Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Rider

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose poem questions whether riding a bicycle can help prevent the feeling of loneliness.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Prose: Practice 2 (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read carefully in order to identify diction, tone, and irony, and evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Rhythms in Poetry: Langston Hughes

For Students 9th - 10th
Poet laureate Langston Hughes is featured in this brief biography highlighting his vast collection of writings, particularly his poetry, which drew upon racial and self awareness in America. See "Langston Hughes Activities" for related...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation: Adrienne Rich

For Students 9th - 10th
Adrienne Rich is featured in this brief biography for her contributions as a contemporary feminist poet and prose author. See "Adrienne Rich Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Penn Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers excerpts from interview with Warren about a reunion at Vanderbilt in 1956, on his writings and values, on HAWKS, on rhythm in prose. There is also a review of HEARTS OF AUTUMN. This site also has a photo of Warren.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Artist

For Students 9th - 10th
Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The Artist." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the House of Judgment

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The House of Judgment." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
Lesson Plan
New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: The Bell Jar

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
This lesson discusses Sylvia Plath's works including The Bell Jar. It has learners look at biographic information and commentaries about Plath. As students read the novel, they complete response logs and write essays. They debate topics...
Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Tornoto: Ben Jonson

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Index page from the University of Toronto offering the complete texts of twenty of Jonson's poems, as well as one work of prose.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Digital Autobiography

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will create original poetry and prose and will assemble a written autobiographical booklet in a middle school language arts class. After all poetry and prose are written, students will create a digital slideshow...
Website
Other

Uil: Speech and Debate (Texas Only)

For Students 9th - 10th
Section of the University Interscholastic League's home page dedicated to Speech and Debate information. Included is a wealth of information about participating in speech and debate tournaments and contests. Topics include general...
Primary
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: William Wordsworth

For Students 9th - 10th
View a set of links to selected poetry and prose of William Wordsworth. Many of the poems have explanatory notes.
Primary
Other

Small Comfort by Katha Pollitt

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece sends a message about happiness and mortality.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Homer including the full text of the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey written in prose.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Doer of Good

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The Doer of Good." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Disciple

For Students 9th - 10th
Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The Disciple." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Master

For Students 9th - 10th
Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The Master." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Teacher of Wisdom

For Students 9th - 10th
Oscar Wilde's prose poem "The Teacher of Wisdom." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
Handout
Other

Cummings Study Guides: How Shakespeare Prepared Manuscripts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn many of the elements which Shakespeare used, or took into consideration, as he wrote the original manuscripts of his plays. How did he shape the English language with new words, how did he evoke settings when plays used few or no...
Handout
First World War

First World War: Prose & Poetry Wilfred Owen

For Students 9th - 10th
The First World War.com offers a very brief biography, this site touches on Wilfred Owen's (1893-1918 CE) work as well. Includes the text of his poem "Futility."
eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the original Middle English. Within the text is also a modern English prose translation.
Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: John Dryden

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of Dryden's most important critical prose work is available here from the University of Toronto.
Unit Plan
Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
Access any one of twenty-five lectures, in audio, video, or text format, of Milton's work and legacy. With coverage of his major poems and prose works: Lycidas, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Areopagitica.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Onomatopoeia

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will identify onomatopoeia in poetry and prose. They will then write their own onomatopoeia poem.

Other popular searches