Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Macbeth
This site features links to lesson plans and other teaching resources for William Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
TES Global
Tes: Schemes of Work: Prose: Harry Potter
[Free Registration/Login Required] As a resource to be used with J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, students will engage in different writing experiences that are extensions of the novel. The prose activities include...
TES Global
Tes: Prose. Toad Rage
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features related activities connected to Morris Geitzman's book, Toad Rage. Students will read a fable, nonfiction reading, prose reading, and connected writing activities.
TES Global
Tes: Schemes of Work: Prose. Ghost Stories
[Free Registration/Login Required] This series of 13 lessons explores the horror/ghost film genre. Students will culminate the study by writing their own ghost stories.
Other
Literary Explorer: Macbeth
Literary Explorer features a language arts unit on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Includes teaching and learning strategies for this powerful play.
Read Works
Read Works: Snowflake Bentley
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this ReadWorks read aloud lesson, students will describe Bentley's environment and his interactions with it. Students will evaluate the impact a person's environment can have on life. Then students...
Education.com
Education.com: Rl.4.5 Worksheets: Explain Major Differences Between Poems, Drama
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 8 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard RL.4.5: Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Prose: Practice 1 (English I Reading)
As you read through the texts in this lesson, you will practice close reading strategies to help you understand a writer's tone. You'll be examining the writer's choice of diction, details, and irony to identify the writer's attitude.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Jonathan Swift
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Jonathan Swift. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, and works.
Other
Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Italian Literature
This site gives a comparison of Italian Renaissance literary artists, including drama. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.