Dance of Language

by Susan O'Connor


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 19/01/2009

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 8.25x11
Page Count : 408
ISBN : 9781434314529

About the Book

Dance of Language offers you a comprehensive program to sharpen your reading and writing skills.  Augmented by vocabulary and grammar study, this book provides tools for increasing your understanding of archetypes and imagery in the works of such iconic figures as Plato and Aristotle, Shakespeare and Hawthorne, and the more modern figures of Forsyth and Coelho.  In addition, you will learn the craft of writing in various modes, from prize-winning stories to analytical essays and memoirs.  Susan O'Connor is a successful teacher with over 30 years of classroom experience and dozens of regional and national student writing awards under her guidance.


About the Author

Susan O'Connor has taught on the secondary level for 35 years, presenting her ideas to teachers on the local, state, and national levels.  She currently teaches English and drama at the T.H. Rogers School, a magnet school for gifted students in Houston, Texas.  Her students enjoy writing competitively and have won 15 national Scholastic Writing Awards for short fiction.  Susan writes and produces plays for her students in collaboration with Main Street Theater of Houston.  She and her husband Patrick enjoy a back garden filled with roses, woodland creatures, and occasionally a cat named Tabitha.