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Handout
Other

Lit Charts: Rhyme Scheme

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains what a rhyme scheme is, the different types, its use in formal verse, rhyme schemes in single stanzas vs. whole poems, types of rhymes, and refrains. Includes examples of rhyme schemes. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Handout
Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare Online: Julius Caesar: Analysis by Act and Scene

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Breaks down the plot of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar into the introduction, rising action, the climax, the resolution, and the conclusion. Also describes how time and place are managed by Shakespeare.RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing Engaging Stories With Literary Strategies to Enhance Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use various literary strategies and devices, including dialogue and suspense, to enhance the plot in a short story.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: How to Analyze a Short Story

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on analyzing a short story including all of the elements of a short story such as setting, plot and structure, and characterization.
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Handout
Other

California Polytechnic State University: Shakespearean Verse and Prose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains terms used in discussing how verse and prose were used by Shakespeare, and how to recognize prose, rhyme, and blank verse in his plays, and what their functions are. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Unit Plan
Other

Wisewire: Grades 9 10 Playlist: Analyze How an Author Unfolds an Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an example of how to analyze how an author unfolds an argument. It provides an example and links to use for practice. RI.9-10.3 author unfolds
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Linear Plot Developments in Literary Texts/fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize conflict, analyze linear plot, and determine how the conflict is resolved.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze the Central Characters in Literary Text/fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will discover some ways that writers reveal the complexity of their characters. By closely analyzing one author's characters, you'll come to see how their words, actions, and interactions with one another can shape a...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Isolated Scenes and Plot Support

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Plots have momentum or a forward motion. In this lesson, we will isolate and discuss specific plot scenes from several works of fiction. You will learn how each scene moves the plot forward toward the resolution.
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Handout
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Lyric Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief explanation of what a lyric poem is and the different types based on structure. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "Elements of Drama" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This two-page PDF provides a list and brief explanation of the "Elements of Drama" based on the structure of Greek Drama as outlined by Aristotle. These include: Thought, Theme, Ideas; Action, Plot; Characters, Language, Music, and...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Literary Elements in Literature

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is applicable to any story or novel in literature. The students will be introduced to twelve literary elements through a podcast. They will then be divided into small groups to complete activities involving story and literary...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Imagery

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the literary technique of imagery to see how sensory language contributes to the meaning and feeling of a poem in this animated video [1:23] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Symbolism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore how authors use symbolism to add a deeper level of meaning to their work in this short animated video [1:12] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding before analyzing a text.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Setting

For Students 9th Standards
Students build their knowledge of a text's setting by reading background information and answering questions to prepare to read Romeo and Juliet.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Sentence Structure

For Students 9th Standards
Students analyze the structure of a sentence from the prologue of Act II of Romeo and Juliet to determine how understanding the sentence deepens our understanding of the text.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Bildungsroman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Bildungsroman" referring to characteristics of a "Coming Of Age" type story. A link to more information is provided.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: The Short Story [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short group of exercises for students concerning the elements of a short story. Allows students to examine the major story elements, then apply those elements to a given piece of literature.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Falling Action

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces falling action in fiction writing.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Climax

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the climax in fiction writing.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Anti Climax

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the anti climax plot structure in fiction.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Short Story Unit Applying Literary Terms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review and assessment of a collection of short stories. The following literary terms are applied to the stories: plot structure, types of characters, characterization, irony,...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sound Elements and Literary Terms Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students review sound elements such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance. It also includes a review of most literary terms. A $1,000 pyramid-type of review is included as well.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plot

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review of the conflict, foreshadowing, and setting you will find in a plot.