Foster critical thinking skills by using the DR-TA Strategy with Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal.” Class members read portions of the essay, stop and discuss what is happening, make predictions based on evidence from the text, and...

Who are "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth”? Readers of Gulliver’s Travels will learn the answer, as the journey with Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput,...

Students study about satire and find examples Part One of GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. They then write an essay about the examples they found and how the writer used satire in his literary work.

Good discussion questions are hard to find and even harder to craft. If you're looking for questions that will stimulate in-depth discussions for all four books in of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, check out this resource.

What is satire, and what are its characteristics? A handy handout provides young satirists with all the information they need to analyze a satire or to craft their own.

Students explore satire. In this literature lesson, students read Part One of Gulliver's Travels. Students then write an essay explaining how Jonathan Swift used satire in his writing.

Engage readers of Gulliver’s Travels with a series of worksheets that include pre-reading activities, vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, and close reading checks. Designed for younger learners, the focus of the packet is on...

Gulliver's Travels tells the story of a man who goes on voyages and encounters strange people. A unit plan introduces readers to the classic text, as well as excerpts from other examples of sarcasm and satire, such as "A Modest...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions about Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this literature activity, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions about Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.

Learners establish background regarding a controversial article regarding rape. Students determine whether this article achieved the label of "satire". Internet sites are used for reference.

Using examples from Socrates to Johnny Carson, this slideshow presents your students with the history and definition of dramatic irony, satire, situational irony, and tragic irony. This presentation would be useful in a language arts...

Students answer the question, "What environmental problems arise due to animal and human overpopulation and what might need to be done to combat these problems?" They play games, graph data and write proposals about the question.

This lesson focuses on Jonathan Swift and his use of satire and irony. It features links to Swift's biography, "A Voyage to Lilliput" and "A Voyage to Brobdingnag" texts from Gulliver's Travels, and a handout with questions about the...

This is the full text of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a prose satire by this Irish writer and clergyman that is both a satire on human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre.

This site offers links to a biography of Jonathan Swift and to the full text of his novel Gulliver's Travels.

Contains plans for three lessons that use Dr. Seuss?s "The Butter Battle Book" to introduce satire in Jonathan Swift?s "Gulliver?s Travels." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts...

This unit focuses on satire and humor; it defines satire as a literary device used to expose follies, vices, and hypocrites to bring about change. It includes links to Gullivers Travels and Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, "The Rape of...

A learning module that begins with an "A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General" by Jonathan Swift, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...

This lesson focues on "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift in which he uses strong satire and irony as a protest of the English treatment of the Irish. It features links to the text of "A Modest Proposal," an introduction to the work by...

This is a 6-page PDF of the text of "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.

This article introduces the questions of penance and obligation that are at the heart of Piers Plowman and shows how the work's fierce satire and commitment to justice have influenced English literature, from multimedia reimaginings to...

Jonathan Swift initially did his best to conceal the fact that he was the author of Gulliver's Travels. This article explores how Swift constructed the work to operate as an elaborate game, parodying travel literature, pretending to be...

A learning module that begins with "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...