Archive for Literature-inspired Lessons

Using the “How Do I Love Sonnets” Lesson

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by sonnet #43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Poems of Condition” Lesson

Monday, March 17th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “HATE to LOVE Sonnets” Lesson

Monday, March 17th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the sonnets of William Shakespeare. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Just Because Poems” Lesson

Monday, March 17th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this novel. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Writing about a First Impression” Lesson

Monday, March 17th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this novel. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Why, Cory, Why?” Lesson

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by E. A. Robinson’s poem, Richard Cory.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using “The Butcher’s Tale” Lesson

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by E. A. Robinson’s poem, Reuben Bright.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Poems of Apology” Lesson

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by William Carlos William’s Poem, This is Just to Say and Joyce Sidman’s book with the same title.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Naming the Pets” Lesson

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by T. S. Eliot’s collection of poems, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Four Ways of Looking at…” Lesson

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Wallace Steven’s poem, 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

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