This lesson focuses on writing a critical analysis essay over The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features information about writing the introduction, body, and conclusion; a list of topics to choose from, and the essay requirements. Links...

This lesson provides a list of vocabulary words for The Crucible by Arthur Miller and a crossword puzzle using the words.

This lesson focuses on Act I of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a study guide and a self-assessment quiz over Act I.

This lesson focuses on Act II of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a short synopsis, a study guide, and a quiz for Act II.

This lesson focuses on Act III of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a short synopsis, a study guide, and a self-assessment quiz over Act III.

This lesson focuses on Act IV of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a short synopsis, a study guide, and a self-assessment quiz over Act IV.

This lesson focuses on the literary terms needed for the unit on Rationalism. I provides a list of terms and a crossword puzzle using them.

This lesson focuses on Patrick Henry including his "Speech to Virginia Convention" on March 23, 1775. A link is offered to the speech, a biography of Patrick Henry, and a quiz over the speech.

This lesson focuses on Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who lectured for the Anti-Slavery Society and wrote of his experiences in his three autobiographies. It includes a PDF of "The Battle with Mr. Covey" from The Narrative of the...

This lesson focuses on clauses including dependent, independent, adjective, adverb, and noun clauses. It also explains the use of subordinate conjunctions, relative pronouns, and relative adverbs and provides examples. It features a...

This lesson is an introduction to a unit on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It includes background infromation on the author and the text, a list of key terms, essential questions, and discusses the themes of the text...

This lesson offers a list of creative projects for a student-selected novel/play assignment, as well as a reflective writing and a quotation analysis assignment. A rubric is also available.

This lesson focuses on Carl Sanburg and his poem "Chicago." It includes biographical information, as well as links to the poem, a video of pictures of Chicago in the early 20th century, and a "Discovery Education" video on Carl Sandburg....

This lesson focuses on e.e. cummings and his poems: "anyone lived in a pretty how town" and "old age sticks." It discusses cumming background, his lack of use of punctuation and capitalization, and his concern for the individual. Links...

This lesson focuses on William Carlos Williams and his poems using images of everyday life including "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "This is Just to Say."

This lesson focuses on Robert Frost and several of his poems: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "After Apple Picking," "Acquainted With the Night," and "Out, Out-." It provides background on Frost and offers links to each of the...

This lesson focuses on Ernest Hemingway and his short story "In Another Country." It includes a links to a Discovery Education video about Ernest Hemingway and the text of the short story. It also provides reading questions for the story.

This lesson focuses on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." It provides background on Gilman including her belief that women should work outside the home and be financially independent. It provides a link...

This lesson focuses on the Roaring Twenties, an era of great economic growth, widespread prosperity, and new technologies. This is era featured in The Great Gatsby; it began at the end of WWI and ended with the Stock Market crash in...

This lesson focuses on the vocabulary used in the novel The Great Gatsby. It features a link to a vocabulary list and definitions from the novel and a crossword puzzle using words from the list.

This lesson focuses on reading The Great Gatsby: Chapters 1-3. It features links to a study guide over the novel, a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a Discovery Education video about Fitzgerald, and a quiz over chapters 1-3.

This lesson continues the reading of The Great Gatsby with Chapters 4-6. It features a discussion of connotations, character, and major themes. Links are provided to a Discovery Education video about characters in Gatsby (Registration...

This lesson concludes the reading of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with chapters 7-9. It features a discussion of plot structure, and links to a Discovery Education video showing the cruelty of the rich in the 1920s and a quiz...

This lesson focuses on Langston Hughes and two of him poems: "Theme for English B" and "I, Too." It provides links to the two poems including an audio version of "I, Too" and a handout worksheet for "Theme for English B." It asks student...