MyPerspectives

MyPerspectives Sophomore Learnstrong.net Video Lectures 

Textbooks Used:  

MyPerspectives Grade 10 Literature, 2017, Pearson Education, Inc. 

Prentice Hall Literature, Grade 10, Common Core Edition, 2012, Pearson Education, Inc. 

Semester #1

The 303 Intro Lectures: 

    303 Intro, Lecture 1, Rules & Logistics: http://youtu.be/svHXPwzuaO0

    303 Intro, Lecture 2, Master Schedule: http://youtu.be/0VLI4lIoBV8

    303 Intro, Lecture 3, Annotation: http://youtu.be/N0YoOsagj8c

Practice Annotation of Psalm of Life: 

Longfellow’s Psalm of Life, A: https://youtu.be/2KNnln056I4

Longfellow’s Psalm of Life, B: https://youtu.be/_2Aa4aBG7tA

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44644/a-psalm-of-life

    303 Intro, Lecture 4, Writing: http://youtu.be/rmBtWfRPA-U

The Big 5

The Big 5: An Intro: https://youtu.be/7GES49EAC3M

The Big 5: #1, Epistemology: https://youtu.be/p9ZdvIg42T0

The Big 5: #2, Ontology: https://youtu.be/mAz_eTd-xno

The Big 5: #3, Psychology: https://youtu.be/B1llmqSOeMs

The Big 5: #4, Sociology: https://youtu.be/u39j7CiAlrQ

The Big 5: #5, Theodicy: https://youtu.be/hEBqac-UETM

Introduction to Sophomore English in 303: 

Introduction to Sophomore English, A: https://youtu.be/lcBx_eOKiAU

Introduction to Sophomore English, B: https://youtu.be/KDlPIjTjISY

MyPerspectives (MP) Pages 126-133: Isn’t Everyone a Little Bit Weird?: 

(MP) 200-211: The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://americanliterature.com/author/katherine-mansfield/short-story/the-dolls-house

(MP) 214: Sonnet, With Bird, by Sherman Alexie: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.scribd.com/presentation/810246977/Sonnet-With-Bird

(MP) 216: Elliptical, by Harriette Mullen: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51632/elliptical

(MP) 218: Fences, by Pat Mora: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51855/fences-56d22fe0b921d

(MP) 224-231: Revenge of the Geeks, by Alexandra Robbins: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2011-may-28-la-oe-robbins-high-school-20110528-story.html

(MP) 232-244: Encountering the Other, by Ryszard Kapuscinski: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/understanding-strangers

Prentice Hall Literature, Grade 10 (PHL): The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog, p. 1076:

The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog, A: https://youtu.be/Qv6D0-I7DuQ

The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog, B: https://youtu.be/kWy0BKASeMI

The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog, C: https://youtu.be/anFv4mxQXd8

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://111booksfor2011.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/the-orphan-boy-and-the-elk-dog/

Alexander Pushkin’s The Bridegroom, p. 642:

Alexander Pushkin’s The Bridegroom: https://youtu.be/7uJUGMfMnD8

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://adriankako.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/the-bridegroom-by-alexander-pushkin/

Federico Garcia Lorca’s The Guitar, p. 649:

Federico Garcia Lorca’s The Guitar: https://youtu.be/foZIl0ckef8

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poets.org/poem/guitar

Elizabeth Bishop’s The Fish, p. 650:

Elizabeth Bishop’s The Fish, A: https://youtu.be/5KSKh1nfE0I

Elizabeth Bishop’s The Fish, B: https://youtu.be/d_zWDqj611s

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poets.org/poem/fish-2

Rudyard Kipling’s Danny Deever, p. 652:

Rudyard Kipling’s Danny Deever: https://youtu.be/u-tSq2Itmmw

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46782/danny-deever

Robert Frost’s Mowing, p. 658:

Robert Frost’s Mowing: https://youtu.be/7Ej63A7IM_c

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53001/mowing-56d231eca88cd

Denise Levertov’s A Tree Telling of Orpheus, p. 659:

Denise Levertov’s A Tree Telling of Orpheus, A: https://youtu.be/NTM-7oT6ioI

Denise Levertov’s A Tree Telling of Orpheus, B: https://youtu.be/icBOFjmDg-c

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://allpoetry.com/A-Tree-Telling-Of-Orpheus

Naomi Shihab Nye’s Making a Fist, p. 664:

Naomi Shihab Nye’s Making a Fist: https://youtu.be/atyDVEhlfck

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poets.org/poem/making-fist

William Carlos Williams’ Spring and All, p. 665:

