I’ve found that a digital literary analysis project provides the perfect amount of scaffolding. Years ago, I made digital labels and turned them into .JPGs for students and encouraged them…
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10 Poems To Teach Figurative Language
Incorporating literary devices into lessons? Try these ten poems to teach figurative language. While I appreciate poetry, teaching it does not come naturally to me. I must purposefully incorporate poetry…
Conflict Activities for Any Novel
Conflicts in literature. They give our stories movement. Identifying examples for different types—human vs. human, self, nature, society, and the supernatural—is the focus of many class discussions. You want to…
Setting Activities for Any Novel
Looking for setting activities, a way to discuss or study the setting of a story? The setting of a novel or short story is important, but sometimes students mistakenly ignore…
Characterization Activities for any Novel Study
Characterization activities? Here you go! Analyzing characters could be my favorite part of literature exploration. Wondering what make a character tick, looking at foreshadowing in regards to his actions, guessing…
Ready to Brainstorm? Activities for Literature
Brainstorm activities for literature! Older students are accustomed to brainstorming for their own writing projects. But a regular-ol brainstorm, not connected to a writing assignment? If your students like to…
Teaching the Plot Structure
How do you teach the plot structure with middle school and high school students? Students must understand plot structure so they can analyze the author’s message. If they don’t… not…
Children’s Books and Literary Terms
Do you have students who struggle with understanding literary terms? Approaching literary terms in a more familiar way may help. Combining children’s books and literary terms may be just the…
Teaching Character Arc
A character arc includes the changes and growth a character has throughout a story – written or on screen. When students struggle to understand this with literature, sometimes it helps…
Teaching the Literary Term Theme
Teaching the literary term theme? Read on for some teaching ideas to implement with any novel or short story. My children are watching Disney’s “Frozen” as often as I will…