English Lessons for Distance Learning

Discover and share the best reading, writing, and speaking distance learning units for high school English Language Arts.

Literature Units

The Odyssey

Explore lessons for everything from Odyssey starters to closers. Highlights of the provided lessons include a web scavenger hunt for background information, a drag'n'drop cyclops comic strip, and a school spirit-inspired myth journal.

Night

Explore lessons for everything from Night starters to closers. Highlights of the provided lessons include a web scavenger hunt for background information, a personal persecution project, and reading support materials for SpEd students.

Romeo & Juliet

Explore lessons for everything from Romeo & Juliet starters to closers. Highlights of the provided lessons include a web scavenger hunt for background information, a Shakespearean Love/Hate Letter, and a Teen Speak translation project.

Speak

Explore lessons for everything from Speak starters to closers. Highlights of the provided lessons include a literary device game, class reaction polls, fan fiction, and a multimedia art analysis project.

Writing Units

Parts of Speech

Here you will find lessons on the nine parts of speech. Highlights of the provided lessons include interactive multiple choice/drawing slideshows, a Kahoot review, and a ready-made assessment.

Subjects and Predicates

This section has comprehensive lessons on subjects and predicates. Highlights of the provided lessons include interactive drag-and-drop slideshows, a Kahoot review, and a ready-made assessment.

Sentence Types (Clauses)

In this section, you'll find lessons on various sentence types and their clauses. Highlights of the provided lessons include interactive drag-and-drop lessons, Kahoot reviews, study webpages, and a ready-made assessment.

Analytical Essays

In this section, you'll find lessons on the writing process for analytical essays. Highlights of the provided lessons include interactive paragraph lessons, class discussion rubrics, and editing games.

Supporting Units

Author's Craft (Literary Devices)

In this section, you'll find lessons on the literary devices used in author's craft. Highlights of the provided lessons include a meme-inspired mini lesson, an interactive class poetry analysis, a fun literature analysis game, and some very poignant short stories that get students talking.

Research Projects

In this section, you'll find lessons for a variety of research projects. Highlights of the provided lessons include a multimedia project centered around student choice, project samples, helpful rubrics, and student feedback forms.