Students complete compare and contrast activities for two stories about racism and tolerance in the science fiction genre. In this literary analysis lesson plan, students read a Ray Bradbury short story and Walter Mosley poem, watch a...

An informative installment of the Writing for Specific Fields series helps readers learn how to interpret and write about fiction. The website details nine easy steps for writing a literary analysis—a useful method for all readers!

Learners use the music of Bruce Springsteen to learn literature techniques.

Sixth graders explore philosophy by researching the Dalai Lama. In this Tibetan history lesson, 6th graders discuss the influence of Buddhism on the Dalai Lama and the unique view on life a Buddhist must have. Students read a Tibetan...

In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 15 short answer and essay questions based on Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link...

Learners use perspective observation sketches to understand verbal description. In this subjective writing instructional activity, students practice writing subjective conversations using the cartoon worksheets.

Celebrated WWI poet Wilfred Owen's life is summed up here, along with the text of 24 of his poems.

This marvelous site offers a chronology of WWI, an assessment of its cost to society, and links to such poets as Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen. Has a plethora of information on the war.

This site is provided for by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Over forty literary terms defined by college students, each with thorough examples.

The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."