This document includes all the activities for a mini unit on "The Fall of the House of Usher." There is a prereading graphic organizer on grotesqu... ByLora Raines
Here are five activities for engaging students in The Odyssey. Included are 1)character map--describe Odysseus; 2) lotus eaters critical thinking ... ByLora Raines
Romeo and Juliet activities: 24 fill-in items for notes on introduction to Shakespeare, graphic organizer for characterization of Juliet, 19 fill-i... ByLora Raines
Students will analyze "The Road Not Taken" and "Mending Wall." Activities lead students to focus on individual choices by the author from diction a... ByLora Raines
This Powerpoint is for use by students as a pretest to or preview of a unit on precolonial and colonial American literature. Multiple choice quest... ByLora Raines
When your students have difficulty writing literary analyses, use this brief introductory paragraph and outline for an analysis of "Nothing Gold Ca... ByLora Raines
Five key questions (and answer key) for understanding THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. I use these questions to help students analyze organization and dicti... ByLora Raines
Six activities to accompany The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: a graphic organizer on characterization of Miss Jane, a chart on symbols, a cha... ByLora Raines
This is a short fill-in-the-blank check for comprehension of the film after reading the novel. Some questions require knowledge of the novel.... ByLora Raines
Print as handouts or save as electronic files students may access on a server. Complete step-by-step directions for word processing MLA research p... ByLora Raines
Engage your students by giving them a choice of five end projects for the novel My Antonia. Project choices include performance/presentation, crea... ByLora Raines
Two-sided planning sheet: one side is fill-in-the-blank, and the other is a graphic organizer for the literary periods. Students complete both sid... ByLora Raines
Here are four poems by cummings--"anyone lived in a pretty how town," "in Just-," "l(a," and "pity this busy monster, manunkind" with critical thin... ByLora Raines
Included are 23 questions to accompany the video or novel and four pre-reading or pre-viewing activities: role play, brainstorm, and two Internet/l... ByLora Raines