This lesson focuse on Edward Taylor and his poem "Huswifery." Unlike most Colonial literature, Taylor used poetry as a medium to praise God as shown in the poem "Huswifery." Students are asked to read the poem and look for examples of...

This is a lesson in a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism and focuses on the poety of T.S. Eliot including "The Waste Land" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Links to each of these poems and a biography of Eliot are provided. It...

This lesson focuses on Sir Philip Sidney, his techniques, and his sonnets. It features "Sonnet 39" from his sequence "Astrophil and Stella" and an accompanying worksheet and Sidney's biography.

Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to make connections between literary texts and popular culture texts like song lyrics. After checking popular culture texts for literary elements, these elements are then examined in...

Each student will create a nonobjective painting using a straw. The class will then combine each painting into one large mural. Selected poetry and music accompanies this lesson plan.

In this lesson, learners interpret how words are used in a literary text and examine how word choice affects meaning and tone. A sample analysis of a poem is presented, terms are defined, and question stems for assessment purposes are...

Humans are creatures of rhythm and repetition. From our breath to our gait: rhythm is central to our experience, and often brings us pleasure. We can find pleasure in the rhythm of a song, or even the rows of an orchard. Of course, too...

This lesson focuses on Annotation, a "writing-to-learn" strategy. It consists of writing explanatory notes and critical (analytical) commentary to yourself. Annotating text consists of two steps: (1) underlining, highlighting, circling,...

This lesson plan, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages students to evaluate literature in a variety of multimedia formats and answer the question, "Who Am I?," Students are then asked to...

This lesson introduces zeugma and goes over how it is used in writing.

This site highlights the vocabulary and sound techniques that Poe used to create his well-known poem "The Raven." See if you can identify the devices in the last part of the poem.

In this instructional activity, Have You Seen Trees?, a book written by Joanne Oppenheim, and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, a book written by Gail Gibbons, are used as mentor texts. As a post-reading activity, students will record...

This printable worksheet tutorial tests your knowledge of writing snow similes.