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- 6th - 12th
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Students select their own Quotes of the Day from articles of their choosing for analysis on a Quote of the Day poster for the classroom. Full Review »
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This lesson can be easily tailored to a teacher's specific students. It's also easy to see, then, that the activities can be extended into a piece of literary analysis, or even the writing of a sonnet, that can be taken from outlines to first draft throug Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore Jimi Hendrix's song, "The Wind Cries Mary" to see how lyrics and personification can enhance the meaning of the poem. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students analyze the relationships between author's style, literary form, and intended impact on reader. They write and analyze critical reviews, then use word processing to write, edit, copy, paste, and publish on the Internet. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students read two short stories, then students discuss the characters in the stories and the factors and personality characteristics of the characters that motivate their actions. Discussion ensues as to the possible themes of the short stories. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students prepare for the literary analysis. They locate, interpret, evaluate and analyze the relationship between a character and the theme. After a lecture/demo, students write topic and detail sentences, then correctly put them in paragraph form. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the components of characterization. The differences between direct and indirect characterization, static and dynamic characters, internal and external conflict and the importance of character analysis are pursued in this lesson. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore the literary forms of figurative language as experienced in the reading of the story, "There's a Frog in My Throat." The differences and similarities of the simile, metaphor, idiom, and proverb are investigated. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the characteristics of the literary genre known as "Southern Gothic". They write an analysis of the short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research information about Patricia MacLachlan, author of Sarah, Plain and Tall and made a timeline of her life. They listen to the book while analyzing the literary elements and main ideas. They talk about cause and effect in the story before summarizing the story in slideshow presentation. Full Review »
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