divided into Anglo Saxon, Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th/18th century, Romantic, Victorian Modern historical facts, religion, where literature was circulated, views on writers/writing, why author's composed works, kinds of literary works produced
students select acceptable thesis statements amongst groups of bad ones, students are guided to write a thesis statement for Those Winter Sundays as thematic and technical elements are identified for them
34 slide Power Point covering ethos, pathos, logos, and 11 different logical fallacies (post hoc, red herring straw man, etc.); video example from real life for each term
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies
creative activity requiring students to make cross curricular connections, i.e. Iago is an octagon because he has so many fake sides to his personality, geometric shapes chart provided as well as example from a "pretend play"
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies
packet includes full set of directions for students and accompanying rubrics: Shark Tank project pitch, video blogs, article summaries, live presentation