Timesaver

Literature
and Drama:
Teaching and
learning
Resource
Booklet
Section 1 pedagogy articles and resources

ESL literature suggestions – a very useful reference document

http://coe.winthrop.edu/schneidere/Courses/READ621/OLD%20READ%20621/ESOL
%20LITERATURE%20SUGGESTION1.rtf

Literature in EFL classroom

http://www.tesolgreece.com/nl/71/7104.html

Literature in the ESL classroom

http://english.arizona.edu/public/Image/NOS/Ulreich2.pdf

Using poetry in language classroom

http://library.nakanishi.ac.jp/kiyou/gaidai(30)/05.pdf

Literature in language class

http://www.fflch.usp.br/dlm/crop/PDF%20CROP/revista13_pdf/16Literature%20in
%20the%20language%20classroom.pdf

Literature – one of best ways to teach language

http://www.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/library/opac/b&e/v3n1j8/12=Mushfeka%20Deeba.pdf

Literature for language learning

http://www.mlmcc.com/File/PUBLICATIONS/1998LiteratureforLanguageTeaching.pdf

Using literature to teach ESL

http://www.farwestgreat.org/EPALL08/Presentations/17.LiteratureModule.ppt

Using literature in EFL classroom

http://idiomas.tij.uabc.mx/plurilingua/volumen3eng/Microsoft%20Word%20-
%20Article_Yolanda_Using_Literature_in_the_EFL_classroom.pdf

Using literature for language teaching in ESL

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/16
/97/40.pdf
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/23
/f1/5f.pdf

Using drama texts in the classroom

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/using-drama-texts-classroom

Use of literary texts in primary classes

http://is.muni.cz/th/54938/pedf_m/The_use_of_literary_texts_in_primary_classes_Pavlin
a_Dymesova.doc

Using Literary texts in English language teaching

http://www.britishcouncil.org/nguyen_thi_thom_thom.ppt

Why and how to use literature in EFL classroom

http://148.231.188.9/plurilingua/volumen3eng/Article_Yolanda_Using_Literature_in_the
_EFL_classroom.doc
Section 2 sites and resources for literature and drama

Andrew Moore’s excellent collection of resources on literature resources

http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/default.htm

Critical terms literature analysis and text analysis presentation sheet

http://www.eslhandouts.com/materials/critical_terms.pdf
http://www.eslhandouts.com/materials/expreessions_text_analysis.rtf

Classic short stories - printables

http://www.world-english.org/stories.htm

Classic American short stories

http://www.enotes.com/classic-american-short-stories-text

Drama for ESL

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/litt2.htm

http://garycarkin.tripod.com/garycarkinseslefldramalog/id25.html

http://www.melta.org.my/ET/1990/main8.html

https://www.msu.edu/~caplan/drama/tesol2005/whodunnit.doc

http://www.angelfire.com/ego/edp303/

http://childrenstheatre.easystorecreator.com/welcome.htm

http://www.childdrama.com/mainframe.html

http://www.childrenonlyesl-
efl.com/mainpages/tourcategories/tourmaincategories/playstourpage.asp

http://www.play-script-and-song.com/play-script-fables.html

English literature site with many lessons and resources

http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ wonderful site

Excellent site about using poetry in class – useful for ESL teachers
http://www.poetryteachers.com/

Literary vocabulary exercises

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/wtg/engl.html

Literature-based cooperative lessons for ESL

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/20
/14/4a.pdf

Literature packed lesson site - excellent

http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/literature/

Literature guide excellent resources

http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/LiteratureGuides.htm

Literature and reading activities and lesson plans – links to many sites and resources
http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/literatureactivities.htm

Literature lessons- Outta Ray’s head – hundreds of lessons based on literature

http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/litera1.htm

Play scripts

http://www.storiestogrowby.com/script_body.html

http://www.geocities.com/pocolocoplayers/free.html

http://www.ravenbeard.co.uk/

http://home13.inet.tele.dk/dramakaj/english.html

http://www.childdrama.com/mainframe.html

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/drama.htm

http://www.dayformothers.com/short-stories/index.html

http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?catid=59442&docid=156981

