In this lesson on Oedipus the King, students will consider how Jocasta's story develops the central idea of the role of fate.

This literacy assessment includes an excerpt from "Julius Caesar," eight text-dependent questions, one constructed response writing prompt, and explanatory information for teachers regarding alignment to the CCSS.

A teacher's guide for the novel Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, including journal prompts, discussion questions, and focused final project ideas.

"To Build a Fire" is an excellent example of American literary naturalism. In this multi-day lesson students will perfrom close-reading analyses of this classic short story as they study the use of point of view to create a narrative. Students will also debate the distinction between knowledge and instinct using textual evidence.

A teachers guide for LIE by Caroline Bock, including a lesson plan outline, discussion questions, and assignments

This lesson plan encourages students to examine point of view by writing an eyewitness account. This lesson plan can be used with any novel the students might happen to be reading - students choose a character from whose perspective they'd be interested in examining things.

This lesson introduces students to the way lines work in poems and create texture. Students will learn the difference between end-stopped lines (lines that end with punctuation) and enjambed lines (lines that break where there is no punctuation, that continue in the reader's same breath). The lesson will also guide students toward listening to the natural cadences of a poem when reading it aloud.

Uncover the sources of Twain's comic genius in American traditions of dialect humor and literary satire.

In this unit, students explore the themes of power, control, abuse, and respect among the characters in Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The resource includes several activities and discussion questions.

This lesson plan is designed to guide students through a reading of the classic short story, "The Lady or the Tiger?". The lesson provides a guide for an in depth analysis of the text by asking students to seek textual evidence to respond to the provided guided questions. A culminating activity is provided, which directs learners to draft an essay that builds upon that textual evidence to draft a response posed by the title's question.

This resource provides a lesson and two activities focusing on study of the Ramayana. Students will examine characteristics of heroes and villians as exhibited in the text. Students will also spend time focusing on the concept of dharma, or morality. Students will exmaine concepts of morality in the text as well as within their own lives.

In this lesson, students watch a silent movie and visually identify the elements of a story.

Students will have the opportunity to use four of the Miss Breed letters as primary source documents. As students compare the writers’ differing points of view, they might see more clearly that the history of an event or period of time is never a single story.

After students have read a book about the Holocaust, such as The Diary of Anne Frank or Night by Elie Wiesel, students will view Life is Beautiful and complete discussion questions that challenge their ability to analyze literature using film. When the film is complete, students will write a letter to the director conveying their opinion of the film.

Students will read, critically analyze and write about a series of poems dealing with light and darkness.

A unit plan for Like Any Normal Day by Mark Kram, Jr., including pre-reading activities, journal prompts, vocabulary words, discussion questions, quizzes, and final project ideas.

This unit contains a series a poetry lessons and poem suggestions on the poetry of war. Students will read and closely analyze several 'poems of war' and write their own poem as a culminating activity.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an author interview and discussion questions designed to enhance student reading of of The Little Friend, the long-anticipated and widely praised bestseller by Donna Tartt, author of the critically acclaimed The Secret History.

In this Common Core aligned pdf teacher's guide to Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie, students will explore the themes of love, life, and death through this whimsical novel. The guide includes discussion questions and activities, as well as extension ideas.