In this lesson on Oedipus the King, students will explore the development of the central idea of the role of fate through an analysis of key details in the argument between Oedipus and Creon.
In this lesson based on St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, students will work in small groups to analyze a specific stage of culture shock and then share that work with the class via group presentations.
In this lesson based on the chapter "Solarium" from Black Swan Green, students will analyze how characters contribute to refining the theme of the story.
In this lesson focused on St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, students will analyze character interaction and participate in small group discussions.
In this lesson, students use a circular chart to analyze the plot structure of John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men. Students consider the similar structures of each chapter and how the novel ends where it began, leading into a literary analysis essay about the novel.
In this lesson, students examine several speeches from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. Students track the occurrence of speeches, monitor what kind of speeches are made, and write about what the speeches reveal about their speaker.
In this lesson, students will explore the Sophoclean dramatic structure by working with the first two monologues of Oedipus the King.
This task allows students to apply literary techniques employed in a text. Although this is for And the Mountains Echoed, it is easily adapted to fit any work of fiction. Often students will create a wheel because information stems out from the center, but allowing more creative freedom and letting students use an object that is more specific to the text is certainly encouraged.
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 resource based on Animal Farm, students will review and answer questions about the text.
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
An Anticipation Guide is a strategy that is used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic. Before reading a selection, students respond to several statements that challenge or support their preconceived ideas about key concepts in the text. Using this strategy stimulates students' interest in a topic and sets a purpose for reading. Anticipation guides can be revisited after reading to evaluate how well students understood the material and to correct any misconceptions.
This resource provides review of important elements of the tragedy, Antigone.
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 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 resource is a collection of discussion questions to supplement The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
Students will evaulate a nonfiction or realistic text for its cultural relevance to themselves and as a group. Then they analyze the cultural relevance of a selected text using an online tool. After, students search for additional relevant texts; each chooses one and writes a review of the text that they choose.
In this End of Unit Assessment, students will craft a formal essay exploring and identifying the development of similar ideas in Letters to a Young Poet and Black Swan Green.
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.