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Compare and Contrast "The Cask of Amontillado" and the Real Story That Inspired Poe
Not many people know that Edgar Allan Poe was inspired to write "The Cask of Amontillado" after he heard a real account of a man being "buried" alive. It was in one of our old literature textbooks, but is not in the new ones. It can also be researched on the Internet. There is a table to compare and contrast the two stories using the plot terms. Th...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Literary Devices in "The Cask of Amontillado"
This activity looks at different quotations and references in the story "The Cask of Amontillado," and asks the student to tell which literary device it is.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Irony in "The Cask of Amontillado"
This is a handout meant for advanced students studying the short story "The Cask of Amontillado." It deals with the three types of irony found in the story.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 12
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"Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" Lesson
This is a poem by Robert Frost. I have explained the figurative language in it, such as alliteration, synedoche, symbol, and personification. I give a link to create a Wordle, which I found online and would be fun for students to do with other poems.Finally, they must complete the rhyme scheme. I hope it is useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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"Fire and Ice" Analysis
This is a mini-lesson about the analysis of Robert Frost�s poem "Fire and Ice." There is a different poem at the end for students to analyze.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 11
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The Summary Analysis of The War of the Worlds
This, again, is based on the book from Dover. I have the summary analysis of the plot, which explains how it is an allegory, a graphic organizer showing the placement of the plot elements, a letter tile puzzle, and a maze. There is an answer key for the letter tile puzzle. Please copy and remove it before you print the puzzle.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Speaking Activity: What Did Your Parents Teach You?
This is a speaking and thinking activity for small groups. The students read the sayings/lessons that all parents teach, and then they rank them in the order that they would put them. Each group shares the first three and the last three on their list. (There is one sort of strange saying from my own mother. I wrote an explanation for it.) I hope yo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 10
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Rules for Using Dashes
Dashes are more complicated than you may think, so I have tried to demystify them. There are two types that I explain, and I refer to hyphens as well. It ends with an exercise.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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"The Cask of Amontillado" Illustrated Voc. for Advanced Students Page 2-3
This is pages 2-3 of the illustrated vocabulary for "The Cask of Amontillado."
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 10
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Second Part of the Pre-reading Information for The Call of the Wild
This is the second part of pre-reading for The Call of the Wild unit. There is a short biography of London, information on the genres, topics,list of character, and different settings the novel employs. There is a small map and a picture of what Buck could look like. There are questions and a KWL chart to complete. The Klondike Gold Rush will be ad...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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"Christmas Time"
This is a short poem about the love and patience a grandmother shows at Christmas time. I have defined a few vocabulary words and created a wordsearch.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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The World Calendar
It has been proposed that we need a calendar for the entire world. I found this to be a very interesting concept, so I used the information from the site to create an exercise. There are also several pictures to show our relationship with the environment. The pictures mainly focus on females, the la...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Haiku Lesson
This is a lesson about how to write a haiku poem. It has the definition, a table, an exercise, and a word search.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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The Family Wants a Pet
This is a short exercise about animals that can be pets. The student needs to know how to correctly spell the animal�s name and what it looks like.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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"The Face in the Trees" Lesson
This is a poem about polluting the environment and how nature is personified as a face in the trees. I have defined "illusion" and "sigh," and I created a small wordsearch. (There is a hyperlimk to a dictionary.)This lesson is to make us more aware of the environment and how poetry can be a vehicle ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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"There Will Come Soft Rain" Lesson
This is a lesson based on Sara Teasdale�s poem "There Will Come Soft Rain." Alliteration, peronification, imagery, and the theme are explained. There is also a wordsearch, questions, and some pictures.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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The Call of the Wild Vocabulary Exercise
This exercise explains the difference between personification and anthropomorphism. It has 10 beginning vocabulary words with their definitions, an exercise, and a wordsearch.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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"Words" by Sappho
Poetry is the most concise way to say so much with so few words. I can�t get over how wonderful this ancient Greek poem is. Students will learn what lyric poetry is, who Sappho was, and the definition of immortal.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Conjunctive Adverbs
This is a very short exercise focusing on conjunctive adverbs that join two independent clauses. I hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Spelling Words Found at School
This exercise is for elementary students.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
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