In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on theme of transience in "Harlem." Students may also complete their choice of 2 reading activities suggested. .

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of old age in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading...

For this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students may also complete their choice of 2 reading activities suggested.

For this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Dream-Land." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Dream-Land." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Harlem," by Langston Hughes. Students may also complete their choice of 2 reading activities suggested.

In this poetry analysis worksheet, students read comments about the mysterious and fantastical mood of Lord Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott." Students then respond to 4 short answer questions based on the poem....

Students analyze Japanese tanka poetry. In this Japanese poetry lesson, students identify analyze the structure of tanka poetry. Students complete the activities at the given links for the lesson and compose two tanka poems.

Students complete poetry analysis activities using music. In this music as poetry instructional activity, students review poetic devices and bring in selected music with lyrics and work in groups to listen as well as analyze the music as...

Zora Neal Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Maya Angelou are featured in a guided inquiry unit. High schoolers research the lives and works of these and other Black women writers and craft an argument, using evidence from their research, to...

In this poetic themes worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Musée des Beaux Art," by W. H. Auden. Suggested reading activities related to the poem are also provided.

In this poetry discussion worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the content and features of the poem "My Papa's Waltz," by Roethke.

In this poetry analysis worksheet, students interpret  “No Second Troy,” by William Butler Yeats  by answering 5 questions based on the relationships featured in the poem.

Students use Shakespearean sonnets as part of a poetry analysis lesson. For this sonnet lesson, students perform a sonnet by Shakespeare but treat it as a script to be acted out. Students work in pairs to create motions for two lines...

Learners explore literary elements through music. In this figurative language lesson, students examine imagery and personification in "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix.

Learners analyze the text of Beowulf. In this epic poetry lesson plan, students explore the themes and imagery in the text to evaluate their meaning. Learners analyze the Old English language and examine the cultural and historical...

The video "The Tales of Aesop" traces for viewers the history of fables and identifies their characteristics. The class then goes to the web site "The Fisherman and the Little Fish" where they examine the classic and a modern version of...

Model for your class how to craft an analysis of a sonnet by examining the literary techniques used, the background of the poet, and critical reviews of the poem. As guided practice, learners are assigned a sonnet, complete a preliminary...

Students examine the United States at the turn of the century. Using primary source documents, they interpret them within a specific historical context. Using this information, they write a poem with metaphors and a specific meter They...

The Grapes of Wrath may be the most famous novel set during the Dust Bowl, but what other stories cover the same time? The unit focuses on the Karen Hesse novel Out of the Dust. Learners keep a timeline of the Dust Bowl, maintain a...

Poetry is all about sound and rhythm. The sound of the words, the rhythm of the lines, and the emotional atmosphere created by these elements and the literary devices poets use, compress whole stories into a few stanzas. The specialized...

An effective lesson plan truly can make all the difference. Seventh graders read, analyze, and annotate Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" before writing an essay about what they believe to be the theme of the iconic poem.

I am dancing to the music in my head. Scholars learn to listen for music in their heads as they read literature and poems. After they identify and analyze poetic devices that relate to music, they create their own musical poems.

"Who am I?" Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace," Julio Naboa Polanco's poem "Identity," and a clip from a Jason Bourne film provide learners with a context to consider the traits that makeup identity. Scholars create a...