Discover the 8 periods in english literature and download and print the FREE literary timeline to use in the classroom or at home.
Literary devices are the tools that writers use to enhance their writing and convey their messages effectively. These devices are the building blocks of
Are you shilly-shallying to studying English literature? Constantly fluctuating between your fondness for literature and the thought of how would
This is a short, illustrated timeline of the history of the English language.You can use it for discussions, games, or as a classroom poster.Source: https://bilingualiesae.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/timeline-of-the-english-language/ - ESL worksheets
I've written about Teaching Channel before, and I'll be writing from time to time about a particular great idea I've found there. If you haven't already joined, remember that it's FREE, and signing up takes less than a minute! One of the many great Tch video clips shows middle school teacher Meagan Berkowitz teaching a poetry lesson using the SIFT Method - Symbol, Imagery, Figurative Language, and Tone or Theme. It's less than 5 minutes long, and well worth watching to see her interaction with her students, and the focus they have on the poems they are reading while using bookmark cue cards. Close analytic reading is an important feature of the Common Core; here's a tool for you to try out to see if it fits your needs! Besides the bookmark, you are given the lesson plan, a copy of the two poems used, and a transcript of the lesson. If you're a language arts teacher, you're all set to try this lesson yourself, or to adapt it to your grade level! And don't forget to "pin" the lesson by clicking "Save this in my Lesson Planner." (A note: there is a typo on the SIFT bookmark that you'll want to change before printing - "attitude and author" should be "attitude an author." I changed it in the image above. Since it's an open Word document, it's no problem!)
The team from The Literature Network, an online community of literature lovers, created a nice infographic that visualizes a timeline of literary periods and movements. Click on the image to see it…
You have probably heard the term juxtaposition being used when referring to spoken and written language, but what does this mean? In this article, we are
Doug Savage's Savage Chickens "comics" are a single-frame comic drawn on a sticky note that illustrates the life of chickens whose experiences reveal the "savage" truths of the human existence. Teaching satire in secondary ELA is a high-interest and humorous way to engage studen
It’s taken me just over a year to finish A Stick-Figure Hamlet . For those of you who have following along since the beginning, thank you! For those of you just joining me… you didn’t miss much. Let me sum up:
Image Source: Venn Diagrams are diagrams containing circles that show the logical relations between a collection of sets or groups. They are used in many areas of life where we need to categorize o…