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/litt2.htm
http://garycarkin.tripod.com/garycarkinseslefldramalog/id25.html

http://www.melta.org.my/ET/1990/main8.html

https://www.msu.edu/~caplan/drama/tesol2005/whodunnit.doc

http://www.angelfire.com/ego/edp303/

http://childrenstheatre.easystorecreator.com/welcome.htm

http://www.childdrama.com/mainframe.html

http://www.childrenonlyesl-
efl.com/mainpages/tourcategories/tourmaincategories/playstourpage.asp

http://www.play-script-and-song.com/play-script-fables.html

The Australian Script Centre

Alex Broun home page with free 10 minute, one act & full length play script
downloads

Kidsinco, free playscripts for kids

http://www.aussieoneactplays.com/downloads/index.htm

http://ikashmir.net/dnwalli/doc/dnwalli.pdf

Poetry collection – great for children

http://www2.redmond.k12.or.us/mccall/renz/pdf/poetry/poetry08.pdf
http://www.misscantillon.com/Class%20Notes/poetry07.pdf
http://www.mrsrenz.net/pdf/bookprojects/poetryunitblackfont.pdf

Poetry class
http://www.poetryclass.net/lesindex.htm

Response to literature – writing lesson plans – excellent collection

http://www.svusd.org/p_subject.asp?sid=11740

Resources and lesson plans for a unit on books by Jan Brett.

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Jan_Brett/index.shtml

Resources and lesson plans for a unit on books by Joy Cowley.

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Joy_Cowley/index.shtml

Stories – Roy Lisker

http://www.fermentmagazine.org/stories.html

Teaching literature in ELT – Google book can only read online

http://books.google.co.uk/books?
id=DX_lc3CkWKkC&dq=esol+literature&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=Rgux9T
hcNa&sig=oKDQDSPmszHAKvToK0NeQBH0FyA&hl=en&ei=nCw5SprCEd62jAeovo
mkDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#PPA56,M1
http://www.teachingliterature.org/teachingliterature/multi.htm

The premier site – literature, Theatre and poetry lessons and ideas. A-Z of all major
literary writers
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/litt2.htm

Using literature in EFL/ESL classroom

http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?docid=146508
Section 3 links for lesson plans and resources

Adolescent and young adult literature lesson plans – links to many sites
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edadolescentlit.htm

Analysis of Literature
https://www.olchs.org/assets/documents/English%20II%20terms.pdf

Andalusian Poetry lessons

http://www.islamicspain.tv/For-Teachers/10_Andalusian%20Poetry.pdf

Animal farm listening comprehension and other lessons

http://www.eslhandouts.com/materials/animal_farm.doc
http://www.eslhandouts.com/materials/Animal%20Farm_George_Orwell.mp3
http://www.michellehenry.fr/orwell.htm
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/orwell.html
http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/joehler/assignments/Animal%20Farm%20Questions.doc

Art and Literature unit 5

http://www.moe.edu.kw/pages/ECurriculum/stage/10/student/english%20workbook/5.pdf

British and American literature exercises

http://jpkc.hfut.edu.cn/2007/upload_files/1204292942.doc

Children literature in ESL classroom

http://www.developingteachers.com/articles_tchtraining/litemma1.htm

Children literature reading comprehension

http://www.lib.nttu.edu.tw/exam/89/%E7%A2%A9%E7%8F%AD-
%E5%85%92%E6%96%87/%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87.doc

Children literature portfolio

http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/docentes/cceia/documentos-cceia/docsceia/ensaios-
mst/Blanca_Richi_Portfolio.doc

English 11 unit 6 worksheets

http://www.oakbay.sd61.bc.ca/staff/sstarkey/documents/en11unit06worksheet.pdf
ESL literature discussion
http://www.esldiscussions.com/l/literature.doc

Film as literature blade runner

http://sites.google.com/site/christopherscanlonportfolio/Home/film-as-literature-blade-
runner

Folktales and fairy tales lesson ideas and units

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Folktales___Fairy_Tales/index.shtml
http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/wallpainting/New%20curriculum/4-7%20All/4-
7%20language%20arts/4-7%20LA%20Folktale%20Elements.doc
http://www.penguinreaders.com/pdf/downloads/pr/activity-
worksheets/9781405880237.pdf
http://www.csames.illinois.edu/documents/outreach/Middle_Eastern_Folk_Tales_Lesson
_Plan.pdf
http://www.dpsk12.org/programs/almaproject/pdf/ThreeFolktales.pdf
http://www.teachup.com/pdfs/fables/FolktalesGuide.pdf
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/k12/lesplan2_fai.doc

