This lesson uses movie and television clips to introduce analysis of setting, paired with Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants."
AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Identifying Setting
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AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Literal and Figurative Meanings
This lesson will help you teach literal versus figurative meanings to your AP and Pre-AP students through film and poem analysis.
AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Personification
This free lesson uses Pixar's Inside Out to introduce personification, then includes analytical questions for Olive Senior's "Plants."
The Importance of Student Reflection: A Post-Essay Writing Lesson
This free lesson helps your students reflect on their timed essays and make goals for future essays, even in mastering the line of reasoning.
AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Imagery
This AP Lit lesson introduces imagery through sensory film clips, which connect with three iconic poems. Free graphic organizer included!