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Present	English Faculty, Illinois Math and Science Academy
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English Language and Literature, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, and Theatre and Performance Studies

Gender Studies
Literary Explorations I
Literary Explorations II
Modern Theater
The Idea of the Individual
Topics in World Lit: Victorian Fiction

The Bookleggers Podcast

Articles (2)

Spread Newspapers Around: Students Acting! The Invaluable Role of Modern Theater Class in a STEM Environment (Leah Kind) Faculty Publications & Research (2015)

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. This line of William Shakespeare’s, itself often redrawn and refashioned to suit different intended purposes, perhaps never rings as poignantly as during ...

Arming Herself in Leaden Stupor: Janet's Repentance and the Role of Female Alcoholism (Leah Kind) Faculty Publications & Research (2013)

George Eliot's fiction contains a wealth of figures who are touched by intoxication: both through their own imbibing, and (sometimes literally) because of others' drinking. As Kathleen McCormack1 has noted, the instances of drink are ...

He, She, They, Them, Us: Teaching Gender Studies in a STEM Environment (Erin Micklo and Leah Kind) Faculty Publications & Research (2019)

In this session, we will share the importance of teaching Gender Studies as an English elective in a STEM school. We will introduce our curriculum, including biological and socially constructed theories of gender and how ...

“Twins in Blood Only: Zadie Smith's White Teeth and the Failure of Foils” (Leah Kind) Faculty Publications & Research (2019)

My presentation is titled, “Twins in Blood Only: Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and the Failure of Foils”. I initially conceived of this to be a conference paper, but as I jumped into the novel with ...

Session D-1: Practical Approaches to Interdisciplinary Teaching (Leah Kind) Professional Learning Day (2011)

Cross-disciplinary approaches to pedagogy are gaining in popularity for reasons ranging from fiscal necessity to improved learning outcomes. This program will cover some potential interdisciplinary courses and units that teachers can adapt to their own ...

Visual Rhetoric Through the Years (Leah Kind) Rhetoric Unit (2013)

This exercise gives students an introduction to some of the language and terminology of visual rhetoric in a brief teacher-guided discussion. Following the discussion, students, in small groups, will find both a vintage print advertisement ...

Developing a Thesis and Utilizing Supporting Evidence (Leah Kind) Writing Bootcamp Unit (2011)

Allow students more experience with formulating a thesis statement and drawing on specific textual evidence to support it. Students can utilize any reading they are familiar with—this familiarity allows them to already have knowledge of ...

Revising Thesis Statements (Leah Kind) Writing Bootcamp Unit (2011)

Allows students to see the potential for revision in their own thesis statements. Encourages both revision and avoiding “falling in love” with the first draft of a thesis. Activity assumes some prior knowledge of good ...

"The Room Where It Happens" (Michael P Dean, Eric Rettberg, Erin Micklo, et al.) The Bookleggers (2016)

Members of the IMSA English faculty gather together to discuss the Broadway phenomenon and this year's summer reading, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: The Revolution. No one leaves with unprecedented financial power, but the group swaps success ...

Thoughts on African American Literature From the IMSA English Department (Michael Dean, Michael W. Hancock, Leah Kind, et al.) Faculty Roundtable (2015)

This document is the product of an online collaborative discussion inspired by Black History Month that took place between members of the IMSA English team during the first week of February in 2015. In this ...

Acting Out the Old Sport (Leah Kind) The Great Gatsby Unit (2013)

The purpose of this exercise is twofold: one, to have students make text-based interpretations in their discussion, planning, and eventual performance of scenes from The Great Gatsby; two, to have students see the crucial (albeit ...

Nick Carraway—Narrator Extraordinaire! (Leah Kind) The Great Gatsby Unit (2013)

This exercise gives students further practice with both the skills of close reading and character analysis. In The Great Gatsby, readers are introduced to Nick Carraway by Nick Carraway, and many take his words as ...

America in Verse: The Laureate Project (Leah Kind, Dan Gleason, Erin Micklo, et al.) Understanding Poetry (2012)

The purpose of this project is to allow students to use their (developing) skills of poetic explication and close reading, combined with research and analysis, to discover and establish a solid case for a poet ...

"It's Alive!" (Michael P Dean, Michael W. Hancock, Leah Kind, et al.) The Bookleggers (2017)

Members of the IMSA English faculty gather together to discuss the classic story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Interpretations and approaches are exhumed and brought back to life by the electrifying conversation of our panel ...

Intro to Intros: Victorian Literature in Brief (Leah Kind) Classics of British Literature (2015)

Often, teachers struggle with a way to introduce students to a large canon (such as Victorian Literature) without overwhelming them with a heavy reading load. Many teachers can also not expect that students will read ...

Blurred Lines: Gender in Advertising (Leah Kind) Other Voices (2015)

By the time they reach high school, students have been so deluged by both media and advertising messages that they may have become somewhat immune to them. Looking at ads under a focus of gender ...