William Carlos Williams’ Spring and All:  https://youtu.be/slZ1FK4nbNk

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poets.org/poem/spring-and-all-road-contagious-hospital

James Weldon Johson’s My City, p. 677:

James Weldon Johson’s My City:  https://youtu.be/0ARN32AhpzQ

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poets.org/poem/my-city

Dylan Thomas’ Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, p. 679:

Dylan Thomas’ Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night:  https://youtu.be/W4AxfFfUK1A

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46569/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night

Minamoto no Toshiyori’s The clustering clouds…Ki no Tsurayuki’s When I went to visit…, p. 680:

Minamoto no Toshiyori’s The clustering clouds… Ki no Tsurayuki’s When I went to visit:  https://youtu.be/w2aaxaeBLNs

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Anthology_of_Japanese_Literature/Poetry_from_the_Six_Collections

Theodore Roethke’s The Waking, p. 685:

Theodore Roethke’s The Waking: https://youtu.be/z_V2AUJmjrg

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poets.org/poem/waking

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, p. 687:

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18: https://youtu.be/cjqF89B5oi0

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day

Priest Jakuren’s One cannot ask loneliness…Ono Komachi’s Was it that I went to sleep…, p. 688:

Priest Jakuren’s One cannot ask loneliness…Ono Komachi’s Was it that I went to sleep…:  https://youtu.be/I_pN36j9LkY

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://prezi.com/-4g397fa97mo/one-cannot-ask-loneliness-priest-jakuren/

Gabriela Mistral’s Fear, p. 702:

Gabriela Mistral’s Fear: https://youtu.be/IuLp6Uk2KYo

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://thedreamerlit.wordpress.com/fear/

Gwendolyn Books’ The Bean Eaters, p. 703:

Gwendolyn Books’ The Bean Eaters: https://youtu.be/ne-xc6TnZI8

Find a copy on-line of this text:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/28110/the-bean-eaters

Umberto Eco’s How to React to Familiar Faces, p. 704:

Umberto Eco’s How to React to Familiar Faces: https://youtu.be/BC0D7kobvuM

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.columbia.edu/itc/architecture/ockman/pdfs/session_8/eco.pdf

Emily Dickinson’s The Wind—trapped like a tired Man, p. 718:

Emily Dickinson’s The Wind—trapped like a tired Man: https://youtu.be/Lk_eWZYkWEE

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://allpoetry.com/The-wind-trapped-like-a-tired-man,

Yusef Komunyakaa’s Glory, p. 720:

Yusef Komunyakaa’s Glory: https://youtu.be/Fa8y-jqbCvI

Find a copy on-line of this text:  https://archivedinnings.com/2019/06/21/glory-by-yusef-komunyakaa/

Eve Merriam’s Metaphor, p. 722:

Eve Merriam’s Metaphor: https://youtu.be/bGiHTGsaYzQ

Find a copy on-line of this text:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sleekgeek/posts/3732885126830276/

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Conscientious Objector, p. 726:

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Conscientious Objector: https://youtu.be/SOxvPqw3OEQ

Find a copy on-line of this text: 

https://allpoetry.com/Conscientious-Objector

Dahlia Ravikovitch’s Pride, p. 727:

Dahlia Ravikovitch’s Pride: https://youtu.be/LWi5ePPulk0

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-3359_PRIDE

Emily Dickinson’s Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--, p. 728:

Emily Dickinson’s Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--: https://youtu.be/EP1BxtR-OhY

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56824/tell-all-the-truth-but-tell-it-slant-1263

Langston Hughes’ The Weary Blues, p. 736:

Langston Hughes’ The Weary Blues:  https://youtu.be/NgBD3PaogXI

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47347/the-weary-blues

John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields, p. 738:

John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields: https://youtu.be/09aOgNQfEao

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields

Carl Sandburg’s Jazz Fantasia, p. 739:

Carl Sandburg’s Jazz Fantasia: https://youtu.be/EeU-aobVJRQ

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://allpoetry.com/Jazz-Fantasia

Robert Browning’s Meeting at Night, p. 744:

Robert Browning’s Meeting at Night: https://youtu.be/KlWH3Uw_T9Y

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43766/meeting-at-night

Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s The Kraken, p. 745:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s The Kraken: https://youtu.be/fAD29PImyfo

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poets.org/poem/kraken

Jean Toomer’s Reapers, p. 746:

