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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeaving the Old into the New: Pairing "The Odyssey" with Contemporary Works
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWritethink lesson, students read both "The Odyssey" and the contemporary epic "Running Out of Summer" and compare an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Characterization in Raymond Carver's "A Small, Good Thing"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use a literary graphic organizer to analyze the three major characters in Raymond Carver...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBeyond "What I Did on Vacation": Exploring the Genre of Travel Writing
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students are introduced to the genre of travel writing. After reading some short examples an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions is a lesson plan in which students create their own multi-media epic poems abou...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Papers of Literary Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from Seamus Cooney of Western Michigan University, contains tips for writing papers of literary analysis. While a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAllen Ginsberg: Poetry and Politics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, History-Social Science, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson plan, from the PBS American Masters Web site, consists of three thematic components: the link between art and poli...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVoices in Verse: Exploring Middle Eastern Interpretations of Palestinian Poetry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Geography and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine Arabic poetry and how it is interpreted by people of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDrawing on Terror: Exploring How Editorial Cartoons Express Opinions About the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the United States
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students assess the ways in which editorial cartoons offer insight int...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBringing Facts into Science Fiction: Creating Science Fiction Narratives Based on Current News Themes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students develop setting, plot, and characters for a science fiction s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink'Twasn't the Night Before Christmas: A Lesson in Authorship and Style
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students first describe and identify the elements that make up par...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWritings on a River: Creating Composite Characters, Like Those of Mark Twain
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students read the first chapter in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." The...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Smarts: A Lesson in Representing Literature Through the Visual Arts
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify the ideas and themes that are most significant in a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Satire with <em>Shrek</em>
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..The movie Shrek introduces the satirical techniques of exaggeration, incongruity, reversal, and parody. Students brainstorm fair...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiterary Parodies: Exploring a Writer’s Style through Imitation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson asks students to analyze the features of a poet’s work then create their own poems based on the original model.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBoosting Rap's Rep: Examining the Positive Side of Rap and Hip-Hop Music Through Original CD Compilations
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Music, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the negative image that some have of rap and hip-hop...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWilliam Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating the Compson Family Decline and the Changing South
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of four lessons, from EDSITEment, students examine narrative structure and time, narrative voice/point of view, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnalyzing Character in <em>Hamlet</em> through Epitaphs
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionStudents create epitaphs for characters from a tragedy, such as Hamlet.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSerious About Literature and Metaphor
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students use pieces of classic and contemporary literature to develop basic skills in studio video production shoots (including ...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0