In this lesson students explore ekphrasis, writing inspired through art. Through discussion poems inspired by works of art, students examine ways in which poets can approach a piece of artwork. Students then research piece of art that inspires them and in turn, compose a booklet of poems about the pieces they have chosen.

In this Penguin Classics guide to José Rizal's El Filibusterismo, students will learn the background of the book as well as the author, and deepen their understanding of the text through indepth discussion questions.

This page contains discussion questions for Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, discussion questions, and an author biography designed to enhance student discussion of Mark Dunn's book, Ella Minnow Pea, a satirical novel of language and ideas.

This Random House for High School Teachers teacher's guide includes an introduction and overview; discussion questions; author biography; and suggestions for further reading designed to enhance student discussion of Mark Dunn's book, Ella Minnow Pea, a satirical novel of language and ideas.

This page contains a set of discussion questions for Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons.

Students will explore the question "What is an American" through both historical and modern lenses, discussing how the concept of American identity and the American Dream has evolved over time. Through a power point presentation, class discussion, reading historical and modern interpretations, and completing an art project, students will gain an understanding of the emergence of an American identity.

In this Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide to Jane Austen's Emma, students will explore discussion questions designed to enhance understanding of theme, setting, and character analysis.

In this Penguin Classics guide to Jane Austen's Emma, students will learn the background of the book as well as the author, and deepen their understanding of the text through indepth discussion questions.

This page contains a summary and detailed analysis of The End of Something by Ernest Hemingway, as well as in-depth discussion questions and prompts for response.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes discussion questions designed to enhance student discussion of Michael Ondaatje's novel, The English Patient, winner of the Booker Prize. This book showcases that while events taking place in the outside world prove that history has reached a definitive turning point, the four protagonists carry on a remote, intensely personal existence as they play out their interior drama.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, students will explore the different strands of thought about art, myth science and family that are woven together in the seminal novel. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

In this TED Ed lesson focused on Homer's "Odyssey," students will explore the cultural background of the work and discuss the significance of its themes. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

In this lesson based on Poe's The Tell Tale Heart, students will explore the first two paragraphs and analyze how Poe develops the central ideas of obsession and madness through specific textual details.

In this Penguin Classics guide to Barbara Pym's Excellent Women, students will learn the background of the book as well as the author, and deepen their understanding of the text through indepth discussion questions.

In this lesson, students will look at aspects of identity through an intersectional lens—that is, seeing multiplicities of identities as inextricably linked within a person and their lived, narrative experiences through analysis of three poems.

All Quiet on the Western Front ends with a startling and ironic conclusion. This ending introduces students to situational irony. After discussing the definition and several examples of situational irony, students explore the novel’s concluding passage. Students next choose a possible alternate ending for the book that could still be an example of situational irony. They then retitle the book and rewrite its ending, maintaining the original ironic tone and weaving their new title into the ending as Remarque does. Finally, students design new, symbolic covers for the book, which feature their new titles.

This resource provides a lesson designed to help students understand the use of satire and the myriad technicques that authors may use to add it to their writing. Students use the film Shrek to examine the four techniques of exaggeration, incongruity, reversal and parody. Students prove their understanding by using satire to rewrite a fairly tale.

Students are introduced to the idea of "The Simpsons" as satire by comparing what they did on a typical day to the things the Simpsons do in the opening sequence of the show. Students use the character profiles on the Simpsons website to analyze six characters, identifying satirical details that reveal the comment/criticism being made about society through the characters. Finally, students use a graphic organizer to record and analyze specific examples of satire as they watch a full episode.

In this lesson, students will participate in a group gallery walk activity, as well as analyzing an Emily Dickinson poem and examining her use of the extended metaphor.