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The Pros and Cons of Discussion
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students use a Discussion Web, in groups, to answer the question "Are people equal?," analy...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students explore and challenge dichotomies (such as black and white, good and evil, faith and doubt) ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Dal’ & Desnos: Surrealism in Poetry and Art
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Music, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the history of the Surrealism movement, including major players like AndrŽ Breton,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Poetics of Hip Hop
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Music, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students analyze form in Shakespearean sonnets, works of American poets, and hip hop music to determine...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Focus on First Lines: Increasing Comprehension Through Prediction Strategies
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine opening sentences from texts they read completely in later sessions of a course ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"World enough, and time" -- Andrew Marvell's Coy Mistress
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students focus on how Andrew Marvell's use of tone and imagery serves to promote his theme of fleetin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Star-Crossed Lovers Online: "Romeo and Juliet" for a Digital Age
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, TechnologyIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use their understanding of modern experiences with technology to make active meaning of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Impact of a Poem's Line Breaks: Enjambment and Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students closely analyze line breaks and the effect of enjambment in Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, "We Real...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A Question of Style
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Theatre, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore the nature of comedy by informally staging the opening scenes in Shakespeare's "As You...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0You're the Top! Pop Culture Then and Now
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Music, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write about present-day pop culture and learn about pop culture of the past. They explor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Alice Walker
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on author Alice Walker, best known for her novel "The Color Purple." A classroom activity i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating the Compson Family Decline and the Changing S
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this unit of four lessons, from EDSITEment, students examine narrative structure and time, narrative voice/point of view, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Exploring Language and Identity: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" and Beyond
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore fiction and nonfiction texts, including Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue," and write lit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Crane, London, and Literary Naturalism
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students learn the key characteristics that comprise American literary naturalism as they explore the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Decoding "The Matrix": Exploring Dystopian Characteristics Through Film
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to the definition and characteristics of a dystopian work by watching vid...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students look at Carl Sandburg's poem, "Chicago," in a literary, historical and biographical context....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Death in Poetry: A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle int
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students study poems about death, including A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Dylan Tho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Finding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read several poems that expand the definition of love poetry. They then compose found po...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Developing Characterization in Raymond Carver's "A Small, Good Thing"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use a literary graphic organizer to analyze the three major characters in Raymond Carver...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0