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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blending the Past with Today's Technology: Using Prezi to Prepare for Historical Fiction
   To prepare for literature circles featuring historical novels, students research the decades of the 1930s to the 1990s and share their information using Prezi, a web application for creating multimedia presentations.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Dialect Detectives: Exploring Dialect in Great Expectations
   Great Expectations is rich in dialogue and in the dialect of the working class and the poor of Victorian England. What does Dickens reveal about his characters using dialect?
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   From Text to Film: Exploring Classic Literature Adaptations
   Students create storyboards to compare and contrast a book and its film adaptation.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Novel News: Broadcast Coverage of Character, Conflict, Resolution, and Setting
   This twist on readers theater has students prepare original news programs based on incidents in a recent reading, as they explore standard literary elements of character, conflict, resolution, and setting.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
   Explore the modern significance of an older text, such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, by asking students to create their own modern interpretation of specific events from the drama.