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2019-20 American Literature Posts: Here is a list of all the posts assigned so far. Click on the date                                                                 to see the instructions from Dr. Preston's blog. 

  1. Intro                                                                                                      
    1.  august 13  
  2. Richard Cory                                                                                         
    1. august 13
  3. Training Like A Memory Champion                                                    
    1. august 14
  4. The Socratic Method                                                                             
    1. august 15
  5. The Right To Your Opinion                                                                  
    1. august 15
  6. A Socratic Seminar                                                                               
    1. august 19
  7. A Second Helping Of Socratic Seminar                                               
    1. august 20
  8. I Am Not (?) Entitled To My Opinion                                                  
    1. august 20
  9. Now I Remember                                                                                 
    1. august 20
  10. You Are Not Entitled To Your Opinion                                              
    1. august 21
  11. Today I Asked A Question                                                                   
    1. august 22
  12. The Laughing Heart                                                                              
    1. august 22
  13. Getting To Know You                                                                          
    1. august 23
  14. Thinking About What I Want To Think About                                    
    1. august 23
  15. Conscience Of A Hacker                                                                      
    1. august 26
  16. Communication Strategies Of A Hacker                                              
    1. august 27
  17. Hack To School                                                                                    
    1. august 29
  18. How I Read                                                                                           
    1. august 29
  19. This Book Is Dangerous
    1. august 29
  20. The First Fifty Pages
    1. august 30
  21. Everything Is A Remix
    1. september 3 update
  22. Big Brother's First Impression
    1. september 3 
  23. The Making Of An Essay
    1. september 4
  24. I Care About Your Understanding
    1. september 5  
  25. Today I Was Thinking
    1. september 9
  26. The Earth On Turtle's Back
    1. september 10 
  27. I Ain't Got Time For This
    1. september 12
  28. For The Win
    1. september 13
  29. So This Guy Goes For A Walk...
    1. september 16
  30. The Medium Is The Message
    1. september 17 
  31. Young Goodman Brown
    1. september 19
  32. Literary Analysis Questions
    1. Literature Analysis (Fiction)
  33. Young Old Good Bad
    1. september 23
  34. Read Talk Understand
    1. september 24 
  35. My Thesis Statement
    1. september 25  
  36. My Essay Essay
    1. september 26   
  37. First Impression of a Dream
    1. september 30
  38. My Dream Within A Dream
    1. september 30
  39. Hawthorne and Poe On Dreams 
    1. september 30   
  40. Letter To A Mentor Draft 1
    1. october 3
  41. Investing In Me
    1. october 4
  42. Meet My New Vocabulary
    1. october 7
  43. How I Read
    1. october 8
  44. Vocabulary We Need
    1. october 8 
  45. The Value Of My Time
    1. october 9
  46. Same Words Different People
    1. october 10
  47. The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online
    1. october 10  
  48. How To Get Along Online 
    1. october 16  
  49. So This Guy Goes For A Walk
    1. October 17
  50. Story Of My Life
    1. October 17
  51. Let Me Walk You Through The Pedestrian
    1. october 22
  52. The Road Not Taken
    1. october 29
  53. First Impression: On Self-Reliance
    1. november 4
  54. On Self-Reliance Part 2
    1. november 5   
  55. On Self-Reliance Part 3
    1. november 6      
  56. How Did I Do?
    1. december 2
  57. My Brain On Thanksgiving Break
    1. december 2   
  58. My Learning Fall and Rise
    1. fall semester final exam essay prompt 
  59. For The Win(ter Break)
    1. for the win(ter break): idea 1 
  60. American Literature
    1. january 16
  61. The World Is My Library
    1. january 16 
  62. Notes From Today's Lecture
    1. january 17  
  63. Down The Rabbit Hole
    1. january 21
  64. Argue This
    1. january 22
  65. Last Century's Writing Styles
    1. january 22  
  66. HOPEPUNK
    1. january 23  
  67. I'm Ignited
    1. january 27  
  68. Dark Patterns
    1. january 28
  69. Behind The Ignite Talks
    1.  january 28  
  70. Meet Nick
    1. january 31  
  71. What's In My Big Question For Me
    1. something to consider over the weekend
  72. BQGSD
    1. february 5  
  73. My Un/ Finished Symphony
    1. february 6
  74. Gatsby pp. (__)
    1. february 6 
  75. Now Its A Party/ Gatsby Chapter 3
    1. february 7, chapter 3 questions
  76. My MOM On My Big Question
    1. february 7
  77.  Nick's Cardinal Virtue
    1. february 11
  78. Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood/ Gatsby Ch. 4 Reading Notes
    1. february 11
  79. Gatsby Ch. 4 Notes
    1. february 12
  80. Gatsby Test Chapters 1-4
    1. february 12
  81. Gatsby Test Grades
    1. february 12
  82. Testing Understanding From The Other Side
    1. february 13
  83. How You Know What I Know
    1. february 14
  84. Notes And Thoughts On Gatsby Chapter 5
    1. february 18
  85. Gatsby Notes And Thoughts: Chapter 6
    1. february 19
  86. Gatsby Notes And Thoughts: Chapter 7
    1. february 20
  87. What Gatsby Says To Me
    1. february 21
  88. Gatsby Prompts Further Thinking
    1. february 21
  89. Gatsby Chapter 8 Notes And Thoughts
    1. february 24 and february 27/28
  90. Have To Versus Want To Versus Get To
    1. february 24
  91. Gatsby Chapter 9 Notes and Thoughts
    1. february 27/28
  92. What's So Great About Gatsby
    1. february 27/28
  93. Preview of Gatsby Essay
    1.  march 5
  94. Cue Theme Music
    1. march 9
  95. Resources
    1. big (week for your) question
  96. Worthy Mentors
    1. big (week for your) question
  97. Dear Mentor
    1. big (week for your) question

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