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As a future English teacher and hopefully, one day professor – I would want to teach The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave by Mary Prince. Mary Prince deserves to have her voice heard, and I would want to teach about the topic of slavery in British colonies. There are various reasons IContinue reading “Last Blog Post: An Opportunity to Teach”

If I had the opportunity to teach one literary work from this semester, I would choose to teach a class of freshmen in college the importance of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Speckled Band. This story really stuck out to me this semester for several reasons that would make it an appropriate poemContinue reading “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”

“The Waste Land” by T.S. Elliot is one of the works, if taught in-detail, the student is subsequently exposed to a plethora of other literature, historical events, and the creation of literary movements. To elaborate, teaching an entire semester of a college-level course on “The Waste Land”, students will gain a better understanding of modernismContinue reading “Teaching “The Waste Land””

The social issue of gender equality and whether it changed in our readings is something to consider. The example that comes to mind is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”. We should consider Miss Hellen Stoner’s treatment, such as her fear of her stepfather, Dr. Roylott, her isolation, and her financialContinue reading “Final Post: Social Issues”

If I were to teach any aspect of this class to a classroom in the future, I would choose to focus on William Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads. I would chose an older group for something like this; probably a senior level or AP high school English course. I think this would be a fittingContinue reading “Final Post: Teaching Literature”

If I were given the opportunity to teach about a piece of literature we read in class this semester I would choose Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and teach it in an AP level literature class for high school juniors or seniors. I would choose this particular textContinue reading “Teaching The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”

Zoe Smith Professor Traver English 277 8 May 2020 Teaching Christina Rossetti’s, “Remember”  Looking back at all of the texts we read this semester, it is difficult to choose just one, because all of the pieces were influential in one way or another. However, since I do have to choose just one, I would chooseContinue reading “Social Issues by: Zoe Smith”

                There are several memorable works that we have read this semester that would be quite interesting to teach.   Some are famous works, some are important responses to political and social movements, and some respond to some of the biggest events in history.  Out of everything we’ve read, the one that stands out to meContinue reading “Solving the Mystery of What to Teach with the Help of a Certain Detective”

Prompt #1: Gender Roles There are many ways that gender roles have changed and evolved in the last 50 years, let alone the past 200, yet we still find some conventions of traditional men and women’s roles still lingering in society today. The goal of this post will be to share a few of myContinue reading “Final Blog Post: Social Issues (Gender Roles)”

Morgan Konefal ENGL 277 Dr. Traver May 8, 2020 If I had to teach one of the pieces of writing we read in class, I would love to teach “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This story has many components that would be fun to explore. First, the story isContinue reading “Teaching “The Adventure of the Speckled Band””