Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre notes

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Wide Sargasso Sea – notes

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Jane Eyre

 THEMES IN JANE EYRE

THE STRUCTURE OF THE NOVEL

LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN JANE EYRE

GOTHIC ELEMENTS

CONTEXT AND CHAPTER WISE

Teacher’s Day

Hi Everyone,

I think I have spoken to most of you, but in case I haven’t, I wanted to say a big big thank you for hosting such an amazing and inspirational day last Friday. It was a truly spectacular day spent in school.

I know that many times we get so hung up in school about assessments and deadlines but it’s important for you know that there is a reason for my choice to be in this profession. As many of you know I changed career about 3 years ago from a human resource consultant in the corporate world to the teaching profession. And to this day, I do not regret my decision one bit. Yes, there are ‘those’ days when I question my sanity but never once have I ever ever considered changing jobs again or quitting.

The reason for this conviction is each of you. Some of you may be smirking wondering how in the world that is possible when you hear me hounding you day after day incessantly. But really, I love waking up in the mornings (ok, this is a slight exaggeration), coming to school, chatting with you, hanging out with you and teaching you. When we have discussions in the classroom, laugh together and motivate each other, THAT makes my day.

So on the ocassion of teacher’s day, I thank each and everyone of you for making my life special.

Plagiarism

So, if you’ve ever attended my classes, you’ll know how particular I am about plagiarism. Take a look at the attached article from NY Times. The era of cut-copy-paste irritates me no end for no other reason that it’s the easy way out. Plagiarism for me equates to insecurity – the feeling that others will always have better or smarter ideas. Sometimes they do, but is it possible for me to believe that I can take it one step further and provide my own interpretation that makes it MY idea? In this digital age, its become so much easier to just take ideas without knowing that we are. And it all really comes down to providing the appropriate acknowledgements! Easy and yet so hard to do! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Back to School

BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

Well, it’s back to school! For some of you, the beginning of your venture into the IB world and for some of you, your final year of high school.

It was great seeing all of you again and sure hope you managed to rejuvenate during summer break. I spent the summer getting my Master’s in Education Degree. I had to write, well type, a 4 hour essay-based paper and that has seriously helped me realize what you guys go through. So I promise we’ll spend time this year focusing on how to tackle long essay based papers.

Let’s make this year a good one!

Welcome

Hello My Dear Geniuses!! Welcome to my little blog! This site will allow you to interact and collaborate with your classmates and me using the big, bad world of the Internet. The purpose of using this method is to allow us to dialogue in a more interesting and casual manner outside the classroom.  Feel free to leave comments, questions or just voice your thoughts on anything related to literature on this blog. At the same time any information regarding assessment schedules, timelines, assignments, rubrics, resources will be put up here on a common platform for all of to share.

And most importantly HAVE FUN!!!! I hope we see some great debates, arguments, humor, analysis and interpretations up on this site!

Guys, amaze me and stun yourselves!

I hope you enjoy this time and if this goes well, believe me, we’ll try to include as many different, interesting and fun methods over the next 2 years!

Welcome to the IB English class!!!

Take care,

Aparna Ma’am