Curated OER
William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating the Compson Family Decline and the Changing South
Students read "The Sound and the Fury" and consider the changing narrative structure and voice throughout the novel. They trace the decline of the Compson family.
Curated OER
Book Review
Students write a five paragraph theme that explains how the novel which they read in this unit effectively utilized various literary elements to portray the impact of a disease on a population. They then decide which three literary...
Curated OER
Good Prevails
Pupils write descriptive paragraphs of characters after reading a Japanese folktale in which characters represent by good and evil.
Curated OER
A Picture's Worth 500-700 Words
Students write a narrative or short story of 500-700 words based on an assigned work of art.
Curated OER
Music Drama & Richard Wagner: The Lord Of The Ring
Students study Richard Wagner and his idea of "Music Drama". Students listen to his music, pantomime, and lead "music dramas" to discover Wagner's idea of the world of composition and drama.
Curated OER
Writing Ghost Stories Using Encounter With a Skull As a Model
Students explore the elements of a ghost story and cautionary tales. The story, "Encounter With a Skull" is read and used as a model for their own story creations. The values and belief systems of various cultures are examined.
Curated OER
Irises
Learners create realistic and impressionistic drawings of irises in an attempt to better understand the importance of the iris in Japanese culture and art. Lesson extensions are provided for this one day lesson.
Curated OER
Silent Spring
Students read background information about Rachel Carson found on the listed website links. They analyze and answer questions about her work and how it is linked to science then they research pesticide usage and alternative methods.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Chaucer's 'The Merchant's Tale': Marriage & Relationships
'The Merchant's Tale' can be viewed as one of the 'marriage' tales in Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales". Students can use this series of activities to explore how Chaucer portrays marriage, men and women, and relationships through the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature; American Romanticism: Vocabulary
This lesson focuses on defining the literary terms in American Romanticism. It features a list of terms and an interactive crossword puzzle using them.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: American Romanticism: Edgar Allan Poe
This lesson focuses on Edgar Allan Poe and his short story "The Fall of the House of Usher." It features links to the Discovery Education Video: "Profile of the Author: Edgar Allan Poe" (Registration required), a Poe biography, the text...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Determining Methods of Characterization [Pdf]
A brief organizer in which students can document how a character in literature is presented, through either direct or indirect characterization. Provides labels, examples, and sections for textual support.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Eve in Milton's Paradise Lost: Poignancy and Paradox
Eve in Paradise Lost is vainly vulnerable and evidently intellectually inferior to Adam. However, Sandra M Gilbert argues that, though Milton portrays her as a weak character, he also puts her on a par with Satan in her refusal to accept...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Introduction
This is an introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer and his major contribution to Middle English literature in The Canterbury Tales. He is known as ""The Father of English Poetry." The essential questions for the unit focuse on his skill with...
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Charles Dickens
This site from The Victorian Web has content that provides a detailed biography and list of works; cultural, economic, social and political contexts; and essays addressing literary themes, imagery, characterization and more in the work...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Brit Lit: 20th Century Postmodernism: Modernism
This is a lesson from a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism; it focuses on Modernism, a period characterized by writers and artists use of new forms in an attempt to find a new truth and a break from existing institutions, forms, and...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Eric Carle
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Modernism: A Worn Path
This lesson focuses on Eudora Welty, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and her short story "A Worn Path." It provides background on Welty as well as a link to the text, reading questions, and a quiz for the short story.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Contemporary Drama
This introduction to contemporary drama focuses on the elements or characteristics of drama and the theme of the American Dream. It features the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, which is set in the 1950s.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: How to Analyze a Short Story
This lesson focuses on analyzing a short story including all of the elements of a short story such as setting, plot and structure, and characterization.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: George Eliot
This resource about Victorian author George Eliot provides a detailed biography, bibliography as well as essays about themes, characterization, narrative and more.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: George Meredith
From a detailed biography, list of works, and political history to essays about themes, setting, and characterization, this site offers an excellent variety of resources related to Victorian author George Meredith.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Anthony Trollope
This site from The Victorian Web features a detailed biography, social and political history, and list of works to information about setting, characterization, themes, and imagery. This site provides a variety of excellent resources on...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity
Delve into the art of storytelling in this self-guided unit. Multiple topics are covered such as literary genres, the 7 elements of fiction, figurative language, theme, characterization, etc. At the end of the unit, write your own flash...