Good selection of literature based lessons

http://www.geocities.com/frankie_meehan/literature.html

Grades Literature lesson ideas

Grades K-2 Literature-based WebQuests

 Bat Quest: In Search of Stellaluna

 Chrysanthemum: What's In a Name?
 Cinderella around the World
 Designing Hermit's New Home: A House for Hermit Crab
 Meeting in The Mitten
 Study Insects with Eric Carle
 Teddy Bears and Bears in Literature

 G Author Expert
 Autobiography of Who??
 Cesar Chávez: Viva la Causa!: Amelia's Road
 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
 Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella
 Coyote the Trickster: Trickster Tales
 Fact or Fiction - An Analysis of Historical Fiction Literature: Sign of the Beaver, The
Witch of Blackbird Pond
 Fact or Fiction: Island of the Blue Dolphins / Zia / Living History
  Fairytale Court/The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
 The Grickle-grass Gazette: The Lorax
 History: Whose Story Is It Anyway?
 Kid's Court: Finding Justice in Fairy Tales
 Mainly Maine: Sarah Plain and Tall

grades 4-6 Literature-based WebQuests

Middle School/Junior High Literature-based WebQuests

 Anthem: A Utopian Society

 Author Study
 Author's Hot Seat
 The Bronze Bow
 Cave Art: Maroo of the Winter Caves
 DDT: To Ban or not to Ban, That is the Question: Silent Spring
 The Diary of Anne Frank...In Search of Truth
 Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead: The Witch of Blackbeard Pond / The Scarlet Letter
 Dragonwings
 Evaluating the Call of the Wild
 Exploring Biography
 The Fantasy of Roald Dahl
 The Golden Goblet
 Into Thin Air
 The Light in the Forest
 Maroo, Dar and Early Man: Maroo of the Winter Caves, Dar and the Spear-Thrower
 My Brother Sam Is Dead
 Nonfiction Rules!
 The Outsiders: Teens & Life Choices
 The Pigman
 Read a Good Book?
 The Real Stuff: Realistic Fiction
 The Rescue: The Hatchet
 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
 "Sweet" Sadie and "Queen": Bessie's Story: Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters' First 100
Years
 Thumbs Up: Book Critics
 To Kill a Mockingbird

High School/Senior High Literature-based WebQuests

 Anthem: A Utopian Society

 As Mt. Olympus Turns...: The Odyssey
 Book Burning: Fahrenheit 451
 The Crucible & McCarthyism
  Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead: The Scarlet Letter / The Crucible
 Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?: Rite of Passage
 Homer's Odyssey
 The House on Mango Street
 Letters to...Nora and Torvald: A Doll's House
 Lie and Live or Tell the Truth and Die? The Crucible, McCarthy Hearings...
 La Poesía: Poetas Latinoamericanos
 Putting George on Trial: Taking Of Mice and Men into the Courtroom
 A Raisin in the Sun
 Searching for Lost Horizon
 Shakespeare Land
 Steam Engines & Rabbit Holes: Alice in Wonderland
 Things Fall Apart

Iqbal teacher’s Pack

http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/doc/oxed/secondary/rollercoasters/Iqbal.doc

Jane Austen
http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/teacherstudent/
http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/6250/t/Jane-Austen-All-8-Novels-Free-
download.html
http://english.byu.edu/novelinks/reading%20strategies/Pride%20and%20Prejudice
%202/B%20D%20A%20lesson%20structure.pdf
http://www.grammardog.com/samples/SENSE%20AND%20SENSIBILITY
%20sample.pdf
http://www.numilog.com/package/extraits_pdf/e235507.pdf
http://www.dailybingocards.com/pdf/jane-austen-characters.pdf
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/pride_and_predjudice.pdf
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/austen.html

Kate Chopin
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/hour/storyofhour.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/storyhour.htm
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=523
http://www.geocities.com/carlywcambler/The_Awakening_Study_Guide.doc
http://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/envisions/EIG%20Sessions/Session%203%20Case
%20Study%20Files/Desiree%20Related%20Files/Desirees%20Baby_Story%20only.doc
http://www.katechopin.org/desiree's-baby.shtml

Kiss the Dust Elizabeth Laird lessons

http://www.youngculturalcreators.com/media/KTDWkS.pdf

Language and Literacy many free packs

http://www.widgit.com/resources/pdf_menu.htm

Learning English through short stories

http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Common/teaching%20resources_short
%20stories_27nov2007.doc

