Brainstorming: A Strategy for Creative Productivity Brainstorming is a process one goes through in an effort to generate ideas and problem solve.		How to Read a Poem This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.
Exploring Suffragists Students will do research to learn about suffragists, those who fought for the right of women...		Reading and Defining Poetry By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.
Amelia Earhart Learn about the heroism of Amelia Earhart and her many interesting endeavors.		Denotation/Connotation The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students are asked to...
Kubla Khan The text of Samuel Coleridge's Kubla Khan.		Counting Strong Words in Poetry Using a love poem by Christopher Marlowe, children examine his use of nouns, verbs, and...
Speak to Me in Iambic Review iambic pentameter with your students.		Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas" Students will understand and appreciate the use of literal and figurative language though...
Alliteration and Assonance Review two literary techniques, alliteration and assonance, with this worksheet. Students can...		Analyze a Jose Garcia Villa Poem Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Have your students study different concepts in the writing of Maya Angelou's, I Know Why the...		Interview with Jose Garcia Villa Students read the interview with Garcia Villa and answer questions.
The Awakening: Activity& Discussion Guide Explore Kate Chopin's 1899 novella about a woman awakening to the world's possibilities. A...		Jose Garcia Villa Students will read and analyze a poem and then read the poet's analysis of the same poem.
Children's Books About Disabilities This extensive list details books for both children and adults that deal with disabilities. The...		Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of...
Learning Disabilities: Glossary of Terms Discover a glossary that provides definitions of important terms related to learning...		Bollingen Prize in Poetry The Bollingen Prize in Poetry is a $50,000 award, given biennially, from 1949 to present-day.