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Sheila Hancock - 'Refugee Blues' by W H Auden. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Free Resources - Classical Comics. In order for you to experience our 3-tier approach to Shakespeare for free, here you can download sections from 4 plays (with 4 sections for The Tempest).

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Presented as lineart, these documents are quick to download and simple to print. As an added bonus, not only do we offer brief teaching resource books to accompany each play, but we also provide a "No Text" version, featuring empty word balloons that you can fill in. To save these Adobe PDF files, right-click and select "Save Target As", storing them on your computer for viewing and printing (You will need the Adobe reader to open these .pdf files. If you haven't already got it, it is free to download from Adobe.com - use the link at the bottom of this page) Happy 200th Birthday, Frankenstein! 21 dicembre 2017 Two hundred years ago, on 1 January 1818, the novel Frankenstein was first published.

Happy 200th Birthday, Frankenstein!

The author was a young English woman, Mary Shelley. She had come up with the idea for the novel two years previously, when she was 18 years old and spending the summer in Switzerland with some friends. The weather was unusually cold and miserable because of an extraordinary event: half a world away, in Indonesia, the volcano Tambora had erupted. It was the largest volcanic eruption in human history. Monster literature In the novel, the scientist Victor Frankenstein is obsessed by the idea of creating life.

Science fiction Frankenstein is also widely considered to be the first science fiction novel. Popular literature with a message Although today Frankenstein’s monster is one of the most recognizable figures of popular culture, one must not forget that Shelley’s novel was not just a genre novel. 1) Read the article and complete the sentences with the right alternative. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. A Single Life. This ELT lesson plan is designed around a short film by Job, Joris & Marieke and the theme of stages of life.

A Single Life

In the lesson students practise vocabulary related to the stages of life, discuss stages of life, watch a short film, and speak and write about it. Support Film English Film English remains free and takes many hours a month to research and write, and hundreds of dollars to sustain. If you find any joy or value in it, please consider supporting Film English with a monthly subscription, or by contributing a one-off payment.

Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) In a Heartbeat. This lesson plan is designed around a short film titled In a Heartbeat and the theme of love. Students learn and practice expressions using the word “heart”, watch a short film trailer, predict and write a story, watch and discuss a short film, and watch and discuss a video in which elderly people give their reactions to the short film. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 90 minutes Activity: Practicing expressions using the word “heart”, watching a short film trailer, predicting and writing a story, watching and discussing a short film, and watch and discussing a reaction video Topic: Love Language: Vocabulary related to love Watch the film.

Check out the lesson plan Remember that Individual Membership and Institutional Membership of Film English Club allow unlimited access to all Film English Club lesson plans, viewing guides and other teaching material. ~ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~ Full Version. From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift: Exploring the History behind the Satire. ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us.

From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift: Exploring the History behind the Satire

If you've got lessons plans, videos, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Student Objectives Session One Session Two Session Three Following Sessions Extensions Student Assessment/Reflections Students will review literary elements of symbolism and satire. discuss contemporary and historical connections to situations in texts. compare satirical techniques used by two authors. conduct research on historical allusions in a text. synthesize information to draw conclusions about a text's message. back to top.

Patti Smith - The Tiger (by William Blake) (Performed at the Wadsworth Atheneum) William blake - tiger tiger. OLIVER TWIST. Beautiful Canterbury Cathedral and The Canterbury Tales.

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