Teaching Literature

american literature

british literature

multicultural/women's/world literature

lesson plans/course syllabi

drama/speech

shakespeare

young adult literature

literary genres/mythology

nonfiction

poetry

critical lenses

story response/writing

assessment

censorship

professional development

media/technology

 

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CHAPTERS

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Goals for teaching literature: What does it mean to teach literature?

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Understanding students’ individual differences: Who are our kids?

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Planning and Organizing Literature Instruction: How Do I Decide What to Teach?

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Planning and Organizing Literature Instruction: How Do I Decide What to Teach?

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Leading Classroom Discussions of Literature: How Do I Get Them to Talk about Literature?

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Writing about literature: How do I get them to write about literature?

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Using narratives in the classroom: What’s the use of story?

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Teaching text and task-specific strategies: How does the shape of a text change the shape of my teaching?

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Teaching the Classics: Do I Have To Teach the Canon, And If So, How Do I Do It?

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Multiple Perspectives to Engage Students with Literature: What are Different Ways of Seeing?

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Teaching Media Literacy: What else is a text and how do I teach it?

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Assessing and Evaluating Students’ Learning: How do I know what they’ve learned?

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Text Selection, Censorship, Creating an Ethical Classroom Environment. and Teacher Professionalism: How do I Stay in Control, Out of Trouble, and Continue to Develop as A Teacher?

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Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Shakespeare: Subject to Change
15-minute multimedia presentation; HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
contains video clips/requires Flash 6

Mr. William Shakespeare

Enjoying Macbeth
Funny (and the screen drips blood)

Macbeth assignment

Macbeth
lecture prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina-University College, Nanaimo, BC

Webquest: Macbeth

Webquest: Julius Caesar

Webquest: Romeo and Juliet

Cultural studies approaches to teaching Shakespeare

Shakespeare in Education
links to sites designed to teach Shakespeare over the Internet and in the classroom

clips of Shakespeare performances
Sometimes the acting-out of a scene brought an “ah-ha” feeling of Shakespeare’s meaning for the first time.

helpful Shakespeare and Renaissance links

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Folger Library Teaching Shakespeare

Teaching Shakespeare, Practical Analysis in the Classroom

The Shakespeare Web

Shakespeare Illustrated

Shakespeare Theme Page

King Lear @ Web English Teacher

Macbeth @ Web English Teacher

Romeo and Juliet @ Web English Teacher

Shakespeare @ Web English Teacher

Hamlet @ Web English Teacher

The Shakespeare Corner

Hamlet-The Royal Shakespeare Company Guide

King Lear-The Royal Shakespeare Company Guide

Romeo and Juliet Resources

Surfing with the Bard-Macbeth

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Teaching Shakespeare 

Folger Library [lesson plans]

Teaching Romeo and Juliet

Webquest: Will the Real Mr. Shakespeare Please Stand Up

Shakespeare Classroom

Shakespeare

Shakespeare on the Internet

Shakespeare Plays: Lesson Plans

Cyber Shakespeare

Electric Shakespeare

Shakespeare Magazine Teaching Resources

Chill with Will

Shakespeare Through Performance: Folger Recipe Book

BardQuest

Shakespeare's World: Then and Now

TeachersFirst Shakespeare Page

Webspeare

Penguin Teacher's Guides

Hamlet Homepage

Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet

SCORE Cyberguides: Hamlet [Bell High School]

SCORE Cyberguides: The Tempest

SCORE Cyberguides: Julius Caesar

SCORE Cyberguides: Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Signet Classics Reading Guide: Macbeth

Macbeth High School Unit Plan

Home of the Macbeth and Hamlet Pages

King Lear Homepage

TeachersFirst Shakespeare

Works of the Bard

Lesson: Creating programs for Shakespeare plays

Early Shakespeare: A Short Course

Lesson: "You Kiss by the Book": Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Lesson: Hamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy

Lessons: MacBeth

Lessons: MacBeth

Lesson: Othello

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Unit: Performing Julius Caesar

Unit: Hamlet

Shakespeare Illustrated: Art work/paintings of the era

Shakespeare: Subject to Change: alternations in the plays

Lesson: Creating programs for Shakespeare plays

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