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Short Story Lesson Plans: Teaching Short Stories with Poetry
Teaching short stories with poetry engages students and saves you from reading the same shallow essay 223 times.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Oct 26, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Teaching Setting and Characterization by Writing Poetry
If you have students take notes on setting, theme, and characterization, they won't remember any of it. If you have them write a poem, they'll remember some of it. Use poetry to teach literature and you'll have smarter students.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Oct 26, 2009 to
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New Approaches to Literature Lesson Plan: Responding with Poetry
What do you get when you combine teaching poetry and teaching literature? One giant mess, unless you use this lesson plan.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Oct 26, 2009 to
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Shakespeare Lesson Plan: Teaching Irony in Romeo and Juliet
I love irony. I once stayed awake all night thinking about how ironic things were. I finally concluded that everything was ironic, which in itself was ironic because not everything is ironic.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Oct 26, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Romeo and Juliet Characters, Who's to Blame?
A Romeo and Juliet character analysis shows that many Romeo and Juliet characters had a role to play in the young lovers' death, but who is most at fault? You decide.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Oct 22, 2009 to
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Teaching Allusion in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Students think the monster's name is Frankenstein. They think that an "allusion" is the same as an "illusion." As you are teaching Frankenstein, teach allusions too.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Oct 19, 2009 to
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Teaching Suspense in Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat
If you know someone who doesn't like Edgar Allan Poe, make fun of him; then, check out this lesson plan about teaching suspense using "The Black Cat".

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Oct 19, 2009 to
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Point of View Activities: Writing an Eyewitness Account in Response to Literature
Writing about literature can be fun (kind of) with this creative writing assignment. Use this analyzing point of view in literature activity to help students understand perspective.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Oct 4, 2009 to
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Comprehension Questions for Number the Stars
These “Number the Stars” questions, based on the historical fiction novel by Lois Lowry, are designed to help your students think on several levels about the book. They include literal, inferential, and evaluative study questions.

Published by Keren Perles (13,130 pts ) on Aug 25, 2009 to
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Teaching Friendship and Resiliance Through 'Ten Mile River'
'Ten Mile River' is a novel with strong themes of friendship and resiliance. These themes can be well explored in English Literature and Novel Study classes. Friendship and resiliance help Ray and Jose through homelessness, poverty, theft and juvenile detention as they cope with street life.

Published by Anne Vize (14,963 pts ) on Jun 26, 2009 to
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