ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Modeling Academic Writing
Students prepare an already published scholarly article for presentation, with an emphasis on identification of the author's thesis and argument structure.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Introduction to Writing About Literature
This is an introduction to writing about literature; it includes a list of learning objectives for writing about literature including finding and using historical sources to discuss the historical context, finding and using literary...
Other
Ink Pot: A Print Literary Journal
Ink Pot accepts short stories, poetry, and essays. Guidelines for submitting work, as well as samples of previously published entries, are readily available at this site. This site offers a great archive as well.
Other
Literary Traveler: Hemingway in Pamplona
This essay presents a first person account of running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
Internet Infidels
Thomas Paine: Essays
Selected full texts of Paine's Age of Reason, The Rights of Man, as well as lesser known writings on religious themes, slavery, and the like.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Commentary on Quotations From Text in an Interpretive Response
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Write an essay that uses embedded quotations to provide evidence in your response to an expository or a literary text.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Lit/comp
Contains learning modules on the following topics: Research and MLA Foundations, Novels and Short Stories, Poetry: the Sonnet, Shakespearean Drama, Informative and Argumentative Essays,Research and MLA Review, Narrative Nonfiction,...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: English 4; Wealth and Poverty
A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, learn literary terms, write a satirical essay and a mock newspaper article, and work with vocabulary skills all within themes related to wealth and poverty.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"
In this lesson, students will examine the relationship of man and nature as portrayed in "The Open Boat," based on Crane's suffering from a shipwreck on The Commodore in which he spent thirty hours on a small boat at sea before being...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in Integrated Class
Photovoice is a technique that has participants take photos in response to a prompt, reflect on the meaning behind three of their photos, and share the photos to find common themes. It is an ideal strategy for all forms of classrooms,...
TES Global
Tes: The Taming of the Shrew: Misogyny Debate
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show lesson and worksheet focus on whether Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is a misogynistic play, displays hatred or dislike of women. Students must take a stand, and write an essay...
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: How to Write a Review of Literature
This site explores the writing of an analytical essay in terms of a review of literature. The site provides guidelines for students to follow when writing the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. It also offers links to useful...
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Oakland Writes: Student Exemplars: Eighth Grade: Literary Analysis [Pdf]
A literary analysis essay written by an eighth-grader with notes calling attention to important writing concepts evident in the essay including a well-written title, opening sentence, logical analysis, supporting details including quotes...
Other
Story in Literary Fiction: Humor and Fiction
This essay discusses the effects of humor in fiction, and provides some advice to writers on how to incorporate humor in their writing.
Other
Emily Dickinson: Early Feminist Essays (Pub. 1886 1915)
This is an eclectic mix of Dickinson's letters, some early essays about her writing, and remembrances of her by friends and family. The texts of 32 of her poems are annotated with references to other Dickinson writings. The entire site...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Animal Farm: Allegory and the Art of Persuasion
This lesson plan will introduce young scholars to the concept of allegory by using George Orwell's widely read novella, Animal Farm. Through this novel, students will learn what an allegory is, the rhetorical components of an allegory,...
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides and Strategies: The Five Paragraph Essay
A major requirement of the five paragraph essay is the use of sufficient, appropriate, and interesting supporting details. Use this guide for the entire process of writing the five paragraph essay, or focus on the section about...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Narrative Essay
Need help picking out the elements of a narrative? Check this site out from Capital Community College, and you'll see some background information, a sample essay, and directed questions to ask yourself about a text. W.9-10.3 Narrative,...
Other
On "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Acclaimed literary critic Dana Gioia analyzes Longfellow's classic narrative poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," encouraging readers to see beyond the story into the rationale for the structure and style of the poem.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Thinking Skills
In this self-guided course, you will be looking at several pieces of literature in many different forms. This unit will teach you some principles of thinking and learning and how to use basic literary terms in the analysis of literature....
CommonLit
Common Lit: Units: 6th Grade Poetry Unit: Identity
Complete teaching unit for 6th Grade Poetry Unit: "Identity." Students will read 6 poems that speak to the theme of creating an identity. They will revisit the essential question: "How do we forge an identity?", read thematically-paired...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Units: 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein
Complete teaching unit for 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein. Students will read 6 poems by Shel Silverstein that speak to the theme of how we should live our lives. Students will revisit the essential question "According to Shel...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Understanding Comics
Using the book Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud as the primary resource, this unit focuses on comics as a tool for communication. Students participate in activities which include journal and essay writing, a...
TES Global
Tes: The Dark Beneath by Alan Gibbons
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PowerPoint presentation includes incremental steps that will help students write a language analysis essay of Alan Gibbons' The Dark Beneath.