Teaching Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet or A Midsummer Night's Dream? Show students what Shakespeare's Globe Theater looks like.... ByRyan Love
After Romeo has been banished, I split my class into three groups to debate what the lovers should do: tell their parents everything, run away toge... ByRyan Love
Some of the novel's dated slang confuses students, so I made this quick reference sheet of 14 terms. I always discuss it with students in advance,... ByRyan Love
I have used this mini-glossary with Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth, but it could work for any play. I got tired of students not know... ByRyan Love
Students almost always have something to say about the novel's major theme--the potential for evil that exists inside all people. This survey can ... ByRyan Love
This brief exercise gives students two example paragraphs with the same information--one using short, stilted sentences, the other using a variety ... ByRyan Love
This is a test designed to be given after students have finished reading the novel. It usually takes students about 40 minutes. The test deals wi... ByRyan Love
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This packet breaks the novel into three parts with a sheet of questions for each segment. The questions with the first segment (up to page 25) aim ... ByRyan Love
Students have a hard time keeping the major characters apart, but this simple chart should help them. Use it after Act I and the students should b... ByRyan Love
Before teaching The Old Man and the Sea, I teach a few Hemingway short stories to give my students a feel for his writing, and these questions abou... ByRyan Love
When some of my students doubted that adults would act the same way as the children did, I used this activity. We spent a class period examining an... ByRyan Love
I teach an enriched sophomore class, and these questions and discussion prompts led to a discussion that easily filled the 76 minute class and coul... ByRyan Love
Students use the word "you" far too much in their writing, most often in inappropriate ways. This simple handout provides instructions for what to... ByRyan Love
A simple chart to aid groups of students in determining who the best leader on the island would be. Groups list pro and con reasons for each chara... ByRyan Love
This handout describes a conclusion has having three parts: a restatement of the thesis, a recap of major supporting points, and a "final thought."... ByRyan Love
This graphic organizer helps groups of students to understand how various literary devices create meaning. It's one thing for students to be able ... ByRyan Love
Students work best when they have clear examples, so this series of handouts (or transparencies) shows successively improving conclusions. The fir... ByRyan Love
Students seem to have a harder time with chapter 24, the missionary circle chapter, than with any other. I usually put my students into small grou... ByRyan Love