Welcome to Paradise where you can visit worlds near and far. The sky is the limit. Learn common features of literary forms and respond to literature.

LITERARY FORMS

Characteristics of Classic Literature
Learn to identify the defining characteristics of classic literature, such as timelessness, dealing with universal themes and experiences, and communicating across cultures.

Plot
Learn to recognize complex elements of plot, including setting, character development, conflicts, and resolutions.

Mood and Meaning
Learn how mood or meaning is conveyed in poetry such as word choice, dialect, invented words, concrete or abstract terms, sensory or figurative language, use of sentence structure, line length, punctuation, and rhythm.

CRITICAL RESPONSE

Supporting Central Conflict
Learn how character and plot development, point of view, and tone are used in various selections to support a central conflict or story line.

Interpreting Literature
Learn how to responds to a work of literature by interpreting selected phrases, sentences, or passages and applying the information to personal life.

Diversity
Learn ways in which literature reflects the diverse voices of people from various backgrounds.

Language Arts/Listening/ Viewing/Speaking

Standard 1: The student understands the common features of a variety forms of literary forms (LA.E.1.3).

Standard 2: The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama (LA.E.2.3).

American Writers From Thomas Jefferson to Will Rogers, this site provides biographical information on the writers that have helped to shape American Literature. This site can be searched by author, works or place.

Literary Research Tools on the Net This is a comprehensive hotlist of literature and humanities websites.

Children's Literature Web Guide This site offers "internet resources related to books for children and young adults."

The Moonlit Road "Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most celebrated storytellers."--The Moonlit Road

The Atlantic Monthly Poetry Pages This website includes the poetry of current poets as well as classical poetry, interviews with poets, poetry reviews and much more.

Academy of American Poets An excellent site that includes a link to its sister-site, onlinepoetryclassroom.org, a listening booth, exhibits featured poets and much more.

Favorite Poem Project "My dearest hope is that this project will affect the teaching of poetry."--U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. This website is based around the premise that poetry should be heard. It features poetry readings and invites the user to share his/her own favorite poetry.

Treasure Island This site provides information about the author and the book (plot and characters), as will as activities, links

Narnia.com The official Narnia website includes information about C.S. Lewis and the creation of Narnia, an overview of the chronicals, a tour of the lands, an introduction to the Narnians, a list of resources and more.

Biography The website for A&E's Biography includes a searchable database.