National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Analyzing Poetic Devices: Robert Hayden and Theodore Roethke
Students examine the relationship of poetic form and content, shaped by alliteration, consonance, repetition, and rhythm, in two poems about fatherhood: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz."
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Poetic Forms
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn how to compare and contrast the relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms: epic poetry and lyric poetry.
British Library
British Library: Blake's 'The Chimney Sweeper': Literature & Injustice
In this lesson, students will explore sources related to the lives of chimney sweepers in the early 19th century, highlighting the conditions endured by the children whose plight William Blake highlights in his 'Chimney Sweeper' poems.[PDF]
PBS
Pbs: Lesson Plan: A Nation of Many Cultures
This lesson plan is based on the "America Responds" series where students explore the concepts of valuing diversity and appreciation of cultural differences. An integrated art, social studies, and language arts lesson plan that is...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: c.s.i.: The Cory Crime Scene
The character talked about in E. A. Robinson's poem, Richard Cory, is about a man with everything, a man that everyone wants to be like, a man who ends his own life without explanation. Singers Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, intrigued by...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts
This lesson plan deals with the process of analyzing a variety of literary texts from poetry and letters to diary entries and works of fiction. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Know Why I Like Pie
Active, imaginative teaching with nursery rhymes takes advantage of how the brain learns best! For this lesson, students will use a Venn Diagram to compare "Little Jack Horner" to "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Dylan Thomas v. Langston Hughes
Students will be given poems by Dylan Thomas and Langston Hughes and will determine the differing structure, style, and content of each poem. Included are detailed plans, copies of the poems, and examples of student work.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: The Universal Flow of Ideas
Although each piece of literature is unique, there are universal ideas that each story, myth, or poem share in common. Examine the universal ideas of theme, symbolism, and archetypes in this self-guided unit. Also, acquaint yourself with...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Booker T. Washington and w.e.b. Du Bois
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart compares and contrasts the African American leaders of the late 1800's and early 1900's. It includes Venn Diagrams, quotes, pictures, and poetry.
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BBC
Bbc: Voices: Schools: Speech Styles and Standard English [Pdf]
Some activities to do with students to help them understand about dialects and accents. Presents a poem written phonetically with a Londoner's accent, two more poems with lesson ideas, and a story with some non-standard English words...
Read Works
Read Works: Fourth Grade: Two Lesson Unit: Voice
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson plan unit on theme where students use the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes to find examples of author's voice in poetry, and the book The Random House Book of Poetry for...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Revising Our Argument for Presentation Part 1
Students will compare and contrast the written form of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" to a live reading of the poem by an actress. Follow-up activities provided.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Marshmallow and Pretzel Sensory Writing
This language arts lesson applies hands-on materials to help students apply the sensory details need for writing. It also incorporates writing skills for comparing and contrasting. In addition, students will utilize Thinkfinity...
Other
The Quotations Page: Lord Alfred Tennyson
Students and teachers will benefit from these examples of quotes from Lord Alfred Tennyson. This site offers only a handful of examples. Don't miss out.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Powerful Symbols and Words: Abolitionism & Women's Rights
This collection looks at an image and phrase used widely in abolitionist materials, and at how that symbol was adopted and adapted by Sojourner Truth and/or other women's rights activists. Students will examine an abolitionist medallion...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: The First African American Regiment
Students will be introduced to the first African American Regiment that fought in the Civil War through a memorial sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. They will compare and contrast the experiences of these soldiers through their...