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- Oedipus the King: Personal letter-writing assignment
- Students will work in groups to evaluate the personality of various characters from Oedipus the King. Each student will write two personal letters in the role of one character from the play responding to the events of the play and the various relationships within it.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Greg Townsend.
- Oedipus the King reader's theatre
- Students will rewrite the Greek tragedy in a modern context in order to review and analyze the plot. This assignment is designed as a final project in a Greek Theatre unit. It is expected that the literature has already been read and analyzed as a class. I have found that this project is an innovative way to review for a unit test on the play and Greek Theatre.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- Foreshadowing: Quote identification, discovery lesson, and essay prompt analysis
- During the course of this lesson, students identify selected quotes from literary works studied in class. After a brief discussion of what all of the quotes have in common, students will determine that each quote foreshadows an important, upcoming plot development. The class will then examine an essay prompt on foreshadowing, vote on the literary work to be used in planning a response to the prompt, and, as a teacher-led, whole-class activity, come up with a thesis and main point outline for the essay.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Martha Owens.
- Reading is for the boys (and girls)!
- This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."
- Format: article
- By Kimberly Bowen.