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- Just like Brian Wilson did: Using allusion to teach imagery & theme
- Beginning ENG I students are introduced to the general concepts of imagery (including symbolism) and theme in short literature in a lesson that features two contemporary pop songs and their lyrics. Serves as a useful attention getting exercise for low-level ENG I students who must become familiar with general literary concepts and terms for the ENG I EOC.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
- By Jeffrey Weeks.
- A renaissance of jazz and poetry
- The Harlem Renaissance was the birth of a creative plethora in all fields of art for African Americans. The poetry and jazz composed during or inspired by this era naturally complemented each other. Furthermore, many of the themes from the musical and literary worlds are universal and provide a great lesson on how two different works can have a parallel theme.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts and Music Education)
- By Janet Fore.
- Poetry from prose: A different kind of "book report"
- Students use a word-processing program to write a poem that summarizes important themes or events central to the plot of a novel. Once the poem is proofread, students type the poem according to specific directions. They then print their work and illustrate over or around the writing for an illustrated "book report." Students incorporate details from the novel in their writing and in their illustrations of their poems. In this way, students focus on the themes or events in the novel that appeal to them most -- the ones they feel are most important to the novel's meaning.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Sally Watts.
- 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)
- Cultural Symbolism and Themes of The Old Man and the Sea
- Students will be able to recognize themes and cultural symbols in the novel. The novel's setting and Spanish cultural aspect will appeal to a large number of Hispanic background students.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development)
- By Sandra Hurd and Wilma Gale.
- Introduction to Animal Farm
- This lesson introduces students to Orwell's Animal Farm. They will summarize and reflect on reading and connect the novel to life in a meaningful way.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
- By Mary Lou Faircloth.
- "The Cask of Amontillado"
- The short story "The Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allan Poe is an effective venue for teaching English I literary terms. The following lesson plan is designed to engage the reader in a deeper than superficial reading of the text. It is also designed to elicit discussion and written critical-thinking responses. This lesson assumes that the literary terms have already been introduced. However, if they have not, the teacher may use this lesson to introduce these terms in the context of the literature.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Guy Hill and Crystal Brown.
- The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- Students study the symbolism, setting, and characterization in Kafka's work.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
- By Laura Rose.
- The American Dream
- In conjunction with a unit on Puritanism, students will define and illustrate their personal definition of the American Dream or their concept of the dream in general.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Becky Ackert and Deborah Belknap.
- Slave narratives: A genre study
- In this lesson, students will read selected excerpts from slave narratives, determining common characteristics of the genre. Students will then write their own slave narratives as a slave from their region of North Carolina, researching for historical accuracy and incorporating elements of the slave narrative genre to demonstrate understanding.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Justice for all?: To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill
- Following a study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, students will view the courtroom scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill and determine factors which influenced the verdicts in each trial.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Becky Ackert and Deborah Belknap.
- Inside and outside: Paradox of the box
- This lesson serves to introduce students to symbolism (the box), to the literary element paradox, and to the abstract notion of ambiguity (freedom vs. confinement). It is designed for 2nd and 3rd graders, but may be adapted for use with upper elementary or early middle school grades.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts)
- By Edie McDowell.
- Racing against catastrophe: a webquest for English I teachers
- Students often have difficulty making connections between classic books and their contemporary lives. This Webquest puts you in the role of student to find learning strategies that scaffold the meaning-making process as your own students read.
- Format: /lesson plan
- By Kim Bowen and Shayne Goodrum.
- Looking back - An Art/English interdisciplinary unit
- This is an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates research of historical events of the past century. By students learning to recognize that society impacts the themes within art and literature, students then take this knowledge base and interview an individual to develop a biographical narrative, a collage, and oral presentation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
- By Julie Osmon.
- 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.
- Do you really believe in magic?
- Students are introduced to the genre (or mode) of Magical Realism in World Literature by reading Gabriel Garcia-Marquez's short story, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings." This lesson plan is modified for an English Language Learner (ELL) at the Intermediate Low (IL) proficiency level.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Ann Gerber and Tericia Summers.
- Critical literacy
- Critical literacy is the ability to read texts in an active, reflective manner in order to better understand power, inequality, and injustice in human relationships. This article outlines the history and theory of critical literacy and details its application in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Holding a poetry slam
- Introducing students to “the competitive art of performance poetry” builds enthusiasm for literature among even reluctant readers. This article explains how a high school in Cleveland County, North Carolina, held its first poetry slam.
- By Nancy Blalock.
- Real-world approaches to reading
- Techniques for providing children with the literacy-rich environment that is crucial to both reading and writing success.
- By Alta Allen.
- An integrated poetry unit
- My students have always disliked poetry. The different ways in which this lesson approaches poetry and the connection it makes to their "March Madness" studies seems to make poetry more enjoyable, fun, and relevant for my students. In order to integrate with the sixth grade math and social studies teachers, I teach this unit during the ACC tournament to coincide with the "March Madness" unit that is covered in the math classes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Nancy Guthrie.
