 students in one class period. Read more

Beowulf, Heroism, and 9/11 - A Presentation

Posted 2006-08-27 12:02 by scotese

This brief slide show begins with the moving, translated words of Beowulf where he states that he would not race ahead of his friend Brecca, because he had promised him he would stay by his side.  The presentation next recounts some of the heroes of 9/11while subtly (I hope) comparing it ideas of heroism from Beowulf.  It ends with the fiery funeral of Beowulf and the casket of the last 9/11 firefighter being carried away on his fire truck.  This is used with a group work on the same subject.

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Movie Questions and Extra Credit

Posted 2006-10-25 05:10 by scotese

When I teach the Romantics, I use this wonderful, underrated movie as a bridge between the Enlightenment (Age of Reason) and the Romantic Era.  When you see the movie, it almost feels at though that was the director's intention: the Romantic and imaginative Baron versus the forces of reason and reality that battleRead more

Fevered Love - A Flash Illuminated Text on Shakespeare's Sonnet 47 by Carmen Au and Sabrina Britecevich

Posted 2008-06-20 06:15 by scotese

A Renaissance Doctor with bird maskThis Illuminated Text was created as the end product of a research project where students worked with partners and investigated one particular sonnet.  The result here, for Sonnet 47, is outstanding.  The students focus on Shakespeare's medical teRead more

The Treasured Key: A Flash Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Sonnet 52

Posted 2008-06-24 06:32 by scotese

a jeweled skeleton keyStudents, Eric Jang and Yucong Feng created this outstanding Adobe Flash-based Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Sonnet 52.  For the discordant music to the choices of animation and movement -- they get everything right.  As has been said earlier, the IlluminatRead more

"House" an Illuminated Text by Norberto Rivera and Danny Chan

Posted 2006-08-31 18:27 by scotese

This project by Norberto Rivera and Danny Chan is an inspired look at pieces of the text and Esperanza's search for her perfect house. 

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Song of Solomon Group Work - Chapters 4 & 5 - Icepicks, teabags, and tombstones

Posted 2006-09-09 10:56 by scotese

Group Work.  This group work have 3-4 students consider (by closely examining the text) Chapters 4 & 6 of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. In this exercise the students will discuss just how "serious" Milkman is, Guitar is, and how their actions belie their image of themselves.  Read more

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