This page contains a list of important vocabulary terms for The Tell-Tale …
This page contains a list of important vocabulary terms for The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, along with suggestions about how to teach the terms in context.
This lesson focuses on the pairing of one NY Times article about …
This lesson focuses on the pairing of one NY Times article about the Holocaust with a powerful literary passage from the 2005 novel "The Book Thief.' The novel, set during WWII in Germany, is the story of a girl who shares her stolen books with neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau. The pairing of the book and article leads students to address the question, "How should the story of the Holocaust be told to young people today?"
Students explore the commercial roots of the American Dream and analyze a …
Students explore the commercial roots of the American Dream and analyze a historical or literary text that supports this philosophy in conversation with an Op-Ed column.
In this lesson, students explore the commercial roots of the American Dream …
In this lesson, students explore the commercial roots of the American Dream and analyze a historical or literary text that supports this philosophy in conversation with an Op-Ed column.
This resource provides a lesson designed to provide students the opportunity to …
This resource provides a lesson designed to provide students the opportunity to read, analyze, reflect through writing using the text There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury.
This page details two lessons centered around projects based on The Masque …
This page details two lessons centered around projects based on The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe. Students create masks and discuss the symbolic significance of the seven rooms of Prospero's palace.
This pair of mini-lessons offer convenient ways to teach cause and effect …
This pair of mini-lessons offer convenient ways to teach cause and effect in the English classroom. The first lesson uses graphic organizers to show students cause and effect visually, and the second uses statistics to give students practice interpreting graphs and statistics.
This lesson is part of a larger unit dealing with Early American …
This lesson is part of a larger unit dealing with Early American Literature. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the figurative devices and strategies used by 17th century Puritan poets when creating closed or fixed form poetry.
This resource provides a lesson designed to guide students through a reading …
This resource provides a lesson designed to guide students through a reading of the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter". Students will read and analyze the text. Afterwards, students will reflect through response to guided questions and write an essay.
This resource provides a lesson that should accompany a reading of Einstein's …
This resource provides a lesson that should accompany a reading of Einstein's four short works by Albert Einstein. Included is a speech, letter, and an essay. Students will read an analyze. Afterwards, students will be responsible for completing an essay.
This extensive unit plan centered around Like Water for Chocolate by Laura …
This extensive unit plan centered around Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Eqsuivel explores Magical Realism and different critical viewpoints. It includes an overview of the subject matter, strategies for teaching, detailed daily lesson plans with assignments and activities for each day, assessment and discussion questions for each method of criticism, notes on the cultural and historical background, and suggestions for further reading.
This unit plan centered around "Like Water for Chocolate" by explores Magical …
This unit plan centered around "Like Water for Chocolate" by explores Magical Realism and different critical viewpoints. It includes an overview of the subject matter, strategies for teaching, detailed daily lesson plans with assignments and activities for each day, assessment and discussion questions for each method of criticism, notes on the cultural and historical background, and suggestions for further reading.
This lesson explores the twofold concept of "arete" (virture and excellence in …
This lesson explores the twofold concept of "arete" (virture and excellence in sports) focusing on the ways in which the concept of arete bridges the gap between philosphy and sports. Students will read and critically evaluate an academic essay arguing that through the concept of arete, the ancient Greeks created a specialized athletic culture.
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