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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWilliam Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating the Compson Family Decline and the Changing S
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Literature, 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 / HyperLinkExploring Language and Identity: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" and Beyond
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore fiction and nonfiction texts, including Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue," and write lit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCrane, London, and Literary Naturalism
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this EDSITEment lesson, students learn the key characteristics that comprise American literary naturalism as they explore the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDecoding "The Matrix": Exploring Dystopian Characteristics Through Film
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to the definition and characteristics of a dystopian work by watching vid...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCarl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, History-Social ScienceIn this EDSITEment lesson, students look at Carl Sandburg's poem, "Chicago," in a literary, historical and biographical context....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeath in Poetry: A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle int
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this EDSITEment lesson, students study poems about death, including A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Dylan Tho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFinding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read several poems that expand the definition of love poetry. They then compose found po...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Characterization in Raymond Carver's "A Small, Good Thing"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn 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 / 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 / HyperLinkVoices in Verse: Exploring Middle Eastern Interpretations of Palestinian Poetry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, 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 / HyperLinkBringing Facts into Science Fiction: Creating Science Fiction Narratives Based on Current News Themes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, 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 / HyperLinkWritings on a River: Creating Composite Characters, Like Those of Mark Twain
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, 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: Literary Analysis, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, 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: Theatre, Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Film & Video 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 / HyperLinkA Way With Words: Examining How Literary Devices Create Vivid Images
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the power of literary devices in journalistic and...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, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, 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: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionStudents create epitaphs for characters from a tragedy, such as Hamlet.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink12 Angry Men: Trial by Jury as a Right and as a Political Institution
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, Foreign Languages, Visual Arts, History & Culture and 4 additional..The classic American drama Twelve Angry Men serves as the starting point for a discussion of the constitutional right and civic ...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