Students compose epitaphs for deceased characters in "Hamlet," paying close attention to how their words appeal to the senses, create imagery, suggest mood, and set tone. Students will design gravestones to display their epitaphs. Students must capture the essence of their character's personality and station in life.

Students will read, analyze, and discuss Medieval English ballads and then list characteristics of the genre. Then they will examine the narrative characteristics of ballads by choosing a balad to act out. Using the Venn diagram tool, students will compare Medieval ballads with modern ones. Finally, students will compose and perform their own ballads.

Allegories are similar to metaphors: in both the author uses one subject to represent another, seemingly unrelated, subject. However, unlike metaphors, which are generally short and contained within a few lines, an allegory extends its representation over the course of an entire story, novel, or poem. This lesson plan will introduce students to the concept of allegory by using George Orwell’s widely read novella, Animal Farm, which is available on Project Gutenberg.

In this reader's guide to Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, students will learn the background of the book as well as the author, and deepen their understanding of the text through indepth discussion questions.

A teachers guide for Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid, including questions for each chapter to increase understanding, topics for class discussion, and assignment ideas to deepen understanding of themes and context

In this reader's guide to John O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra, 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 lesson contains an assessment intended to measure student understanding of the theory of Objectivism - the central idea in Ayn Rand's novel, The Fountainhead.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, discussion questions, suggested reading list, and author biography intended to enhance student discussion of Articles of War, Nick Arvin’s harrowing novel about one’s soldier’s confrontation with his own fear during World War II.

This video from Shakespeare Uncovered explore artifacts from Shakespeare’s time that many scholars believe Shakespeare himself may have referenced when researching for his plays. As you view the videos and complete the activities in this collection, examine the evidence presented to support this claim.

In this lesson on the conclusion of The Awakening ,students will engage in an evidence-based discussion, making claims and supporting them with textual evidence.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography designed to enhance student discussion of Ian McEwan’s international bestseller Atonement.

In this Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide, the questions are designed to enhance student discussion of At the Bottom of Everything, a stunning novel of friendship, guilt, and madness: two friends, torn apart by a terrible secret, and the dark adventure that neither of them could have ever conceived.

This guide to The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne includes analysis of the story, an extensive selection of study and discussion questions, key vocabulary terms, and a follow-up assignment.

This resource contains discussion topics and postreading activities for Barefoot Heart by Elva Treviño Hart.

This page discusses two works by William Faulkner: Barn Burning and A Rose for Emily. This resource includes teaching strategies, an overview of themes and connections, and discussion questions.

In this Common Core aligned teacher's guide to Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel, students will explore the idea that that there is more than one way of seeing and more than one way of communicating. This guide provides suggested topics for discussions, terms for consideration, supplemental reading, and activities.

A teachers guide for Before My Eyes by Caroline Bock, including in-depth insight to the setting, characters, and author's inspiration, questions for class discussion, and activities to provoke deeper understanding of issues

In this Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide to Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian, students will explore themes of family loyalty and underlying meaning. Discussion questions and author and book background provided.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions intended to enrich student discussion of Imbolo Mbue's novel, Behold the Dreamers-- a novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream.

In this reader's guide to Iris Murdoch's novel The Bell, students will learn the background of the book as well as the author, and deepen their understanding of the text through indepth discussion questions. Suggested further reading included.