Broughton English I

Historian Mark Griffiths says picture of unknown man on title page of botanical work is playwright, as editor hails 'literary discovery of the century'

Using pieces of art to develop literacy skills

A rare exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art features 60 of Lawrence's paintings about the journey of 6 million African-Americans, who fled the segregated South during the Great Migration.

A rare exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art features 60 of Lawrence's paintings about the journey of 6 million African-Americans, who fled the segregated South during the Great Migration.

In this Text to Text, we examine a famous scene from the play “A Raisin in the Sun” paired with a 2013 Times article on the persistence of the problem of housing discrimination in the United States.

In this Text to Text, we examine a famous scene from the play “A Raisin in the Sun” paired with a 2013 Times article on the persistence of the problem of housing discrimination in the United States.

"A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry is the focal point for discussion of "The American Dream" as students explore how the social, educational, economical and political climate of the 1950s affected African Americans' quest for the good life in the suburbs.

"A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry is the focal point for discussion of "The American Dream" as students explore how the social, educational, economical and political climate of the 1950s affected African Americans' quest for the good life in the suburbs.

Thematically-based classroom resources drawn from the six-part PBS series <i>Shakespeare Uncovered</i>.

Thematically-based classroom resources drawn from the six-part PBS series <i>Shakespeare Uncovered</i>.

ideas and links for memoir writing

Reading and visuals of the text in chunks.

Academic writing

Full video tour of Paris Catacombs

FILE - This is a Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 filoe photo of skulls and bones are stacked at the Catacombs in Paris, France. The subterranean tunnels, which once gave refuge to smugglers and saints, cradle the bones of some 6 million Parisians from centuries past. The Catacombs form a dark, 200-mile (322 kilometer) underground labyrinth beneath the City of Light. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

NaNoWriMo's YWP challenges young writers to complete an entire novel in November! Are you up for it?

Goes with the other video that talks about how to create a riveting story.

Great interview on how to keep a reader interested by using continual conflict. Also discusses finding the frame or theme of your story.

Think you know your horror? Let us put the frighteners on you with our quiz on literature's most terrifying first lines

Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 12 "For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." -Romeo and Juliet (5.3.320) Though the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet is a perennial favorite, the world around the play has changed in the four centuries since it was first performed. Shifting attitudes about taboo love and marriage, gender roles, and even guns and street violence inform the way we read or see the play today.