BRITISH LITERATURE
VARIOUS HANDOUTS & ACTIVITIES
I have a lot of success integrating British folklore
(fairies, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, mermaids, selkies,
grims, etc.) with the classics.  Recent hit movies like
Pirates of the Caribbean , Van Helsing, and Beowulf have also helped to revive students' interest in pirates, Frankenstein, Dracula, and Beowulf.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde songs
Ballads
Black Dogs in Folklore
The Case of the Cottingley Fairies
Ghost Stories
Ghost Ships
Frankenstein related news articles
Frankenstein persona writing
Fairy Poems
Mermaid Folklore and Poems
King Arthur power point
Hound of the Baskervilles article
Gulliver's Travels persona writing
The Selkie Folk Lore and Ballads
Sea Songs and Shanties
Robin Hood Folklore and Poems
Pirate Lore
William Wordsworth poems
Werewolves in Literature
Vlad Dracula and Bram Stoker
Sherlock Holmes information
CHECK OUT THESE WEBSITES & BOOKS:
MY FAVES page
King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table
Beowulf by Kevin Crossley Holland
Illustrated Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases by E.J. Wagner
Cool Lessons
Children's
Lit
My Faves
World Lit
American
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Rehabbing Readers
Commando Classics
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Brit Lit is one of my favorite classes to teach.   I mean, who can resist heroes like Beowulf, King Arthur and Robin Hood, not to mention folklore rich with fairies and ghosts?  Throw in famous characters like Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Sherlock Holmes and introduce the adventures of Lemeul Gulliver and Jim Hawkins and you've got yourself a class most teens can really sink their teeth into.
Check out my article
"New Rules for Old Lit: Connecting At-Risk Kids to the Classics, 'Commando Style'"
published in the
August 2007 issue of English Leadership Quarterly
for more details about the techniques I used in my Brit Lit class, which made a student named Shane ask me for copies of all the stories we read during the first semester because, "You always have the best stories."
COAT-OF-ARMS PROJECT
One of my students' all-time favorite projects is when they create their own Medieval Coat of Arms at the end of our unit on Arthurian legends. 
A great resource for this project is Rosemary Chorzempa's 
Design Your Own Coat of Arms: An Introduction to Heraldry .
Coat-Of-Arms Grading Rubric
Charges
Mottoes & War Cries
Elements of a Coat of Arms
Headgear
More Banners
More Shield Shapes
Supporters
The Collected Beowulf by Gareth Hinds
Masterpiece Theatre: The Hound of the Baskervilles
ASSORTED BRITISH FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, & MYTHS
Orkney Jar -- The Heritage of the Orkney Islands
Mysterious Britain: A Guide to the Legends, Folklore, Myths, and Mysterious Places in Britain
English Folklore
Sherlock Holmes Sez
TEXT SETS FOR CLASSIC WORKS
The Arthurian Legend Text Set
Dracula Text Set
Frankenstein Text Set
Hound of the Bakervilles Text Set
Heroes Text Set
Treasure Island Text Set
Click Here to See My
Brit Lit Playlist on YouTube