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English with Mr. Leon

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Mandalas by the Class of 2016

March 19, 2022 By Sean Leon

It’s All Happening by GK

August 24, 2017 By Sean Leon

True Self by J. Borgata

August 21, 2015 By Sean Leon

True-Self

Mandala by K. An

July 27, 2015 By Sean Leon

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Mandala by T. Eckstein

July 27, 2015 By Sean Leon

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Advisory Work?

A Day in Central Park

Halloween Gathering

Advisory Party

Last Day 10F

Two Gentlemen

Something About a Flag

PBA Defense

A Highlight

Sophomore Music

Super Sophs

End of Year Lunch

Again...

Pose

Gentlemen

A Hamlet Group

English 10F

Last Day 10F

Freshmen at Work

Poetry Seminar-Harlem Renaissance

Advisory Freshmen Year

End of the Year

Advisory

Hamlet Adaptation

Three of my Advisees during their First Year

Recent Homework

  • Butterflies, Dickinson, and Alvarez
  • Due 11/1: Website Registration, Alvarez, and Poetry
  • Due 9/27 (9/28 for 10G): The Yellow Wallpaper
  • My Apologies, One More Delay
  • Due 9/14 (9/15 for 10G): Where Are You Going Discussion

Sophomore English Documents

  • A Rose for Emily
  • Annotating Tips
  • Art as Social Commentary
  • Editing the Essay
  • Essay Guidelines
  • Existentialism is a Humanism
  • How to Write a Comparative Analysis
  • Literary Terms
  • PBA Presentation Info
  • Politics and the English Language
  • Sophomore English PBA Rubric
  • Sophomore English Syllabus
  • The Bell Jar Unit Poetry
  • The Minister's Black Veil
  • The Yellow Wallpaper
  • Thesis Process: The Bell Jar
  • Tips for Literary Analysis
  • Understanding the "So What"
  • We Should All be Feminists
  • Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
  • Writing the English Paper

Sophomore English Exemplars

  • 1984 and Invitation to a Beheading Comparative Essay by EY
  • 1984 Essay by EBK
  • 1984 Essay by TE
  • Between the World and Me and Godot Comparative Essay by YP
  • Invitation to a Beheading and Slaughterhouse Five Comparative Essay by SG
  • Ivan Ilyich and Siddhartha Comparative Essay by SH
  • Ivan Ilyich Essay by IC
  • No Exit and Waiting for Godot Outline by GK
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran Essay by JH
  • Siddhartha and The Alchemist Comparative Essay by JF
  • Slaughterhouse Five Essay by CP

Published Student Work

  • Reading Lolita in Tehran Essay by J.H. (June 22, 2022)
  • Mandalas by the Class of 2016 (March 19, 2022)
  • It’s All Happening by GK (August 24, 2017)
  • Ivan Ilyich Essay by I.C. (August 24, 2017)
  • Slaughterhouse Five Essay by L.A. (August 27, 2015)

Paulo Coelho on Luck, Faith, and Coincidence

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