LITERATURE IS LIFE AND
LIFE IS LITERATURE.
Because this is such a
meaningful statement,
I felt a good assignment
for my English 10 classes
would be to show how
an important event in the
life of an author influences
their writing. Since we had
already read stories by
O. Henry, W.W. Jacobs,
Shirley Jackson, Cynthia
Voight, Joan Aikens; poems
by Dorothy Parker and
Robert Frost; a play by
Susan Glaspell, we
started with these authors.
The first step was to find
at least three good
sources for background
information. Then
each student needed to
find at least one other
story, poem, or play
by the same author.
The second step was
a bit harder: identify how
something important that
had happened in the author's
life influenced their writing.
The third step was to write
the paper using citations
and a work cited page.
The students who had
all selected a particular
author then worked
in a group to develop
a web page that would
contain at least a
biography of the author,
a timeline of the author's
life, and links to each
student report.
I have listed the links
to each of the websites.
Take a few minutes
to read a few.
Briliant Links to English 10
- Robert Frost
- Our web page is about Robert's life and events that happen throughout his life, the deaths of his family members, and his life on the farm.
- Robert Frost
- None written
- Robert Frost
- Background, title, image, timeline, hit counter
- Robert Frost
- Our website is about different things that affected Frost's writings. Susan Glaspell was about a famous writer and used a lot of symbolism to support her writings.
- Dorothy Parker
- The death of her mother, stepmother and brother
- O.Henry
- The timeline, section on death,wife, when he was in jail.
- William Sydney Porter (O. Henry)
- This is about O'Henry. On our webpage we'll have a picture of O'Henry and a timeline and little bit about who O'Henry was and what O'Henry did.
- O. Henry
- None written
- O. Henry
- We will have multiple images of O.Henry and his family. A timeline of O.Henry's life. We will have a bunch of text explaining how the life of O.Henry affected his writing.
- O. Henry
- We are talking about wivesdeath, attitude towards wife, life in New York, life on ranch, travels, child, and wife.
- Shirley Jackson
- Our website is on Shirley Jackson's life. How the role of her children in life affected her writing. What impact her childhood had on her writings. Also how she loved to use fear in her stories.
- Shirley Jackson
- This website contains information about Shirley Jackson's personal life and her success of her writings. It shows how her life relates to her writing.
- Shirley Jackson
- Shirley's life and death. Tells about her best known novels and how her life affects her writing.
- Shirley Jackson
- Stories, timeline & more.
- Shirley Jackson
- The website consists of a timeline and our reports. We wrote about her two-sided life, her being a psycho, and how it related to her writing.
- Shirley Jackson
- I have here a picture, a timetable, list of lilnks, my paper about Shirley Jackson and a counter.
- W.W. Jacobs
- We will have a timeline, and links. We will also have a picture of W.W. Jacobs.
- Author Techniques
- Our webpage discusses in detail the three author techniques: symbolism, irony, and foreshadowing. Each section defines the technique and gives some examples of literature containing the technique.
- Irony
- This webpage talks about irony and how it is used in stories to make them more interesting to read.
- Joan Aiken
- A timeline from 1924-1972 of major events. Two pictures of things that describe Joan and her writing. A bibliography of sources.
- Robert Frost
- We have background information on Frost's life. The timeline has the dates we think are most important dates that inspired Robert's writing.
- Cynthia Voigt
- My web page is a biography of Cynthia Voigt. I also compare her writings with her real life experiences.
- Cynthia Voigt
- Susan Glaspell
- A report connecting Susan Glaspell's life and literature
- Robert Frost
- A report connecting Robert Frost's life and poetry
- Susan Glaspell
- A report connecting Susan Glaspell's life and writing
- W.W.Jacobs
- A report connecting W.W. Jacobs' writing with his life
- Robert Frost
- A report connecting Robert Frost's life and writing
- O.Henry
- A report which connects the life and writings of O.Henry
- O. Henry
- A report that connects the life and writings of O. Henry
- O. Henry
- A report that connects the life and writings of O. Henry
- O. Henry
- A report that connects the life and writing of O. Henry
- Robert Frost
- Explains the many choices and how those choices affected Robert Frost's life. It explains how much of his poetry has to do with everyday life and how his personal aspects affected his poetry.
- Canaries
- Symbolism of the canary from "Trifles"
- W.W. Jacobs
- A report connecting the life and writing of W.W. Jacobs
- Dorothy Parker
- A report connecting the life of Dorothy Parker with her writing.
- Dorothy Parker
- A report connecting the life of Dorothy Parker with her writing.
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