Additional resources listed below may include documents, slideshows, video, and other resources intended to enrich your learning for each unit of this course. Also visit my general resources page for links with suggestions on how to be a more successful student in English and in life.
Additional Resources for Unit 1: Review of Form
The Alligator River Story
Labour Day: The Dreaded School-Bell of the Mind
Additional Resources for Slaughterhouse Five:
Hayman, David, David Michaelis, George Plimpton, Richard Rhodes. "Kurt Vonnegut the Art of Fiction No. 69". In The Paris Review, Spring 1977. Posted 2015. <http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3605/the-art-of-fiction-no-64-kurt-vonnegut> Online Journal Article.
PBS.org. The Soldier's Heart. Frontline. WGBH Educational Foundation. Posted March 5, 2005. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/view/>. Online Video and Website
Reed, Peter. "Kurt Vonnegut's Fantastic Faces" (reprinted from Volume 10, Issue No. 1 of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, copyright 1999 Florida Altantic University, Boca Raton, Florida) Posted 2007. <http://www.vonnegut.com/artist.asp> Online Journal Article.
Taylor, Alan. "Remembering Dresden: 70 Years After the Firebombing". In The Atlantic Monthly. February 2, 2015. <http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/remembering-dresden-70-years-after-the-firebombing/385445/> Online Journal Article.
PowerPoints:
The American Dream
Free Will and Determinism
Additional Resources for "The Heart of Darkness"
There are several types of critics who have approached the novella by Joseph Conrad. Please click the links to the PowerPoints below for additional information about each type of critic.
Reader Response Critic
Psychoanalytical Critic
Post-Colonial Critic
Feminist Critic
Additional Resources for Shakespeare Unit:
Essay Outline Template
Integrating Evidence (PowerPoint)
Dramatic Monologue Brainstorming Template
Writing Blank Verse (PowerPoint)
The Four Humours (PowerPoint)
Hamlet Online Etext
Othello Online Etext
Additional Resources for Unit 5a: The Classic Novel:
Goodbooks is a website that specializes in finding good books. Check out this page for a variety of lists of recommended classic books.
The Greatest Books website also provides a detailed list - click here to view.
Project Gutenberg is the website for downloading free ebook files of classic books. Check out their homepage here.
Additional Resources for Unit 5a: ISU Canadian Novel Study
Atwood, Margaret. "Death by Landscape." PDF Short Story.
What Makes a Novel Canadian? Document.
Websites to find Great Modern Canadian Literature:
Canada Reads. CBC Website
49th Shelf. A Canadian Book Review Website.
The Scotiabank Giller Book Prize. Website of Great Canadian Literature
The Governor General Literary Awards Website
The Aurora Awards for Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Website
Arthur Ellis Awards for Canadian Crime Fiction - Past Winners Page
Toronto Book Awards Website.
Ontario Trillium Book Award Website.
Additional Resources for Unit 1: Review of Form
The Alligator River Story
Labour Day: The Dreaded School-Bell of the Mind
Additional Resources for Slaughterhouse Five:
Hayman, David, David Michaelis, George Plimpton, Richard Rhodes. "Kurt Vonnegut the Art of Fiction No. 69". In The Paris Review, Spring 1977. Posted 2015. <http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3605/the-art-of-fiction-no-64-kurt-vonnegut> Online Journal Article.
PBS.org. The Soldier's Heart. Frontline. WGBH Educational Foundation. Posted March 5, 2005. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/view/>. Online Video and Website
Reed, Peter. "Kurt Vonnegut's Fantastic Faces" (reprinted from Volume 10, Issue No. 1 of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, copyright 1999 Florida Altantic University, Boca Raton, Florida) Posted 2007. <http://www.vonnegut.com/artist.asp> Online Journal Article.
Taylor, Alan. "Remembering Dresden: 70 Years After the Firebombing". In The Atlantic Monthly. February 2, 2015. <http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/remembering-dresden-70-years-after-the-firebombing/385445/> Online Journal Article.
PowerPoints:
The American Dream
Free Will and Determinism
Additional Resources for "The Heart of Darkness"
There are several types of critics who have approached the novella by Joseph Conrad. Please click the links to the PowerPoints below for additional information about each type of critic.
Reader Response Critic
Psychoanalytical Critic
Post-Colonial Critic
Feminist Critic
Additional Resources for Shakespeare Unit:
Essay Outline Template
Integrating Evidence (PowerPoint)
Dramatic Monologue Brainstorming Template
Writing Blank Verse (PowerPoint)
The Four Humours (PowerPoint)
Hamlet Online Etext
Othello Online Etext
Additional Resources for Unit 5a: The Classic Novel:
Goodbooks is a website that specializes in finding good books. Check out this page for a variety of lists of recommended classic books.
The Greatest Books website also provides a detailed list - click here to view.
Project Gutenberg is the website for downloading free ebook files of classic books. Check out their homepage here.
Additional Resources for Unit 5a: ISU Canadian Novel Study
Atwood, Margaret. "Death by Landscape." PDF Short Story.
What Makes a Novel Canadian? Document.
Websites to find Great Modern Canadian Literature:
Canada Reads. CBC Website
49th Shelf. A Canadian Book Review Website.
The Scotiabank Giller Book Prize. Website of Great Canadian Literature
The Governor General Literary Awards Website
The Aurora Awards for Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Website
Arthur Ellis Awards for Canadian Crime Fiction - Past Winners Page
Toronto Book Awards Website.
Ontario Trillium Book Award Website.