Broughton English I

A rare exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art features 60 of Lawrence's paintings about the journey of 6 million African-Americans, who fled the segregated South during the Great Migration.

A rare exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art features 60 of Lawrence's paintings about the journey of 6 million African-Americans, who fled the segregated South during the Great Migration.

Reading of Poe's The Black Cat

ideas and links for memoir writing

Thematically-based classroom resources drawn from the six-part PBS series <i>Shakespeare Uncovered</i>.

Thematically-based classroom resources drawn from the six-part PBS series <i>Shakespeare Uncovered</i>.

"A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry is the focal point for discussion of "The American Dream" as students explore how the social, educational, economical and political climate of the 1950s affected African Americans' quest for the good life in the suburbs.

"A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry is the focal point for discussion of "The American Dream" as students explore how the social, educational, economical and political climate of the 1950s affected African Americans' quest for the good life in the suburbs.

In this Text to Text, we examine a famous scene from the play “A Raisin in the Sun” paired with a 2013 Times article on the persistence of the problem of housing discrimination in the United States.

In this Text to Text, we examine a famous scene from the play “A Raisin in the Sun” paired with a 2013 Times article on the persistence of the problem of housing discrimination in the United States.

Using pieces of art to develop literacy skills

Reading and visuals of the text in chunks.

Academic writing

Full video tour of Paris Catacombs

40 minute biography of Edgar Allan Poe

40 minute biography of Edgar Allan Poe

Video version of Cask of Amontillado

Video version of Cask of Amontillado

Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 12 "For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." -Romeo and Juliet (5.3.320) Though the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet is a perennial favorite, the world around the play has changed in the four centuries since it was first performed. Shifting attitudes about taboo love and marriage, gender roles, and even guns and street violence inform the way we read or see the play today.

Think you know your horror? Let us put the frighteners on you with our quiz on literature's most terrifying first lines

Great interview on how to keep a reader interested by using continual conflict. Also discusses finding the frame or theme of your story.

Goes with the other video that talks about how to create a riveting story.

NaNoWriMo's YWP challenges young writers to complete an entire novel in November! Are you up for it?