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One, two, three... go Poe!: In this lesson, students will be able to compare and contrast three short stories they have read by Edgar Allan Poe. The assignment will be divided into three parts: (1) They will have read and discussed or completed other classroom activities on each of the three stories. (2) They will work in small groups to brainstorm and create comparison/contrast charts that will be shared with the class. (3) Students will create their own graphic organizers based on the ideas shared in step two and then create a draft and final paper.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Janie Peak.

Weaving the multigenre web: In this lesson, students read novels, analyze the literary elements, and create a multigenre project to present information to their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Varying views of America: In this lesson, students work in a collaborative setting to examine the ways that perspective influences how individuals vary in their tone toward similar experience based on their point of view. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Style: Translating stylistic choices from Hawthorne to Hemingway and back again: In this lesson, students translate passages that demonstrate specific stylistic devices and then translate fables into the style of one of the authors they have been reading. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Reader response in Hypertext: Making personal connections to literature: In this lesson, students choose four quotations that inspire personal responses to a novel they have read and create a multi-genre project to express these feelings. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Poetry: Sound and sense: In this lesson, students read and listen to several poems while concentrating on the author's language choices. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Outside in: Finding a character's heart through art: In this lesson, students explore the idea of alienation by examining Edward Hopper's art and Raymond Carver's fiction. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Mark Twain and American humor: Students examine structure and characterization in the short story and consider the significance of humor through a study of Mark Twain's “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Making connections to myth and folktale: The many ways to “Rainy Mountain”: In this assignment, students write a three-voice narrative based on N. Scott Momaday’s structure in The Way to Rainy Mountain. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Literary parodies: Exploring a writer's style through imitation: In this lesson, students analyze the features of a poet's work and then create their own poems based on the original model. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Life on the Great Plains: Students examine the concept of geographic region by exploring the history of the Great Plains. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

From Friedan forward—considering a feminist perspective: In this lesson that focuses on feminism, students are challenged to think about how opinions develop and change based on such things as age, experience, time, and place. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying": Crossing the River: Students consider the symbolism of the river crossing in As I Lay Dying and how Faulkner's use of multiple narrative perspectives relates to the author's thematic concerns. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying": Burying Addie's Voice: Students consider the role of Addie Bundren in Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, the effect she has on the other characters, and the impact created by Faulkner's use of multiple narrative perspectives on revelation of character and exploration of themes.... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Decoding “The Matrix”: Exploring dystopian characteristics through film: In this lesson, students are introduced to the definition and characteristics of a dystopian work by watching video clips from The Matrix and other dystopian films. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Broken worlds: This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, provides a variety of options for conducting comparative analysis between two plays. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Analyzing the stylistic choices of political cartoonists: In this lesson, students learn terminology that describes comics and political (or editorial) cartoons and discuss how the cartoonists' choices influence the messages that they communicate. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Analyzing the purpose and meaning of political cartoons: In this lesson, students evaluate political cartoons for their meaning, message, and persuasiveness. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE