Sound Devices Lesson Plan

April 13, 2017 By

Hey! It’s National Poetry Month! This chart will accomplish your objectives with just about any poem involving sound devices: Sound Devices in Poetry. Key Points When Teaching Sound Devices in Poetry There are levels of understanding when it comes to teaching sound devices in poetry: Monkey Level – Level 1 involves memorizing definitions–consonance, assonance, rhyme, […]

Filed Under: Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe, Literary Analysis, Poetry, Walt Whitman

Imagery Lesson Plan: Poets for Teaching Imagery

April 12, 2017 By

Students need more than the definition of imagery to really get it. Understanding imagery involves interpreting and analyzing the author’s purpose for using a specific image or set of images. Good poetry centers around powerful images. These poets excel with imagery. You’re busy. I don’t want to waste your time. Here’s a pdf download imagery […]

Filed Under: British Romanticism, Edgar Allan Poe, Fire and Ice, Imagery, Literary Analysis, Poetry, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Robert Frost, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, William Blake, William Wordsworth Tagged With:

Valentine’s Day Short Stories for High School with Valentine’s Day Lesson Plans

January 26, 2017 By

Valentine’s Day evokes various reactions among high school students. Most of these reactions have one thing in common: overreaction. Use the holiday to your advantage by teaching short stories that involve realistic (and not so realistic) relationships. I’m not going to pretend you’re not here for a free lesson plan. Here’s a lesson plan for the […]

Filed Under: Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, Fall of the House of Usher, Gift of the Magi, Lessons, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rappaccini's Daughter, Short Stories, Yellow Wallpaper