One of the more difficult literary concepts to teach is irony, especially ironic point of view. Not only do young scholars often miss the subtle linguistic clues, they become distracted by the issue of author's intent. Whether it's the...

The viewing goals for this instructional activity were for middle schoolers to use a visual text, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech (played first without sound), to identify visual cues & understand why he may have...