A selection of YA fiction and more challenging reads for those who enjoyed the timeless themes and plot within Shakespeare's play Romeo & Juliet. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor A beautiful fantasy that is hauntingly captivating. A blue-haired, tattoo-covered Art student in Prague with no (apparent) background tries to understand who [...]
Category: Resources
‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy
War Photographer Annotated Poem https://youtu.be/doV8xokcTuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS54-VkQEA4
ESL: Natural World
ESL Natural World Week 1 Vocabulary Quizizz Tier 2 Vocabulary and Definitions: Vocabulary Definition 1 Artificial (adj.) Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally 2 Alternative Another or different option, possibility or choice 3 Ecologists (n.) People who study the relationship between living things and their environment 4 Scarce (adj.) Something [...]
Romeo & Juliet: Thematic Quotation Displays
Display material for major themes addressed in the play Romeo and Juliet grouping key scenes and quotations Light and dark imagery: Love vs. hate: Nature: Destiny: Familial conflict:
‘The Tyger’ by William Blake
'The Tyger' Annotated Poem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lmQHdYYqQk&t=6s
ESL Resources by Topic: Communication and Media
ESL Communication and Media - Writing Practice Internet Article on Deforestation
Purple Hibiscus: Tier 2 Vocabulary
Vocabulary Definition 1 Penitent Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds 2 Lineage Tracking of direct descent and ancestry usually for pedigree 3 Reverence A feeling of profound respect for someone or something 4 Benevolence Kind and fair with power 5 Disconsolately Grief-stricken loneliness 6 Indigenous Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native [...]
War Horse: Conflict Analysis
Exemplar analysis of the theme of Conflict within the novella War Horse. Evaluated for strengths and weaknesses
Frankenstein: The Importance of Procreation
Plan for thematic analysis of Procreation in Frankenstein with a comparison to The Handmaid's Tale. Creation of Life: Traditional parent and child imagery Gothic Doubling: Relationships tied together through birth and death as well as suicide Power: God and the Creator figure. Transgression of the moral, natural and social order in both texts Power: Agency [...]
To Kill a Mockingbird: Boo Radley
Flipchart scan of exemplar character analysis based on how Boo Radley is presented and dealing with themes of prejudice within the novel
