- Strath Haven High School
- Web Based Literature Resources
Revers, Mrs. - Language Arts
- Welcome
- Course Syllabus
- Unit: Man's Search for Meaning
- Unit: Fahrenheit 451
- Unit: Things They Carried
- Unit: Macbeth
- Unit: The Road
- Extra Credit!
- Academic Writing Requirements
- Take-Home Essay Scoring Rubric
- In-Class Essay Writing Rubric
- Web Based Literature Resources
- Web-Based Writing Resources
- Course Assignments: Fall Semester
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Gale Resources: Literary Terms
This is a free resource from Gale Resources that is meant to be a quick literary terms reference/refresher for you. -
The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison
This is a video link to the first of two documentaries that we will see. The objective here is to assess each prisoner using Frankl's logotherary. You will need to determine how each person has created a meaningful life within his new existence in prison. -
The Things They Carried: Tim O'Brien writing style
Another interview with O'Brien about his writing style. -
Things They Carried: Tim O'Brien Cardoza High School visit
This is a rather long (52 minutes) interview/conversation about The Things They Carried. It was part of the National Endowment of the Arts's Big Read feature. As you watch and listen to the interview, think about the recurring symbols used to cultivate an experience that is meant to teach and to convey a message. -
Frankenstein
This is good educational site that explains the lore of the creature and other bits of literary significance, including the many of hidden allusions and symbols within Shelley's tale. -
Pennsylvania Crimes and Offenses Statutes
This is a website that lists, in its entirety, the criminal statutes within Pennsylvania's legal system. It is grouped into chapters, with key chapters of interest for the Frankenstein project being: -
Invisible Man
This is a link to a digital version of Ellison's Invisible Man. There is a 200-page difference between this version and the bound version, so be careful. -
Ralph Ellison interview about Invisible Man
Although this link is posted on YouTube, it really does add insight to Ellison's point of view about America and American politics as well as his point in Invisible Man. -
PBS Great Performances: MACBETH
This is a video link to a modernized version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Sir Patrick Stewart (Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek: Next Generation) in the lead role.
