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Performing Sonnets

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students use Shakespearean sonnets as part of a poetry analysis lesson. For this sonnet lesson, students perform a sonnet by Shakespeare but treat it as a script to be acted out. Students work in pairs to create motions for two lines...
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Unearthing the Secrets of the Garden

For Teachers 5th
Students analyze the literary class, The Secret Garden. In this literature unit lesson, students complete a unit of activities to help them with their reading comprehension of the book The Secret Garden. Students complete webs,...
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Read a Book About an Animal

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this book analysis worksheet, students read a book about an animal and complete the questions. The questions range from what they liked best, to who the main character was, where the story took place, and why they liked the book.
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Thank you Ma'm Langston Hughes-Devoloping the concept of Theme

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils complete various activities linked to several stories and movies, to reinforce the concept of theme in a story.
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Wife of Bath's Tale Assignment

For Students 4th - 5th
In this poetry analysis worksheet, students read the poem "Wife of Bath's Tale" and analyze the literary elements within the poem.
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Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this allusion learning exercise, students work in pairs to define the allusions assigned to them from the play 'Skin of Our Teeth.' Students present their research to the class.
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Literary Analysis - The Hound of the Baskervilles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars explore literary analysis through the reading of The Hound of the Baskerville's by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this analysis lesson, students take notes on the literary elements included in the novel. Young scholars write a...
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Literary Analysis - And Then There Were None

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars explore And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.  In this analysis lesson, students review the definition of literary analysis and read the book. Young scholars then write a literary analysis of the book and...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 29, 30

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete literary analysis activities for the Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this novel analysis lesson, students read chapters 29 and 30 of the novel and complete chapter quizzes. Students write...
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Recurring Themes - the Lives of Nanavi and Neeraj

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students analyze recurring themes. In this recurring themes lesson, students discuss the theme of a text using Dr. Seuss texts. Students complete a finding a recurring theme worksheet and use the worksheet of Nanavi and Neeraj to...
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Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

For Students 8th - 9th
In this cartoon analysis learning exercise, students fill out the learning exercise to assist in the analysis of cartoons. They consider symbols when determining the message of the cartoon.