Literature bingo cards

http://www.dailybingocards.com/bingo-cards/literature

Literature in English test

http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/LiteratureinEnglish.pdf

Literature lesson plan

http://nadabs.tripod.com/LessonLiterature1.doc

Mary Oliver wild geese

http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/literature/oliver/activities_wildgeese.doc

Omega Files short stories

http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/elt/products/obwomegawork.pdf

People past and present unit 7

http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/elt/catalogue/9780194715676-b.pdf

Poetry lessons
http://pc171115.pc.waseda.ac.jp/ccdl/cl_korea/0619_handout.pdf

Poetry study Ireland lessons

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/11_16/poetry/pdf/pr02_relationships.pdf

Poetry mini unit 5 days

http://www.lehigh.edu/~infolios/bev/unit.pdf

Poetry unit 1
http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/download/pdf/KS3_PoetrySample.pdf

Prose fiction
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/33
/4e/fa.pdf

Reading short stories lessons

http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/English/blettiere/short_stories2.htm
River boy Tim Bowler worksheets
http://www.youngculturalcreators.com/media/RBWkS.pdf

Shakespeare ESL resources

http://www.michellehenry.fr/shak.htm
http://starofthestage1.multiply.com/tag/shakespeare

Shakespeare in EFL classroom

http://seas3.elte.hu/angolpark/Texts/VinceMate/VinceTeachingShakespeare.pdf
Short stories worksheets
http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/English/blettiere/short_stories2.htm

Short stories active comprehension

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/35
/d5/4e.pdf
http://www.bdb.com.au/pdf/teachersnotes/short_TN.pdf
http://rea.ccdmd.qc.ca/media/pdf/en/EEE_M01_E01.pdf
http://rea.ccdmd.qc.ca/contenu/?p=exercices_texts
http://rea.ccdmd.qc.ca/contenu/?p=exercices_comprehension
http://rea.ccdmd.qc.ca/contenu/?p=exercices_organization
http://rea.ccdmd.qc.ca/contenu/?p=exercices_expression
http://rea.ccdmd.qc.ca/contenu/?p=essays

The Kite Runner study guide

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2619520/The-Kite-Runner-Study-Guide

Using literature in ESL classroom

http://www.britishcouncil.org/turkey-english-teach-english-dynamic-resources-literature-
in-elt.htm

Using literature in language classroom

http://lib.csghs.tp.edu.tw/%E4%B8%AD%E5%B1%B1%E5%AD
%B8%E5%A0%B1%E7%AC%AC%E5%85%AD%E6%9C%9F
%E5%85%89%E7%A2%9F%E7%89%88/09%20E.pdf

Warm up activities for poetry

http://www.mediafire.com/?m5zzm325zyw

Webquests

Dickens
- www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/OT.htm (Oliver Twist)
- www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/webquests/Dickens/dickenswq.htm
J-K. Rowling
www.pearsonlongman.com/totalenglish/pdfs/webquests/int_unit09_webquest.pdf

Sherlock Holmes
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/annie.gwynn/sherlockholmes.htm

Database of webquests
http://lth3.k12.il.us/RHAMPTON/IOPDatabase.html

Young Adult literature webquests

http://english.clas.asu.edu/enged-webquests

Section 4 Additional resources and literature

African Literature
http://www.mediafire.com/?mjhmznmu2mz

Arabic writerly culture

http://www.mediafire.com/?jmoothnylzy

Australian Classics 50
http://www.mediafire.com/?tmnzzz2ygyz

British Literature reader and workbook

http://www.mediafire.com/?mdch02bmfjm

Children Literature
http://www.mediafire.com/?wq2jjzogvtj
http://www.mediafire.com/?hzqzvn2ktzn

Children literature new approaches

http://www.mediafire.com/?mjnwqnj2zmn

Companion to American literature

http://www.mediafire.com/?qmnm5fge0zg

Comedy writing
http://www.mediafire.com/?5dlditzmamm
http://www.mediafire.com/?hnv2tzrildn

Companion to Cervantes
http://www.mediafire.com/?qmz3ojm4dfi

Companion to Milton
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmz4nvkvnyj

