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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Active Reading through Self-Assessment: The Student-Made Quiz
   This recurring lesson encourages students to comprehend their reading through inquiry and collaboration. They choose important quotations from the text and work in groups to formulate "quiz" questions that their peers will answer.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   A High-Interest Novel Helps Struggling Readers Confront Bullying in Schools
   Students read a work of realistic fiction about bullying and gain understanding through writing, Readers Theatre, and discussion.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing and Comparing Medieval and Modern Ballads
   Students explore the ballads genre by reading medieval ballads to deduce their characteristics, acting out the ballads, comparing medieval and modern ballads using Venn diagrams, and composing their own ballads.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing and Podcasting About Images of Oscar Wilde
   Students analyze images of Oscar Wilde used to publicize his 1882 American lecture tour. They then compare a caricature to another researched image, sharing this analysis in a podcast.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Analyzing Character Development in Three Short Stories About Women
   Students read three short stories about women; discuss the development of female characters, gender differences, and society's expectations; and write scripts in which the characters discuss their similarities and differences.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing the Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoonists
   Students explore and analyze the techniques that political (or editorial) cartoonists use and draw conclusions about why the cartoonists choose those techniques to communicate their messages.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   And in Conclusion: Inquiring into Strategies for Writing Effective Conclusions
   While drafting a literary analysis essay (or another type of argument) of their own, students work in pairs to investigate advice for writing conclusions and to analyze conclusions of sample essays. They then draft two conclusions for their essay, select one, and reflect on what they have learned through the process.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    An Exploration of Romanticism Through Art and Poetry
    Students use art and poetry to explore and understand major characteristics of the Romantic period.

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