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Character Change in Macbeth: Poster Assignment 29 Apr 2013 | 05:17 am
Teaching Level: High School This is a 1-2 day in-class assignment analyzing how the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth change throughout the play. This is a group poster assignment incorporating...
Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" a Cooperative Journey 24 Apr 2013 | 01:12 am
Teaching Level: High School This is an in class assignment on Byron's autobiographical poem. It involves a close reading of the last five stanzas (included) - has students look at the first two sta...
Ophelia in Art 29 Mar 2013 | 09:15 pm
Teaching Level: High School Poor Ophelia! The often overlooked character in Hamlet has the honor of being the most famous and popular Shakespearean character for classical and modern artists. I show...
The Truth in Grendel--Grendel's Philosophical Journey 28 Mar 2013 | 11:40 pm
Teaching Level: High School One of my favorite things to do when I teach this novel is to expose students to all of the -isms that John Gardner sprinkles throughout his novel. The students, however,...
Introduction to Macbeth Infographic Assignment 21 Mar 2013 | 01:49 am
Teaching Level: High School I've found that students benefit from some prior knowledge on Shakespearean tragedy, witchcraft and familiarity with the characters and setting before diving into Macbeth...
Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God 3 Jan 2013 | 12:41 am
Teaching Level: High School This is a lesson on the sermon, "Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God," by Jonathan Edwards. I use this sermon to teach a text of Puritan literature as well an example of...
Introduction To The Canterbury Tales 3 Jan 2013 | 12:29 am
Teaching Level: High School I have included a power point presentation that provides an overview of Chaucer and selected tales. I use this lesson to introduce the unit and provide students with nece...
Word Cloud Assignment 1 Jan 2013 | 11:52 pm
Teaching Level: High School This assignment asks students to create a word cloud for several chapters of HOMS and then analyze the word cloud. Depending on time, we've done as many as five chapters ...
Merchant of Venice Character Journal and Presentation 22 Sep 2012 | 07:46 am
Teaching Level: High School This two-part assignment asks students to track one character through the entire text of The Merchant of Venice. (This makes each student a specialist in one area and ope...
Cultural Literacy 20 Sep 2012 | 04:09 am
Teaching Level: High School This is a weekly assignment; there are 24 lists of 31 words each week for "Cultural Literacy." These lists are vast in subject area--from mythology to science to the arts...
