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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Julius Caesar Analysis: Literary Devices in Julius Caesar

For Students 9th - 10th

A discussion of the literary devices used by Shakespeare in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Each device is linked to additional pages with more detailed information and examples.

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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Describe Themes in Literary Texts (English 7 Reading)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is about themes, the central messages in literature. Whatever their genre might be, writers have some wisdom, some universal truth or insight to share; this...

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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Washington Square" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

"Washington Square" 36-page teacher guide features in-depth background materials, genre studies, suggested themes, and elements of fiction. Also includes discussion questions, vocabulary studies, post-reading activities, and group and...

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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Prosperity: Labor Strike

For Students 9th - 10th

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh

For Teachers 3rd - 6th

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was created to use with the story, Flight, by Robert Burleigh, in the Scott Foresman Reading Series for third grade. Students will preview and predict what the story will be about. The...

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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Multiple Texts: Multiple Opportunities for Teaching and Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

Engaging all students in a themed study or unit is a challenge that teachers can resolve by using materials that match students' independent or instructional reading levels (Robb 1994, 2000). When students face textbooks that are above...

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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Movie in the Making

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

In this project students will report on a book by describing how they would turn that book into a motion picture. After reading and studying the main components of their novel, students will use their imaginations to explain how they...

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Able Media

Reading Vergil's "Aeneid"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Comprehensive site delves into the reading and study of Vergil's master work, "The Aeneid". Begins with discussions about the genre of epic and the historical events that influenced Vergil's work. Finally, the author gives a multitude of...

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British Library

British Library: Gothic Words Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This instructional activity could be used either as a starter activity for creative writing with a class that has been studying the Gothic genre for a few lessons or as an introductory task at the beginning of a topic to establish prior...

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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Animal Farm Analysis: Literary Devices in Animal Farm

For Students 9th - 10th

This site provides a literary analysis of Animal Farm by George Orwell using the literary devices in the novel including symbolism, imagery, allegory, setting, point of view, genre, tone, writing style, plot analysis and more.

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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This is a collection of 35 Grade-Leveled text sets (4-11). They are great for social studies teachers or for building background knowledge in reading class, CommonLit's text sets cover a range of historical, cultural, and political...

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PBS

Pbs: Oedipus the King: An Introduction to Greek Drama

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

One of the main objectives for this lesson is for students to gain an insight into Greek tragedy. This site features a detailed lesson plan.

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Ur Camelot Project: Sources for Arthur Legends

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This resource includes listings for general Arthurian studies, journals, Arthurian names, bibliographies, overviews and studies of particular periods or genres, Arthurian art and music, and related websites.

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