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Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Comp: Modernism: Subject Verb Agreement
This lesson focuses on subject verb agreement; it provides examples of agreement under a variety of circumstances and the offers a short self-assessment.
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Great Gatsby: The American Dream
This lesson focuses on The Great Gatsby and its portrayal of the disintegration of the American Dream. It features a student response question asking students to consider their own American Dream and a link to a Great Gatsby Treasure...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Great Gatsby: The Roaring Twenties
This lesson focuses on the Roaring Twenties, an era of great economic growth, widespread prosperity, and new technologies. This is era featured in The Great Gatsby; it began at the end of WWI and ended with the Stock Market crash in...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Great Gatsby: Gatsby Vocabulary
This lesson focuses on the vocabulary used in the novel The Great Gatsby. It features a link to a vocabulary list and definitions from the novel and a crossword puzzle using words from the list.
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Great Gatsby: Chapters 1 3
This lesson focuses on reading The Great Gatsby: Chapters 1-3. It features links to a study guide over the novel, a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a Discovery Education video about Fitzgerald, and a quiz over chapters 1-3.
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Great Gatsby: Chapters 4 6
This lesson continues the reading of The Great Gatsby with Chapters 4-6. It features a discussion of connotations, character, and major themes. Links are provided to a Discovery Education video about characters in Gatsby (Registration...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Great Gatsby: Chapters 7 9
This lesson concludes the reading of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with chapters 7-9. It features a discussion of plot structure, and links to a Discovery Education video showing the cruelty of the rich in the 1920s and a quiz...
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Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Lit/comp
Contains learning modules on the following topics: Research and MLA Foundations, Novels and Short Stories, Poetry: the Sonnet, Shakespearean Drama, Informative and Argumentative Essays,Research and MLA Review, Narrative Nonfiction,...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: The Harlem Renaissance
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on The Harlem Renaissance, the period between the end of WW I through mid 1930s when African Americans were recognized for their literature, music, and art. It discusses their themes and lists...
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Ga Virtual Learning:american Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Langston Hughes
This lesson focuses on Langston Hughes and two of him poems: "Theme for English B" and "I, Too." It provides links to the two poems including an audio version of "I, Too" and a handout worksheet for "Theme for English B." It asks student...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Countee Cullen
This lesson focuses on Countee Cullen, a Harlem Renaissance poet who based his works on Romantic poets and downplayed racism. It features links to three of his poems: "From the Dark Tower," "The Loss of Love," and "Saturday's Child." It...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Claude Mc Kay
This lesson focuses on the Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay and two of his poems: "If We Must Die" and "The Tropics of New York." It offers a short bio and links to the two poems, and then explains the style and meanings of the poems.
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Jean Toomer
This lesson focuses on the Harlem Renaissance poet Jean Toomer and his poem "Reapers." It features a short bio, a link to his poem, and lists of leveled questions to help analyze poetry: Surface level, Deeper level, Application level,...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Comp: The Harlem Renaissance: Commas
This lesson focuses on comma usage including rules and examples. It features links to rules, an exercise, and a quiz for comma usage, and a self-assessment quiz.
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Ga Virtual Learning:american Lit and Comp: The Harlem Renaissance: Sat Practice
This lesson focuses on the practice for the SAT test. I offers links to a full practice test, SAT vocabulary word lists, and the College Board website.
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Composition: Their Eyes Were Watching God
This is an introduction to the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, which was hailed for its mastery of the southern black dialect and its artistic style and symbolism.
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Ga Virtual Learning:american Lit and Comp:their Eyes Were Watching God: Folklore
This lesson focuses on folklore including defining it, its alternative title of local color, and discussing its use in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It provides two handouts: "Folklore in Their Eyes Were Watching...
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Ga Virtual Learning: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Chapters 1 5
In this lesson students will complete an anticipation guide and then read Chapters 1-5 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It includes a study guide, a journal writing assignment, and a quiz over the selected chapters.
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Ga Virtual Learning: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Chapters 6 10
In this lesson students read chapters 6-10 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It discusses symbolism in the novel including its three major symbols: the pear tree, the lamp, and the mule. It provides a study guide, a...
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Ga Virtual Learning: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Chapters 11 15
In this lesson students read chapters 11-15 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It includes a study guide, a journal writing assignment, and a quiz over the assigned chapters.
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Ga Virtual Learning: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Chapters 16 20
In this lesson students complete an anticipation guide and then read chapters 16-20 (the conclusion) of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It includes a study guide, a journal writing assignment, and a quiz over the...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Postmodernism
This lesson is an introduction to American Literature Postmodernism, after WWII an age of rapid development in science and technology. It discusses the characteristics of Postmodernism and lists some of the authors and their new ideas....
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit: Postmodernism: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
This lesson focuses on the Southern Gothic short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor which is set in the South in the 1950's and reflects the changes brought about by the court case Brown vs. Board of Education to...
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Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Postmodernism: The Confessional Poets
This lesson focuses on the Confessional Poets: Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Robert Lowell, who all suffered from depression which is reflected in their poems. It gives short bios of each poet and provides a link to one poem from each:...