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- 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. - 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. - 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. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Comparing William Carlos Williams's Poetry with Cubist Paintings
Through discussion, drawing, and writing, students compare how William Carlos Williams's poetry and Cubist and Precisionist painting employ similar artistic strategies, enhancing their understanding of both kinds of text. - 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. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Ekphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry
In this lesson, students explore ekphrasiswriting inspired by art. Students find pieces of art that inspire them and compose a booklet of poems about the pieces they have chosen. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Examining Transcendentalism through Popular Culture
Using excerpts from the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, comics, and songs from different musical genres, students examine the characteristics of transcendentalism. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Having My Say: A Multigenre Autobiography Project
Students compose a multigenre paper, modeled after the Delany sister's autobiography, Having Our Say, that includes the autobiographical narrative essay as well as an informational nonfiction piece. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Heroes Are Made of This: Studying the Character of Heroes
Designed to explore the hero and the heroic in literature, this unit asks students to discuss their ideas of heroism and analyze heroes in literature. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Id, Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat is used as a primer to teach students how to analyze a literary work using plot, theme, characterization, and psychoanalytical criticism.