Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hard Times

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take part in a lesson that demonstrates a learning cycle and can be applied to the practice of teaching in general. They prepare for learning, agree on learning outcomes, receive new information, construct new meaning, apply new...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a Greeting Card

For Teachers 1st
First graders brainstorm on what occasions they might receive a card and discuss why we send cards to others. They discuss how they would write the verse for the card and then write a note to someone at school with paper and pencil, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Literature is Alive and Everywhere

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss things that are valuable and things that are beautiful.  In this ode lesson, students look for something beautiful that inspires them and take a picture of it. Students write an ode to one of the beautiful objects...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Jamie Saw

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen as the teacher reads the book "What Jamie Saw." They write down the interesting sentences that are encountered. Students jot notes into their journals answering questions about the way Jamie/Patty are feeling. They...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read poems from the book Runny Babbit and do language arts activities based on the book. In this language arts lesson plan, students read poems from the given book and do activities that include a word finder, rhyming...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Contemporary Prose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on postmodern prose; students will be reading a novel or play of their choosing from a list provided. They will be expected to reflect on the work through reflective journaling and a timed...
Article
British Library

British Library: Prose and Verse in Shakespeare's Plays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article discussing how Shakespeare used prose and verse in his plays, and what we can learn from this. The author cites numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays and a few from other authors. Includes images of documents in the...
Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Schemes of Work: Prose: Harry Potter

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] As a resource to be used with J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, students will engage in different writing experiences that are extensions of the novel. The prose activities include...
Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Prose. Toad Rage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features related activities connected to Morris Geitzman's book, Toad Rage. Students will read a fable, nonfiction reading, prose reading, and connected writing activities.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry From Prose

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson teaches students to create an original poem based on select words and phrases from a prose piece. Also encourages students to model poetic forms after found poems.
Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: They Shut Me Up in Prose

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "They Shut Me Up In Prose --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Odyssey (Prose) by Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the prose version of the epic poem The Odyssey (prose) by Homer including all 24 books.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Iliad (Prose) by Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of a prose version of the Greek epic poem The Iliad by Homer. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the Trojan War.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Prose Version) by Anonymous

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of a prose version of the Medieval British Literature epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, author unknown. It also provides prefaces for the first and second editions and notes about the work.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Hymns in Prose for Children by Mrs. Anna Barbauld

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Hymns in Prose for Children by Mrs. Anna Barbauld, illustrated hymns written in prose to aid understanding.
Handout
Other

California Polytechnic State University: Shakespearean Verse and Prose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains terms used in discussing how verse and prose were used by Shakespeare, and how to recognize prose, rhyme, and blank verse in his plays, and what their functions are. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Prose Poetry Paragraphs

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Inspired by the vignettes of Sandra Cisneros, students will write about a familiar thing from their lives. Students will use the style of prose poetry to describe something familiar around their home, school or neighborhood. The final...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Favourite Fables, in Prose and Verse by Harrison Weir

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Favourite Fables, in Prose and Verse by Harrison Weir [1870], a collection of illustrated fables in prose and verse.
Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Schemes of Work: Prose. Ghost Stories

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This series of 13 lessons explores the horror/ghost film genre. Students will culminate the study by writing their own ghost stories.
Activity
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Prose: Practice 1 (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th
As you read through the texts in this lesson, you will practice close reading strategies to help you understand a writer's tone. You'll be examining the writer's choice of diction, details, and irony to identify the writer's attitude.
Activity
Other

Lib.ru: Russian Prose and Science Fiction in English Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of Russian prose and science fiction in English. Website features online texts of works by popular Russian authors and could be used by older students as a resource for studying English or Russian literature. Some broken links.
eBook
Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: The Pleasant Verse & Prose Storybook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"The Pleasant Verse & Prose Storybook", published circa by Thos. Dean and Son, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 18 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 6.1 Writing About Literature: Analyzing Prose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to analyze prose by understanding connotation and denotation, identifying metaphors and similes, looking for repetition, and finding imagery in a text.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

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

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students practice reading closely so that you can identify the choices that help create tone, diction, and irony.

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