Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: Coriolanus
Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. A list of related articles can be found on the landing page.
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: As You Like It
Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Full explanatory notes and study questions are found at the end of the...
Luminarium
Luminarium: Robert Herrick: Delight in Disorder
Text of Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder."Provides source of the poem, but does not offer any commentary or notes about the poet or the poem. The best part is a link to a comprehensive collection of Herrick's work. Plus, they are...
Luminarium
Luminarium: Robert Herrick
Part of the Herrick section of the Luminarium site, this is a concise biography with links to more information.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
This site provides a selection of major authors and works associated with English literature, ranging from Geoffrey Chaucer to Sir Isaac Newton. Each author's page contains online texts of the author's works, essays about the author and...
Luminarium
Luminarium: The Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Clickable list to full-text examples of the sonnets and blank verse poems of this English renaissance poet.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: What Caused It?: Student Web Lesson
Students are asked to be detectives while they read and to look for the cause/effect sentences in the paragraphs. In this lesson, students read paragraphs and answer questions about it by either typing in their responses or selecting...
Other
Twentieth Century Poetry in English
The work of many major poets can be reached through links at this site. Includes biographical information on poets and many works.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: Image to Narrative
This lesson, which can be adapted to fit with any picture you choose, works for students of all levels.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Beginnings of American Verse
Describes the beginnings of American poetry, beginning with a publication in 1610. Click through the 18 sections to get the full picture. Extracted from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Playing With Genre Through Newspapers and Short Stories
Contains plans for three lessons that ask students to compare narrative writing (short stories) to expository writing (news articles) in order to understand what makes each genre unique. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Cover to Cover: Comparing Books to Movies
A 7-lesson unit where middle schoolers critically analyze how a film adaptation portrays a novel to see what impact it had on the retell of the story. They then design a movie DVD cover and write a DVD insert based on what they have...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Longfellow: Poetry
Guide to the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including historical context, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with discussion activities, homework assignments, and essay topics.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: The Poetics of Hip Hop
Students will analyze form in Shakespearean sonnets and hip-hop music. Concepts viewed in-depth include rhythm, form, diction, and sound. [Requires QuickTime 7].
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Film
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of video adaptations of Shakespeare plays from silent films to modern movies and teaching packs from the BFI and Into Film to give teachers ideas as to how to use them in teaching...
TES Global
Tes: Introduction to Shakespeare: Powerpoint Lesson!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of activities and slide shows to learn about Shakespeare's life and works, Elizabethan England, and the Elizabethan Theatre. The last activity is a quiz or assessment piece.
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Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Genre
[Free Registration/Login Required] With these resources, you can explore the context of genre conventions and the traditions they represent in some of Shakespeare's plays. Use these videos, articles, images, and lessons to see how...
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Genre: Comedy
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use these resources to explore the comic traditions of Shakespeare and discover how the different plays reflect these conventions and compare with each other. The resources include videos, images,...
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Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Genre: History
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of resources will help you determine if Shakespeare's historical plays were accurate or more political and cultural statements about the times he lived in. They include videos, articles,...
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Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Henry V
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection looks at the early years of King Henry's reign and his victorious campaign; it includes video clips, a synopsis, themes, costume designs, and historical background.
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Tes: Henry v 2015 Teacher Pack for Primary Schools
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a Royal Shakespeare Company resource for Shakespeare's Henry V to be used with younger students. It includes activities such as the story in pictures, exploring characters, and staging war as...
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Tes: Othello by William Shakespeare: Worksheet Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a complete guide to teaching Othello including a short synopsis of each scene followed by questions, an essay assignment on themes, a dramatic function assignment, a glossary of literary terms...
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Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Context
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use these resources including historical objects and background information to learn what living in Shakespeare's time was like and how it shaped his works.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Poe: Stories and Poems
Guide to the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe, including historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson teaching unit with project ideas and essay questions. A radio show, with transcript, features...