Enjoying literature : classroom ready materials for teaching fiction and poetry analysis skills in the high school grades /
Marks, Arlene,1947-
Examine the themes of the story -- Appreciate the realism in the story -- Chart the dramatic conflict in the story -- Explore the structure of the story -- Experience the sensory detail (imagery) of the story -- Evaluate the simile and metaphor in the story -- Note the use of language in the story -- Analyze the main characters in the story -- Appreciate the humor in the story -- Explore the setting of the story -- Rate the opening of the story -- Evaluate the story -- Write a literary response -- Developing a topic -- Organizing the information -- Testing a thesis -- Generating arguments -- Building argumentation -- Writing the introduction and conclusion -- Revision, editing, and proofreading -- Define poetry -- Analyze on the technical level -- Analyze on the associative level -- Analyze on the thematic level -- Practice close reading of poetry -- Practice analyzing poetry -- Analyzing the poetry of a Shakespearean play -- Write a sight test (optional) -- Answer an effectiveness question -- The story in the poem -- Identify a focus -- Perform a close reading -- Analyze the poem -- Summative products -- Teaching "David" by Earle Birney -- Introduction to the sonnet -- Close reading and analysis of a sonnet -- Summative products -- Creative/writing challenges -- Introduction to dramatic poetry -- Perform a close reading -- Analyze the poem -- Summative products -- Teaching "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson -- Write a dialectical response to a poem -- Write a personal response to a poem -- Write an analytical response to a poem -- Lay the foundations -- Practice unpacking prompts -- Develop a supporting example -- Organize an essay length response (DFAR) -- Write a timed response.
English language
Literature
Literary form
Poetry