Jean Toomer’s Reapers: https://youtu.be/6C3NLhqu7mA

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46405/reapers

Billy Joel’s Hold Fast Your Dreams—and Trust Your Mistakes, p. 760: 

Billy Joel’s Hold Fast Your Dreams—and Trust Your Mistakes: https://youtu.be/_rBRruj8jTQ

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://quizlet.com/477482624/hold-fast-your-dreams-and-trust-your-mistakes-billy-joel-2-flash-cards/

Bei Dao’s All, and Shu Ting’s Also All, p. 764:

Bei Dao’s All, and Shu Ting’s Also All: https://youtu.be/rpLGeOlULJM

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://math.answers.com/geometry/How_are_all_by_Bei_Dao_and_Also_All_by_Shu_Ting_are_the_same

Tolkien’s The Hobbit: A Review:

(MP) 2-9: Intro to Gothic Literature:

(MP) 12-35:  Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher, (Other pages referenced):  

Usher, A: https://youtu.be/GIKxtY13l3c

Usher, B: https://youtu.be/LqtocYFKxOg

Usher, C: https://youtu.be/xcehxAaykOE

Usher, D: https://youtu.be/jX2tuE5Yx7M

Usher, E: https://youtu.be/KfZyJ3mz4_w

Usher, F: https://youtu.be/QTNeP-ul2ak

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poemuseum.org/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/

(MP) 36-63: House Taken Over by Julio Cortazar: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://shortstoryproject.com/stories/house-taken-over/

(MP) 50-63: How to Tell You’re Reading a Gothic Novel—In Pictures: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/25a3h2/how_to_tell_youre_reading_a_gothic_novel_in/

(MP) 68-81: Where is Here? By Joyce Carol Oates: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://lalineadesombra.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/where-is-here-by-joyce-carol-oates/

(MP) 82-89: from The Dream Collector by Arthur Tress: 

(MP) 90-99: Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear? By Allegra Ringo: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/why-do-some-brains-enjoy-fear/280938/

(MP) 102: beware: do not read this poem, by Ishmael Reed: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/poetry/beware.html

(MP) 104: The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe: 

The Raven, A: https://youtu.be/mwckS9X9hjE

The Raven, B: https://youtu.be/iGV703u3T38

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven

(MP) 108: Windigo, by Louise Erdrich: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43086/windigo

(MP) 136-190: The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka: 

A Review:

Kafka’s Metamorphosis, A: https://youtu.be/_fi4tw0XFLc

Kafka’s Metamorphosis, B: https://youtu.be/QLkehqCX-g4

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://giove.isti.cnr.it/demo/eread/Libri/calm/Metamorphosis.pdf

(MP) 258-265: Born Free: Children and the Struggle for Human Rights:

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.studocu.com/en-us/document/tyner-academy/english-a-literature-hl/born-free-student-edition-unit-3-pdf-extract-3-10-ocr/102567579

(MP) 268-281: from The “Four Freedoms” Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/fdr-the-four-freedoms-speech-text/

(MP) 282-297: Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy (Different page numbers referenced): 

Address, A: https://youtu.be/Nh8cWfpbsHY

Address, B: https://youtu.be/IaWmE0NxIpA

Address, C: https://youtu.be/ozHC4wbCu-Q

Address, D: https://youtu.be/_RF4gzkUCOE 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-john-f-kennedys-inaugural-address

(MP) 308-323: Speech at the United Nations, by Malala Yousafzai: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://malala.org/news-and-voices/malala-un-speech

(MP) 326: Caged Bird, by Maya Angelou:

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48989/caged-bird

(MP) 328: Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison, by Nazi Hikmet: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poets.org/poem/some-advice-those-who-will-serve-time-prison

(MP) 337: The Censors, by Luisa Valenzuela:

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.vhstigers.org/ourpages/auto/2007/12/3/1196741662310/0%200%203%20The%20Censors.pdf

Prentice Hall Literature, Grade 10 (PHL):

William Melvin Kelley’s A Visit to Grandmother, p. 242: 

      William Melvin Kelley’s A Visit to Grandmother, A: https://youtu.be/jgjPoXLFx-M

      William Melvin Kelley’s A Visit to Grandmother, B: https://youtu.be/BqQUhXDZULw

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://travellerlevin.pixnet.net/blog/posts/9199262297

Anton Chekhov’s A Problem, p. 256: 

      Anton Chekhov’s A Problem, A: https://youtu.be/F_zwbz0QanI

      Anton Chekhov’s A Problem, B: https://youtu.be/1cYNYW1z8o0

      Anton Chekhov’s A Problem, C: https://youtu.be/J2bgL2WOtMg

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://americanliterature.com/author/anton-chekhov/short-story/a-problem

