Contemporary Irish Writers Live Up to Legend An article about great Irish writers.		Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series Two This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of...
How to Read a Poem This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.		Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of...
Reading and Defining Poetry By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.		Shakespeare's Plays The dates of publication, genre, and titles of plays by William Shakespeare are given in this...
Denotation/Connotation The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students are asked to...		Shakespeare – Teacher Resources We have dozens of resources about Shakespeare – from teacher's literature guides, to lesson...
Counting Strong Words in Poetry Using a love poem by Christopher Marlowe, children examine his use of nouns, verbs, and...		Slaughterhouse-Five Short Answer A question and answer sheet based on the three themes of Kurt Vonnegut's classic,...
Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas" Students will understand and appreciate the use of literal and figurative language though...		Slaughterhouse-Five Synopsis Contains a synopsis, ideas and concepts to highlight, and writing connections for use with Kurt...
Analyze a Jose Garcia Villa Poem Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.		Slaughterhouse-Five Questions A list of questions to consider during the discussion of Slaughterhouse-Five.
Jose Garcia Villa Students will read and analyze a poem and then read the poet's analysis of the same poem.		Slaughterhouse-Five Projects A list of projects and curriculum connections for Slaughterhouse-Five.
Sample Metaphor Poems These poems are examples for use with the Metaphor Unit Poems lesson.		Book Awards & Prizes Find lists of prize winners for a variety of book awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the...
Bollingen Prize in Poetry The Bollingen Prize in Poetry is a $50,000 award, given biennially, from 1949 to present-day.		Creative Writing Teacher Resources Build solid creative writing skills with our extensive collection of printables, graphic...