Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Responding to Literature Forms
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides graphic organizers including a book critique form, response journals, adding an ending, and book log.
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Understanding Adolescents
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 2 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 2. Young adult...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Literature: Reader Response Criticism
This lesson focuses on reader-response literary criticism including the purpose of reader response, the structure of a reader-response essay, how to criticize with examples, and an example of a reader-response essay using "The Secret...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Leading Student Responses
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 5 reflection. Intended for high school teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 5. Focus...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 12: Activities
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 12 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 12. Focus of the...
Brigham Young University
Anthem for Doomed Youth: Writers and Literature of the Great War, 1914 1918
The author of this site juxtaposes the causes and effects of World War I with the literature which was created in response to it.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Great Gatsby: The American Dream
This lesson focuses on The Great Gatsby and its portrayal of the disintegration of the American Dream. It features a student response question asking students to consider their own American Dream and a link to a Great Gatsby Treasure...
Student Achievement Partners
Gr. 10 Literature Mini Assessment: Excerpt From Julius Caesar, Act Iii, Scene Ii
This Language Arts assessment is based on a scene from Act III of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Students first read the accompanying text and watch a video of the scene being performed. They then answer a set of mainly multiple-choice...
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Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Responsible: Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In "Responsible" by Darlene Ryan, Kevin falls in with the wrong crowd, as he usually does whenever his family moves. But this time, the leader, Nick, is into intimidation of a girl called Erin. When Kevin realizes that Erin is to be...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Electronic Reader Response Project
This lesson plan involves creating and maintaining an online scrapbook in a reader-response format. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Other
Univ. Of Mississippi: Critical Approaches to Literature
Here are nine common critical approaches to the study of literature based on X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia's Literature: An Introductionto Fiction, Poetry, and Drama.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Poetry
Discover close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to Shakespeare's sonnets, the poetry of John Donne, and more.
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "A Tale of Two Cities" Study Guide [Pdf]
Complete study guide for "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. Prepare for the novel with an author biography, vocabulary preview, introductory article, and pre-reading questions and activities. While reading, participate in...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Selecting Topics for Literary Analysis
A series of resources designed to teach students how to write a literary analysis. The first is a screencast [6 mins] that focuses on defining and introducing the parts of a literary analysis. The second is a slide show with seven slides...
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Where the Red Fern Grows" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great reading guide for "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, book introduction, background articles, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming ideas...
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Tuck Everlasting" Study Guide [Pdf]
Reading guide on Natalie Babbitt's "Tuck Everlasting" with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel introduction, and...
![Glencoe Literature Library: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103588-f43d510b894e1babbad3eb762d8d95e6.jpg?1661498474 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great reading guide for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, play introduction, vocabulary lists, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming...
![Glencoe Literature Library: "The Metamorphosis" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103589-ff8083c8afaa23d4e7d04afb3203e105.jpg?1661498476 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"The Metamorphosis\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Metamorphosis" Study Guide [Pdf]
Reading guide on Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novella introduction, and...
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "A House for Mr. Biswas" Study Guide [Pdf]
Complete study guide to V. S. Naipaul's "A House for Mr. Biswas," providing pre-reading material, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts on plot, character, and theme. Students who have completed...
![Glencoe Literature Library: "Cezanne Pinto" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103604-642e43a78dc29a076e0493ac54713130.jpg?1661498549 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"Cezanne Pinto\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Cezanne Pinto" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "Cezanne Pinto," complete with a brief biography of author Mary Stolz, pre-reading material, diagramming activities, and personal response and analysis questions linked to each chapter. Also provides...
![Glencoe Literature Library: "The Yearling" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103566-867de0602418486c68f57c8b3386b22d.jpg?1661498381 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"The Yearling\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Yearling" Study Guide [Pdf]
Before delving into "The Yearling," check out a biography of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, an introduction to the novel, and pre-reading activities and discussion questions. While reading, participate in "Active Reading" diagramming...
![Glencoe Literature Library: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103572-4e3ff2e16c72cdc96e3f8b30a6cec58c.jpg?1661498421 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "To Kill a Mockingbird," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, introductory article, novel background, and vocabulary words), as well as brainstorming activities and thought-provoking...
![Glencoe Literature Library: "My Antonia" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103586-5a6d998263e6897924d865004a6fb6a1.jpg?1661498472 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"My Antonia\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "My Antonia" Study Guide [Pdf]
Before delving into "My Antonia," check out a biography of author Willa Cather, an introduction to the novel, and pre-reading activities and discussion questions. While reading, participate in "Active Reading" diagramming and answer...
![Glencoe Literature Library: "Missing May" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103587-9b353cc666cf29f0da908eddfb2f08ca.jpg?1661498473 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"Missing May\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Missing May" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "Missing May," complete with a brief biography of author Cynthia Rylant, pre-reading material, diagramming activities, personal response and analysis questions, and an essay prompts for students who...