Companion to Chauser
http://www.mediafire.com/?dat1lzmxmyi

Companion to Romanticism
http://www.mediafire.com/?ynjizt0n2qx

Cries from the heart stories from around the world

http://www.mediafire.com/?ktwwhzzmedn

Critical companion to Beowulf

http://www.mediafire.com/?jdl2hloiolh

Dorian Gray
http://www.mediafire.com/?iznzwwbmzjk

Encyclopedia of Renaissance literature

http://www.mediafire.com/?1mzz3qzl0qm

Fantasy horror fiction

http://www.mediafire.com/?mzmknh5ujay

Grade 10 Literature
http://www.mediafire.com/?gzjhiymmz0m

Hamlet
http://www.mediafire.com/?lwy5ydzjaem

Hardy Novels
http://www.mediafire.com/?wkmz3twcgdv
http://www.mediafire.com/?jynega3zzoj
http://www.mediafire.com/?iwdjzl2wiy3
http://www.mediafire.com/?zn3y5rzzztn

Harry Potter books

http://www.mediafire.com/?0gljm041wqg

Hemingway a farewell to arms

http://www.mediafire.com/?tjjnzjqjcig

Henry James complete stories

http://www.mediafire.com/?wrlzohvzejy

History of Literature in English

http://www.mediafire.com/?bmmjocmmnn3

History of Victorian Literature

http://www.mediafire.com/?jmtimt0uqzj

Homer
http://www.mediafire.com/?ijfzg2nnwoy

I am a book
http://www.mediafire.com/?jwmyhdjztmv

I never metaphor
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmjmanjjzym

J R R Tolkien
http://www.mediafire.com/?yywzxibjitm

James Joyce Ulysses

http://www.mediafire.com/?ao2xz2tzijn

Kafka’s stories
http://www.mediafire.com/?l0ygtyyz4zn

Key concepts in literary theory

http://www.mediafire.com/?luntvzrm1nz

Lamb’s Shakespeare tales

http://www.mediafire.com/?m2vhzmz1txm

Language of Literature
http://www.mediafire.com/?j3tnmmuetyn

Literature in English test practice book

http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/LiteratureinEnglish.pdf

Literature 8
http://www.mediafire.com/?ljikzjxvm2j
http://www.mediafire.com/?nozvnmm2nzm
http://www.mediafire.com/?2mlgzvmiktz

Literature English GRE

http://www.mediafire.com/?zdmnzf4nj0g
Music art and literature vocabulary in context
http://www.mediafire.com/?yojmkymin5z

Oscar Wilde
http://www.mediafire.com/?h3ttngmmtj1

Orwell’s 1984
http://www.mediafire.com/?lqwozoe52gm

Poe’s short stories

http://www.mediafire.com/?4qkjmihe55g

Poems
http://www.mediafire.com/?mn0kji2gdjy

Sartre what is literature

http://www.mediafire.com/?wqzo5lyeeny

Shakespeare plays
http://www.mediafire.com/?ynz5ymnzkdy
http://www.mediafire.com/?1wiyjdeinjy
http://www.mediafire.com/?mwtmmjw4nzm
http://www.mediafire.com/?teyitrzlzm2
http://www.mediafire.com/?nnnkwmtfzgm
http://www.mediafire.com/?tddmounzgzi
http://www.mediafire.com/?jonnd0dzx2t
http://www.mediafire.com/?tmjne2q2yky
http://www.mediafire.com/?dz2ymnqjy40
http://www.mediafire.com/?5gulymzm1dg
http://www.mediafire.com/?yd33imqjymz
http://www.mediafire.com/?2mwxty1zutk
http://www.mediafire.com/?jxdyommmm4k

Short plays for the classroom

http://www.mediafire.com/?jyozunolhoz

Short story writers

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmywmymo2ji

Short Stories for starters

http://www.mediafire.com/?mt32qzhd22y

Sisters in time British literature

http://www.mediafire.com/?mjjkmlm0hil
Steinbeck grapes of wrath
http://www.mediafire.com/?enj1wfn0jyz

Studying English literature

http://www.mediafire.com/?dymnwewndjg

Teaching and learning English literature

http://www.mediafire.com/?zfyyyr13izj

Teaching language and literature

http://www.mediafire.com/?yandj2dqujr

Virginia Woolf
http://www.mediafire.com/?go23knikxum

William Faulkner
http://www.mediafire.com/?qn3uzt4mnmr
http://www.mediafire.com/?0hazgcmtnud
http://www.mediafire.com/?myizzdmj2yf
http://www.mediafire.com/?iw3yzu1ydmi