Curated OER
Idylls of the King - Essay Questions
In this literature worksheet, high schoolers respond to 12 short answer and essay questions about Idylls of the King. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
The Outsiders
Tenth graders complete a variety of activities related to the first two chapters of the book The Outsiders. They define metaphor, simile, idiom, and hyperbole, and take a vocabulary pre-quiz. In small groups, they write a character...
Manchester University
Alliteration
Kids create cool clauses selecting a single starting sound. Ah, alliteration.
Curated OER
English Literature - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Everything you wanted to know about the history of English literature and language but were afraid to ask. From Beowulf to Canterbury Tales, the Knights of the Round Table to Robin Hood, Addison, Fielding, Shakespeare, Swift, and many...
Curated OER
Magic Squares: The Awakening
After matching words drawn from Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, with their definitions, readers complete a magic square game. Included are instructions for how to develop magic squares.
Curated OER
Costume And Make-Up Shakespeare Style
High schoolers create original costumes and make-up for a puppet presentation of a scene from Shakespeare in this week long creative project. Performances of the Shakespeare scenes end this lesson geared towards state and national...
Curated OER
Satire in Fiction
Twelfth graders identify satire in various fictional texts. For this language arts lesson, 12th graders will learn to define satire, parody, and caricature. Students will identify different forms of satire in historical and modern-day...
Curated OER
Hard Times - Essay Questions
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer and essay questions about Dickens's Hard Times. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Stephen Crane - Surrealism and the Antihero
Students analyze the work of Stephen Crane as a lesson plan on surrealism and an antihero. In this surrealism lesson plan, students complete discuss activities for the topic. Students then analyze Crane's poetry, his use of surrealism,...
Curated OER
Voices of Tragedy and Horror: Remembering the Holocaust
Students consider the implications of the Holocaust. In this World War II lesson, students read the graphic novel Maus at the end of a unit on World War II. Students discuss the impact of reading about the Holocaust as well as theme of...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Text: Symbolism & Allegory
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students about symbolism and allegory in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Recognizing Universal and Contextual Symbols in Literary Texts,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Symbolism and Allegory (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to explain the function of symbolism and allegory in a text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Symbolism and Allegory (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Explain the function of symbolism and allegory in a text.
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Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School: Symbolism vs. Allegory [Pdf]
Click through the slides to learn about different types of symbolism including religious, political, color, advertising, and literary. Then learn what allegory is and how it relies on symbolism. Examples from various texts and real-world...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Symbolism/allegory (English I Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to explain the function of symbolism and allegory in a text.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Allegory
This slideshow focuses on allegory by defining characteristics and providing examples.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Symbolism/allegory (English I Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to explain the function of symbolism and allegory in a literary text such as a poem. The ability to recognize symbolism and allegory will...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Symbolism/allegory (English I Reading)
Explain the function of symbolism and allegory in a text.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: To Kill a Mockingbird Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
A self-guided learning path exploring symbolism, imagery, and allegory.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allegory
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allegory" including multiple definitions for the term, links to other figures of speech, links to more information, and examples.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Comp: Animal Farm by George Orwell
This is an introduction to a unit on the political allegory Animal Farm by George Orwell, in which he uses animals to symbolize political leaders in the Russian Revolution.
Other
Cumming Study Guide: A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
This is a compreshensive study guide for the novel A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka. It includes publication information, the characters, a plot summary, point of view, symbols, interpretations, major themes, study questions and essay...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Hamlet Symbolism, Imagery, and Allegory
Find out how Shakespeare using symbolism, imagery and allegory in his play Hamlet.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Allegory Chart [Pdf]
A graphic organizer to understanding allegories in a given piece of literature. Fill in the sections on literal meaning, symbolic meaning, and the lesson presented.