Learn about figurative language and how to determine the figurative, denotative, and connotative meanings of words.

This lesson will help students identify diction and tone in their reading and will help them answer these questions: What does the author mean? What is the author's attitude about what he or she is writing? How will my understanding of a...

This is a tutorial focusing on setting including time, place, deeper meanings, multiple settings, etc. Shakespeare's Romeo acts as the guide. RL.11-12.3 Auth choice story elem

This unit plan from the Utah Education Network engages students in understanding how authors backgrounds often impact their writing choices. "Human rights" and "discrimination" are the featured topics in the five texts incorporated in...

This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...

Editor Amy Ehrlich compelled ten well-known children's authors to write narratives, and she compiled these memoirs in her book, When I Was Your Age. The collection of narratives varies, but an underlying theme is the way in which...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Authors provide an interactive way to actually experience history in an on-line game. Become Nat Wheeler as he makes his way to Boston in 1770, a crucial time in history! Find your way around Boston to...

This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying an author's tone. Reinforcement for understanding author's tone is provided through the five different worksheets and a mini-lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4

Details about Rhetoric on the SAT Reading Test. One definition of the word rhetoric is "the study of writing or speaking." Rhetoric questions on the Reading Test assess how well you understand the choices that authors make as they...

In this instructional activity, Flotsam, written by David Wiesner, is used as a mentor text. Students will analyze the author's use of crazy illustrations and word choices. Students will then use a game on this web site where they will...

Critical thinking, comprehension and analysis skills are the focus of this physical activity. Good beginning to teaching different ways of looking at things.

What are the major roles in literature circles? Check out this site to learn more about the individual roles needed to form a literature circle. Includes links to various reading handouts and lessons.