Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: An Example of Greek New Comedy
This site is actually an in-depth lesson plan for the teaching of the Greek New Comedy, "The Grouch," by Menander. For young scholars, it provides a great deal of detail about the play and background material on Greek comedy as a whole....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Narratives: Organization
This slideshow lesson focuses on organizational structures for narratives including a review of narratives and a list of possible organizational structure types: chronological or sequential order, climactic order, in media, and...
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: The Wildean Dandy, and Comedy, and the Picture of Dorian Gray
This Victorian Web essay provides insight on writer Oscar Wilde's personality and how it relates to his comedy. The article is entitled, "The Wildean Dandy, Comedy, and the Picture of Dorian Gray." This site also gives excerpts from some...
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University (Dr. Mc Clennen): How to Do a Close Reading
This guide is written for college students, but should be very useful for upper level high school students as well. The writer first describes fourteen steps to take in doing a close reading, then provides six pieces of advice on how to...
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Mantex: Tutorials: What Is Close Reading?
This site discusses the four types of reading: Linguistic, Semantic, Structural, and Cultural and offers a detailed example of close reading. RL.11-12.3 Auth choice story elem, RL.11-12.5 Choice of Text Structure