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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing Character in Hamlet through Epitaphs
   Students create epitaphs for characters from a tragedy, such as Hamlet.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing Symbolism, Plot, and Theme in Death and the Miser
   Students apply the analytical skills that they use when reading literature to an exploration of the underlying meaning and symbolism in Hieronymous Bosch's early Renaissance painting Death and the Miser.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 28
   Author Lois Duncan was born on this date in 1934.
   Mysteries are shared with students for them to solve and brainstorm the attributes of a good mystery. Small groups then compose short mysteries using the Mystery Cube.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 5
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Connotation, Character, and Color Imagery in The Great Gatsby
   Students explore the connotations of the colors associated with the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 27
   Coretta Scott King was born on this day in 1927.
   Students do a book report assignment based on a current or past winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Discovering Traditional Sonnet Forms
   Students read sonnets, charting the poems' characteristics and using their observations to deduce traditional sonnet forms. They then write original sonnets, using a poem they have analyzed as a model.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Focus on First Lines: Increasing Comprehension through Prediction Strategies
   Students examine opening sentences of texts they will read during a unit or course and make predictions. They return to their predictions throughout the course as they read the texts.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 4
   In 1928, Maya Angelou was born.
   After hearing Maya Angelou's poem, "On the Pulse of Morning," students infer information about the speaker and her feelings about America and reflect on how one's life and experiences can influence one's writing.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 7
    Jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday was born in 1915.
    Students listen to Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" and identify powerful and descriptive images for a mini-lesson on tone and about the lynchings in the South during this time.

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