Attention English 12 Students:
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Here you will find all of the essential questions and extra tidbits for each and every one of our units. Feel free to peruse and use them at your leisure.
Here you will find all of the essential questions and extra tidbits for each and every one of our units. Feel free to peruse and use them at your leisure.
Rita Hayworth & The Shawshank Redemption
Essential Questions:
- How does having a belief in someone or something help us to conquer fear and keep hope alive?
- Is rehabilitation possible? Are we obligated (as a society) to rehabilitate criminals?
- What is justice? What is truth? How are the two intertwined?
Links:
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Click here for the Stephen King interview.
The Kite Runner
Essential Questions:
- What is a family?
- Do our childhoods shape the adults we become?
- Can a person truly forgive another or themselves?
Links:
- NPR's Liane Hansen interviews the author, Khaled Hosseini.
- The trailer for the film.
- The complete novel in pdf format.
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Siddhartha
Essential Questions:
- In a culture where we are bombarded with images and ideas of "what we should be," how does one form an identity that remains true and authentic to the self?
Links:
- The complete audio book on YouTube.
Senior Project
Essential Questions:
Oedipus Rex
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Links:
Macbeth
Essential Questions:
- How does power corrupt people?
- How does blind ambition impact political behavior?
- How can appearances be different from reality?
- What influences our perceptions?
- Why did Shakespeare tell this story and what factors influenced his writing?
Links:
- BBC Shakespeare Animated Tales: An animated, abridged version of the play.
- Video Sparknotes: A 10 minute video summary of the plot.
- No Fear Shakespeare: The old stuff and the new stuff, side by side for easy reading.