Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Literature Inspired Writing Lesson: A Time Traveler's Log

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will read chapter four of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, noting both the time traveler's descriptions of the new world of 800,000 ACE, and the conclusions the main character draws as a 19th century man. Students will think of a...
Handout
PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Novels: 1850: The Scarlet Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Highlights the novel's themes, setting, and main characters.
Handout
PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Novels: 1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief introduction to Uncle Tom's Cabin, highlighting the novel's important themes, setting, and main characters.
Handout
PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Novels: 1826: Last of the Mohicans

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief introduction to The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, highlighting the novel's themes, setting, and main characters.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Story Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Story Maps are used for teaching students to work with story structure for better comprehension. This technique uses visual representations to help students organize important elements of a story. Students learn to summarize the main...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Story Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the five main elements of a fiction story using the example of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.