This webpage contains theme-based discussion prompts for each vignette in The House …
This webpage contains theme-based discussion prompts for each vignette in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, as well as a selection of follow-up activities.
In this lesson, students apply their understanding of the point of view …
In this lesson, students apply their understanding of the point of view of a literary work and how it affects the story line through writing their own family position paragraphs.
In this video resource from PBS Learning Media, students will explore the …
In this video resource from PBS Learning Media, students will explore the types of humor that exist, such as Irony, Satire, Farce, and Parody. They will research and find examples of humor that appeal to them. Next, they will choose a passage written by Mark Twain and analyze it to determine what type of humor is used.
This lesson will use the "infinite variety" of resources on the Internet …
This lesson will use the "infinite variety" of resources on the Internet to let students find their own image of Othello. The lesson will take them on a WebQuest, first to textual references, and then to on-line searches for images of Othello in film, play productions, and art. Then, students will write an essay about the casting of Othello to conclude the lesson.
In this lesson on The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, students will …
In this lesson on The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, students will practice drawing evidence from the text to infer about the main character/narrator, and use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Students will read a passage and write an analysis of a character …
Students will read a passage and write an analysis of a character using the text as evidence. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.
In this lesson, students will analyze the techniques that Laurence Yep used …
In this lesson, students will analyze the techniques that Laurence Yep used to develop the point of view of Moon Shadow, the narrator in the novel Dragon Wings.
WWII has started and Jimbo Kurasaki and his mother and brother have …
WWII has started and Jimbo Kurasaki and his mother and brother have been confined to an internment camp because they are Japanese. He is not happy, but he copes by deciding that war “makes people crazy.†In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
This teacher's guide for Little Green by Chun Yu includes background information …
This teacher's guide for Little Green by Chun Yu includes background information on the Cultural Revolution, discussion questions, activities, writing practices, and collaborative exercises.
In this lesson, students will use the individual experience of Mary McLeod …
In this lesson, students will use the individual experience of Mary McLeod Bethune to analyze choice, its affects on social equality, and impact on their own life experiences.
In this lesson students examine how imagery is used to represent ideas, …
In this lesson students examine how imagery is used to represent ideas, themes, periods of history, and make cultural connections to poem, "Still I Rise." Students will reflect through written expression how resiliency is in their lives, school, and community.
In this lesson that tightly integrates personal writing, research, and thematic response …
In this lesson that tightly integrates personal writing, research, and thematic response to literature, students discuss the importance of having a recorded history of humanity. As they explore this topic, they gain a deeper understanding of the horror of Jonas’s dystopian society in Lois Lowry’s The Giver. This understanding generates a keen interest in and context for the descriptive writing of students’ own history. Students gather ideas from several sources, including their own memories, interviews, and photographs, and then write their own descriptive memoirs.
The activities in this lesson invite students to focus on the characters …
The activities in this lesson invite students to focus on the characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream, to describe and analyze their conflicts, and then to watch how those conflicts get resolved.
This lesson will be completed once students have read the script of …
This lesson will be completed once students have read the script of the play The Monsters are Due on Maple Street and watched the film adaptation on The Twilight Zone. Students will complete a learning menu that includes an appetizer, entree, and dessert. All students will complete the same starter and main course but will then have a choice for their dessert.
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