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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing and Podcasting About Images of Oscar Wilde
   Students analyze images of Oscar Wilde used to publicize his 1882 American lecture tour. They then compare a caricature to another researched image, sharing this analysis in a podcast.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Tale of a Few Text Messages: A Character Study of A Tale of Two Cities
   Students use A Tale of Two Cities to explore relationships, plot points, character traits, and background by writing text messages between characters within the novel.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia
   Students work together to create their own utopias, using blogs as the primary source of publication.
4. 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?
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   e-Book Reading and Response: Innovative Ways to Engage with Texts
   Students in grades 5 through 12 read and respond to electronic books by using e-book tools and features, including digital note-taking capabilities.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales using Wikis
   Students study Chaucer's Canterbury Tales not just for its rich language, but also for the insights it provides into the Middle Ages. Using wikis, students collaborate to study both literature and history on their own terms. They create meaning and build information networks using tools Chaucer himself would have loved.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A WebQuest on Iran
   To prepare students for reading the graphic novel Persepolis, this lesson uses a WebQuest to focus students' research on finding reliable information about Iran before and during the Islamic Revolution.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   There Are No Small Parts: Minor Characters in David Copperfield
   This lesson capitalizes on students' interest in social networking by asking students to build an online profile for a minor character in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Thoughtful Threads: Sparking Rich Online Discussions
   Today's students love chatting online with friends. This lesson combines that love with literature. Students form literature circles and have meaningful online discussions about a literary work.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using Microblogging and Social Networking to Explore Characterization and Style
    Students use social networking sites to trace the development of characters by assuming the persona of a character on the class Ning and sending a set number of tweets, or status updates.