After reading a text written by James Joyce, middle and high schoolers find examples of passive voice. They share their findings with the class. Use this lesson to emphasize the effect of passive voice in writing.

What is Bloomsday? Why would thousands travel to Dublin on this day to visit sites depicted in a novel that is ridiculously hard to read? Why even bother with reading such a book? Find out by viewing a short video that suggests the...

James Joyce was not the first writer to use stream of consciousness, but the sensory experience in such novels as Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was revolutionary in the literary world. Learn more about the...

Whether it's St. Patrick's Day or not, this lesson can be a great way to study James Joyce and how his heritage has influenced his writing. The lesson is meant to be used with the Gale database, specifically the Student Resource Center...

In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, learners respond to 18 short answer and essay questions based on Joyce's Ulysses. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the bottom of the page.

In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

The Dubliners contains 15 short stories all bound in one book. The stories begin with narration by young children, and as they progress, so do the ages of the narrators. The author, James Joyce, focuses most stories on characters that...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer and essay questions based on A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link...

In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, high schoolers respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Ulysses. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about James Joyce's Dubliners. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about James Joyce's Dubliners. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about James Joyce's Ulysses. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions about Joyce's Dubliners. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Students create a website that gives anyone visiting the site, insight into and a greater appreciation of the short story. An online example is provided using James Joyce's short story Araby as a model students might follow when creating...

True passion can drive you mad. Stephen Dedalus, the main character in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man straddles many lines, including those between sanity and insanity, piety and sin, and individuality and...

Learners explore myths through the study of multiple texts. Students use James Joyce's "Ulysses," the film "Star Wars," various Greek and Biblical myths to inform a guided discussion of myths and the common themes in these texts.    ...

In this literary analysis instructional activity, students respond to 13 short answer questions thoroughly with textual support regarding "The Dead" in James Joyce's Dubliners.

Familiarize your class with commonly used editing marks. They apply the use of editing marks to a letter and examine different types of literary tools before making a note card resource for the tools. They add their own examples for each...

There's nothing regular about them—irregular verbs turn out to be the most common verbs in the English language. Through an analysis of data, learners discover that Zipf's Law describes the patterns of word usage. 

In this literature worksheet, students respond to 15 short answer and essay questions about Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this Great Britain worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about British history and culture.

Want a fresh way to show writers how to paint pictures with words? In addition to figurative language, viewers examine models of absolutes and phrases that zoom, and of big picture statements followed by close-up descriptions. Photos,...

In this capitalization worksheet, students first review capitalization rules, then edit a set of 10 sentences. Answers are included on page 2.