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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElements of Poetry
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, GrammarThe Bedford/St. Martin s Web site presents this list of elements of poetry with links to definitions, interactives, and examples...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Raven: An Interactive Study Resource
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Technology, English-Language ArtsTeachersFirst s Interactive Raven presents a study of the vocabulary and literary devices in Edgar Allen Poe s famous poem, T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Poetry of Emily Dickinson
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionIn 2007, the National Endowment for the Arts partnered with the Poetry Foundation to create American Literary Landmarks, a pilot...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through an introduction to the poetry and short stories of Edgar ...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoems That Tell a Story: Narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this four-lesson unit, from EDSITEment, students read, discuss, and analyze selected poems by Robert Frost. The activities th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing the Four-square Strategy to Define and Identify Poetic Terms
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, helps young students better understand poetry. Use of the four-square strategy offers the stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThinking Inductively: A Close Reading of Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students analyze the poem "Blackberry Picking" by Seamus Heaney by listing examples of imagery, d...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRomeo & Juliet: The Story
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Philosophy, History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis ARTSEDGE resource presents teachers and students with invaluable contextual information for the study of "Romeo Juliet." ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentFigurative Language Resource Page
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis student reproducible, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, offers examples of and definitions for several types of figurative lang...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkValentine's Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Valentine's Day, a holiday which arose from a confluence of Christian and pagan themes. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's the Story?: Learning About One Event Through Different Journalistic Styles
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Arts, Media, & EntertainmentIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how the same news story can be presented differently ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Story of Epic Proportions: What Makes a Poem an Epic?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis EDSITEment lesson introduces students to the epic poem form and to its roots in the oral tradition. Students learn about th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRobert Frost
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from Heath s Online Instructor s Guide, features American poet, Robert Frost. This site includes the major themes...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThinking Inductively: A Close Reading of Seamus Heaney’s “Blackberry Picking”
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis lesson eases students’ fear of interpreting complex poetry by teaching them a strategy with which they determine patterns o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Figurative Language
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis student reproducible, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, provides definitions of several types of figurative language, including...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo the Beat of a Different Drum: Describing World Music and Understanding Its Cultural Significance
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Career & Technical Ed, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Music and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the language used in music reviews to describe world ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOur City, Our Words: Writing Poetry Celebrating Student Impressions of Their City
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students write poetry that captures their feelings about their cit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0