READING BETWEEN THE LINES RESOURCES
How To Read Literature Like A Professor (Google Doc. used for assignments. Sign in with your school email.)
They Say / I Say (Google Doc. used for Assignments. Sign in with your school email.)
Online Copy of They Say/ I Saypdf
Articles & ?s; Writing Prompts; Quizzes & Crosswords; Multimedia; Contests
1. Basic Poetry Analysis Steps
2. Hexagonal Writing Assessment Directions
3. How To Write A Literary Analysis
4. Ways To Analyze (Mrs. Keith's PowerPoint) and the handout that accompanies: Poetry Tool Kit
Great Website: Poetry Foundation
Poetry Selections (1-7 Google Doc. Sign in with your school email.)
1. What You Will Need In Class Today by Matt Foley (text and video)
2. "Creed" by Meg Kearney
3. "Hands" by Sarah Kay
4. "Paper People" and "The Sunshine Kid" by Harry Baker
6. "Touchscreen" Marshall Soulful Jones
Billy Collins Poems and Analysis (Marginalia, Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun In the House, Forgetfulness)
Conversational Poetry: "Mother to Son" and "Lesson of the Moth"
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman
Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins
Marginalia by Billy Collins
On Turning Ten by Billy Collins
Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches? by Mary Oliver
The Journey by Mary Oliver
The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams
This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams
Fifteen by William Stafford Analysis from Young Writers Project
Ex-Basketball Player by John Updike
Slam, Dunk, and Hook by Yusef Komunyakaa Slam, Dunk, and Hook Annotation and Analysis
Surefire Hits for the Classroom
SHORT STORIES
1. a. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves pdf
b. Video c. Literary Devices PDF
d. Stellar Examples of Literary Analysis
2 paragraph analysis Backwoods? or Backwards? (sample student analysis paper)
Sample Scoring Guide and Directions
2. The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
World Literature
The Secret Lion PDF and Word (see below)
Teenage Wasteland by Anne Tyler Teenage Wasteland Questions
part 1 video part 2 video part 3 video
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?
5.
MAJOR WORKS
House on Mango Street audio and text with Table of Contents
House On Mango Street with questions
READING BETWEEN THE LINES RESOURCES
How To Read Literature Like A Professor (Google Doc. used for assignments. Sign in with your school email.)
ARGUMENT READING AND WRITING RESOURCES
They Say / I Say (Google Doc. used for Assignments. Sign in with your school email.)
Online Copy of They Say/ I Saypdf
NEW YORK TIMES RESOURCES
LITERARY ANALYSIS RESOURCES
1. Basic Poetry Analysis Steps
2. Hexagonal Writing Assessment Directions
3. How To Write A Literary Analysis
4. Ways To Analyze (Mrs. Keith's PowerPoint) and the handout that accompanies: Poetry Tool Kit
6. Difference Between Analysis and Synthesis (see upload below)
POETRY
Great Website: Poetry Foundation
Poetry Selections (1-7 Google Doc. Sign in with your school email.)
SPOKEN POETRY
1. What You Will Need In Class Today by Matt Foley (text and video)
2. "Creed" by Meg Kearney
3. "Hands" by Sarah Kay
4. "Paper People" and "The Sunshine Kid" by Harry Baker
6. "Touchscreen" Marshall Soulful Jones
7. "The Model Teacher"
8. Billy Collins Poems and Analysis (Marginalia, Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun In the House, Forgetfulness)
9.Conversational Poetry: "Mother to Son" and "Lesson of the Moth"
10. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman
11. Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins
12. Marginalia by Billy Collins
11. On Turning Ten by Billy Collins
12. Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches? by Mary Oliver
13. The Journey by Mary Oliver
14. The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams
15. This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams
16. Fifteen by William Stafford Analysis from Young Writers Project
17. Ex-Basketball Player by John Updike
18. Slam, Dunk, and Hook by Yusef Komunyakaa Slam, Dunk, and Hook Annotation and Analysis
Surefire Hits for the Classroom
SHORT STORIES
1. a. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves pdf
b. Video c. Literary Devices PDF
d. Stellar Examples of Literary Analysis
2 paragraph analysis Backwoods? or Backwards? (sample student analysis paper)
Sample Scoring Guide and Directions
2. The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
6. Just Lather, That's All Resources
7. Teenage Wasteland by Anne Tyler Teenage Wasteland Questions
part 1 video part 2 video part 3 video
9. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
10. Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?
12. The Open Window
13. The Sniper Assignment Sheet The Sniper Text
14. My Friend Lucy Who Smells Like Corn
15. The Necklace The Necklace Supplementary Materials
16. The Lottery Reactions
17. Charles
MAJOR WORKS
House on Mango Street audio and text with Table of Contents
House On Mango Street with questions