Mr.+Oakley's+English+Classes


 * Welcome to Mr. Oakley's Wonderful World of English!

The 2008-2009 school year ushers in my third year at Northern Vance High School as an English teacher, and I look forward to another productive year at Northern Vance High School. We have some of the best, most talented students in North Carolina attending our school, and their excitment for learning inspires me and challenges me to make their experience in the study, exploration, and investigation of literature and writing as rich and as thought provoking as possible.

My English II classes this semester have read, analyzed, and discussed Ibsen's __A Doll's House__, Wiesel's __Night__, and Sophocles' __Oedipus Rex__, __Oedipus at Colonus__, and __Antigone.__ We have also enjoyed reading and discussing a variety of short stories from around the world. Some of our favorites have been Achebe's "Dead Men's Path," Tolstoy's "The Long Exile" and "Evil Allures, but God Endures," Maupassant's "The Piece of String" and //from// __The Thousand and One Nights,__ "The Fisherman and the Jinnee." In our quest to explore the social, cultural, intellectual, and philosophical flavors around the world, we challenged our thinking and our own personal and world views with a close reading and discussion of a selection of African proverbs and Zen parables.

Currently, we are actively engaged in the reading, analysis, and discussion of William Shakespeare's __The Tragedy of Othello__. We will definitely keep you updated on our progress and our discoveries while reading the Bard!

We welcome your active participation in our discussion topics that are currently posted, and invite you to return to our wiki page frequently for further updates, changes, and additions. Thank you for joining us on our journey around the world! Hold on tight, it's a fast ride!

Music, sweet music!

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