Username: amy-lepore
Gender: Female
Member since: December 2, 2005
Birthday: February 9, 1968
I am a: Teacher
Grades:
High School - 12th Grade
Subjects:
English / Literature / Writing
New Activity for amy-lepore
- Answered a question in The Fall of the House of Usher Group:
I don't know of any (try using a search engine with "Madeline Usher is a... - Added a post in The Seafarer Group:
Decide on three or four aspects that you could compare and contrast. For... - Added a post in the A Rose for Emily Group:
"We believed she had to do that" is the quote which supports that Emily... - Added a post in The Scarlet Letter Group:
The fact that Pearl is beautiful is proof enough of God's love. Had Pearl been... - Joined a group:
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Added a post in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Group:
The conflict he faces is that of a practical joke being played on him. He was... - Added a post in The Most Dangerous Game Group:
I don't see how he could live with himself if he just left the island and allowed... - Added a post in the English teachers Group:
This site just keeps improving. I'll be encouraging the teachers at my school to... - Added a post in the Social Sciences Group:
While I agree that most true religions have similar foundations (love one another,... - Answered a question in the Julius Caesar Group:
This is an excellent question...since these two characters are the only women in... - Answered a question in the Julius Caesar Group:
That is exactly the point. These things typically wouldn't happen. Lions are... - Added a post in the Julius Caesar Group:
This is a valid discussion since the title character is murdered so early in the... - Added a post in the Beowulf Group:
In terms of the epic hero, yes. He is the epitome of what his people believe... - Joined a group:
Spelman College - Added a post in The Most Dangerous Game Group:
First, the setting is an isolated island in the middle of nowhere. It becomes...
About Me
Personal Info
Bio
Born in Bowling Green, KY. Graduated high school from Hopkinsville High in 1986; University of Central Florida with B.S. in 1991; and Murray State University with M.A. in 1996. Taught in Kentucky, South Korea, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, Mississippi on both high school and college/university levels. Freelance author. Married with two sons.
Interests
Reading, writing, researching, crafting, singing, outdoors, sports, camping, animals
Groups
- Literature 101,
- Tudor England,
- Staging Shakespeare,
- Reading Strategies,
- Fantasy Fiction,
- Historical Fiction Fans,
- Shakespeare the Artist,
- American Literature,
- Personal Reading,
- Mysteries for Middle Schoolers,
- Writing Prompts for War Literature,
- Poetry,
- eNotes Suggestions,
- eNotes Book Club,
- Poetry Forum,
- Mythical history,
- Korea culture,
- Confucius and his times,
- Essay Lab,
- Grammar and Composition,
- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,
- Spelman College,
- A Raisin in the Sun,
- The Pit and the Pendulum,
- Le Morte d’Arthur,
- Everyman,
- Henry IV, Part One,
- Agnes of God,
- Everyman,
- University of North Carolina,
- To His Coy Mistress,
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,
- University of Central Florida,
- The Elephant Man,
- Notes of a Native Son,
- A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,
- The Metamorphoses of Ovid,
- A Wrinkle in Time,
- Say Yes,
- Plato,
- A White Heron,
- Discourse on Method,
- Literature in Film and Television,
- The Color of Water,
- The Lovely Bones,
- The Outsiders,
- Jurassic Park,
- The Necklace,
- The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets,
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Favorites
Favorite Books
- 1984,
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,
- A Jury of Her Peers,
- A Rose for Emily,
- A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,
- Battle Royal; or, The Invisible Man,
- Beowulf,
- Catch-22,
- Everyman,
- Frankenstein,
- Guide to Literary Terms,
- Gulliver's Travels,
- Hamlet,
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,
- Julius Caesar,
- Lord of the Flies,
- Macbeth,
- My Last Duchess,
- Night,
- Ode on a Grecian Urn,
- Ode to My Socks,
- Pygmalion,
- Romeo and Juliet,
- Siddhartha,
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,
- Something Wicked This Way Comes,
- Sonnets,
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
- The Canterbury Tales,
- The Crucible,
- The Da Vinci Code,
- The Garden Party,
- The Kugelmass Episode,
- The Lovely Bones,
- The Metamorphosis,
- The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd,
- The Picture of Dorian Gray,
- The Pit and the Pendulum,
- The Scarlet Letter,
- The Seafarer,
- The Taming of the Shrew,
- The Yellow Wallpaper,
- To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,
- Trifles,
- Twelve Angry Men
Favorite Other
Favorite Movies
Favorite Quotes
"Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds innocent and quiet..." [More]
Richard Lovelace
"To beguile the time,
Look like the time, bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your..." [More]
William Shakespeare
"My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’..." [More]
William Shakespeare
"I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience torpid through virtuous inaction are..." [More]
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
"Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the..." [More]
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." [More]
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
"Who can distinguish darkness from the soul?" [More]
William Butler Yeats
