Literary Analysis using Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi)

Literary Analysis using Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) Overview As a High School and Undergraduate Humanities teacher in English, you can use this lesson plan to teach literary analysis of a novel (climate fiction). The recently recognized literary genre of ‘Cli-Fi’ is a valuable means by which students can engage with key concepts of climate change and […]

William Blake’s ‘Chimney Sweeper’ Poems: Ode to the Industrial Age

William Blake’s ‘Chimney Sweeper’ Poems: Ode to the Industrial Age Overview As a high school and Undergraduate English Literature teacher, you can use two of William Blake’s poems, both titled “The Chimney Sweeper”, to teach your students how to interpret poetic texts. These poems may serve as an introduction to the genre of Romantic poetry […]

Lesson Plan: Reading Techniques: A study of “Geology of Mankind”

Reading Techniques: A study of “Geology of Mankind” Overview Overview As a high school English teacher, you can use this lesson plan to help you in teaching reading and analysis skills as part of English Language Teaching (ELT). The lesson plan involves training students in skills such as skimming and close reading, and comprehension based […]

Climate Fiction “Hermie”- A Case of Climate Change

Climate Fiction “Hermie”- A Case of Climate Change Overview Overview As a high school  or undergraduate English Literature teacher, you can use this climate fiction short story to teach literary analysis of fiction through narrative strategies such as dialogue, chronology, and descriptive richness as used in a short story, the use of figures of speech […]