Using novel quotes to introduce paired text units and/or short stories and poems. Here are a few from seventeenth-century writer John Milton. It offers thought processing and making connections with similar inner themes within texts. “For what can war but endless war still breed?” This quote is great for a text like “Lord of theContinue reading “Introduce a Text with a quote from other texts”
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Quotes from Emily Dickinson for Paired-Text Units
“I dwell in possibility.” “Sucess is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed.” “A wounded deer leaps highest.” “When I hoped I feared, since I hoped I dared.”
Author Study of Emily Dickinson Ideas Teaching Compare/Contrast Teaching Objective
Emily Dickinson’s poems are a great author study for teaching compare and contrast the teaching objective. Using close reading strategies, literature circles, gallery walk, or the Socratic method are all great for teaching the following poems. Using higher-order thinking questions, have students compare and contrast the following poems for similar and contrasting themes, tones, poeticContinue reading “Author Study of Emily Dickinson Ideas Teaching Compare/Contrast Teaching Objective”
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