This lesson is designed to help students review the literary elements in lyric poems. Through this lesson, students will be able to compare different types of lyric poems and appreciate them from different perspectives. They will also learn, through this lesson, how the stylistic techniques used in the poems help illustrate the theme. To acquaint students with poetry by an African American poet from the Harlem Renaissance. This lesson will serve as a springboard for student written poetry.

So I Ain’t No Good Girl” by Sharon Flake is a short story about a rebellion teenage girl going through a realistic problem in a relationship. This worksheet contains reading comprehension and reading analysis questions , language and vocabulary tasks and two responsive writing prompts.

This worksheet can be used as an introduction to direct speech by using short animated movie. I have included a presentation and link to video that I used in classroom.

Worksheet on Zero Conditional based on short text with lots of exercises.

Topicabout mental illness provides a window into stress and the toll it takes on young people. Youth today are experiencing more stress and anxiety than ever before. As a teacher you never know exactly what students are dealing with in their lives so topics that they can directly relate to should be treated very delicately. Through this (and not only this) unit students will have a better understanding and respect for individuals who are dealing with issues of depression, alienation and stress. Teachers can help normalize these feelings and behaviors through everyday discussion, everyday interaction and finding ways to help develop an understanding of the students experience. This lesson plan includes step by step lesson plan for teachers, students worksheet with warm up activity, comprehension questions, vocabulary and language exercises, role play activity. It is based on famous Radiohead song Just. Enjoy!

This is fun lesson plan with lots of listening and speaking activities that are text based. Students worksheet explores topic of IQ and EQ.

Short and sweet introduction to Passive Voice.