Josephina Niggli’s The Street of the Canon, p. 272:

      Josephina Niggli’s The Street of the Canon, A: https://youtu.be/VXltl60AGvo

      Josephina Niggli’s The Street of the Canon, B: https://youtu.be/SeA0yfefTuM

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://tminier.weebly.com/uploads/4/6/2/8/46283111/the_street_of_the_canon_text.pdf

Ray Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains, p. 284: 

      Ray Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains, A: https://youtu.be/AiQlOYRfcHg

      Ray Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains, B: https://youtu.be/Uzyk5-QZx3A

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf

O. Henry’s One Thousand Dollars, p. 308: 

      O. Henry’s One Thousand Dollars, A: https://youtu.be/X-uOXu32VBY

      O. Henry’s One Thousand Dollars, B: https://youtu.be/iKmyAjmSUx0

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/o-henry/short-fiction/text/one-thousand-dollars

Stephen Vincent Benet’s By the Waters of Babylon, p. 314:

      Stephen Vincent Benet’s By the Waters of Babylon, A: https://youtu.be/OGa5ubkLtlM

      Stephen Vincent Benet’s By the Waters of Babylon, B: https://youtu.be/j5NuGMQfY78

      Stephen Vincent Benet’s By the Waters of Babylon, C: https://youtu.be/k8gtldb3fA8

      Stephen Vincent Benet’s By the Waters of Babylon, D: https://youtu.be/SwYmgOGFjQ8

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/13_By%20the%20Waters%20of%20Babylon%20by%20Stephen%20Vincent%20Benet.pdf

Leo Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need? p. 338:

      Leo Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need? A: https://youtu.be/lNMFqoaFcZE

      Leo Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need? B: https://youtu.be/HpEVg0yEHKA

      Leo Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need? C: https://youtu.be/sJkdbAHC5lU

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.cooperative-individualism.org/tolstoy-leo_how-much-land-does-a-man-need-1886.pdf

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of Red Death, p. 372: 

      Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of Red Death, A: https://youtu.be/UpC4158EQk4

      Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of Red Death, B: https://youtu.be/1sPWiyI8FHQ

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death/

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, (Different pages referenced):

    Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, A: https://youtu.be/tsuoCCwAxew

    Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, B: https://youtu.be/UQuQOuVGbck

    Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, C: https://youtu.be/RdP64JXdIGo

    Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, D: https://youtu.be/u99cSBgEASU

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://poemuseum.org/the-cask-of-amontillado/

(MP) 372-387: Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, (Different pages referenced):

    Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, A: https://youtu.be/T36XqBAV5uE

    Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, B: https://youtu.be/NX-m2H_AdNQ

    Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, C: https://youtu.be/27lnFVIhnl0

    Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, D: https://youtu.be/c5HYcT4j4rk

    Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, E: https://youtu.be/FFYagvqPWXY

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/the_diamond_necklace.pdf

(MP): 388-401: Chinua Achebe’s Civil Peace, p. 388-401(Different pages referenced) : 

      Chinua Achebe’s Civil Peace, A: https://youtu.be/7UPFtpk9-r8

      Chinua Achebe’s Civil Peace, B: https://youtu.be/rKwzGjbC_lY

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://vtenged10.pbworks.com/f/Chinua+Achebe-Civil+Peace.pdf

(MP): 402-407: Fit for a King: Treasures of Tutankhamun: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.studocu.com/en-us/document/fairleigh-dickinson-university/ethics-in-science/fitforaking-treasuresoftutankhamuntext/84780546

(MP): 418-429: In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness, by Marie Arana:

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-la-rinconada-peru-searching-for-beauty-in-ugliness/2013/02/28/aa0dc6b2-7ad9-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html

(MP): 432: Avarice, by Yusef Komunyakaa: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-18670_AVARICE

(MP): 434: The Good Life, by Tracy K. Smith:

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56376/the-good-life

(MP): 435: Money, by Reginald Gibbons: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46909/money-56d22701ce0cf

(MP): 442-459: The Golden Touch, by Nathaniel Hawthorne:

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nh/wb2b.html

(MP) 460-469: from King Midas, by Howard Moss:

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/issue/70853/may-1957

(MP) 470-479: The Thrill of the Chase, by Margie Goldsmith: 

Find a copy on-line of this text: https://margiegoldsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Thrill-of-the-Chase1.pdf

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: