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The complete set of notes for the classical foundations unit is located in the class downloads section. Please consider printing only the material that is essential, as there are a lot of pages here.
Your Laughter by Pablo Neruda Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, but do not take from me your laughter. Do not take away the rose, the lance flower that you pluck, the water that suddenly bursts forth in joy, the sudden wave of silver born in you. My struggle is […]
Course Information AP English IV AP English IV is a college-prep course that is focused on an intensive study of literature and writing. Syllabus Notes and Assignments Reading List Literapedia Essay Dropbox Literary Terms Vocabulary Essay Prompts Test Review (Spring) Discussion Forum Creative Writing Creative Writing is an English elective. Students will write creatively in […]
Classic Considerations Classical Foundations The Epic of Gilgamesh Egyptian Book of the Dead The Koran (Al-Qur’an) Ramayana The Iliad;or Odyssey by Homer Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus The Prose Edda by Snurri Sturlson Oedipus the King by Sophocles Orestes or Medea by Euripides Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Metamorphoses by Ovid Dante to Faust […]
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Mr. Pogreba
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." --Socrates
Deep Thoughts
“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.”
“No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence–that which makes its truth, its meaning–its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream–alone.”
“so I wait for you like a lonely house
till you will see me again and live in me.
Till then my windows ache.”
“He couldn’t even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.”
