Storgy for teachers
Lesson plans you can teach on Monday
Every plan is a sequence of single-period lessons for one text: a do-now on the board, one move modelled on a named passage, an independent task that produces something markable, and an exit ticket. Free to print. One credit to have one written for your curriculum, year group and length.
Every text with a plan (304)
A
- Absalom, Absalom!William Faulkner
- AdlestropEdward Thomas
- AfternoonsPhilip Larkin
- Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll
- All My SonsArthur Miller
- All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr
- All the Pretty HorsesCormac McCarthy
- AmericanahChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- An Arundel TombPhilip Larkin
- Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
- Anita and MeMeera Syal
- Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy
- AntigoneSophocles
- Antony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare
- As I Lay DyingWilliam Faulkner
- As imperceptibly as GriefEmily Dickinson
- As You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare
- Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
- The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain
- The AlchemistPaulo Coelho
- The AwakeningKate Chopin
B
- Bayonet ChargeTed Hughes
- Before You Were MineCarol Ann Duffy
- Belfast ConfettiCiaran Carson
- BelovedToni Morrison
- BeowulfAnonymous
- Billy Budd, SailorHerman Melville
- Black BoyRichard Wright
- Bleak HouseCharles Dickens
- Bless Me, UltimaRudolfo Anaya
- Blood BrothersWilly Russell
- Blood MeridianCormac McCarthy
- Brave New WorldAldous Huxley
- Bridge to TerabithiaKatherine Paterson
- The Bluest EyeToni Morrison
- The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak
- The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky
C
- A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens
- A Court of Thorns and RosesSarah J. Maas
- Catch-22Joseph Heller
- Cat on a Hot Tin RoofTennessee Williams
- CatrinGillian Clarke
- CeremonyLeslie Marmon Silko
- Checking Out Me HistoryJohn Agard
- ChildSylvia Plath
- Chronicle of a Death ForetoldGabriel García Márquez
- Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau
- Climbing My GrandfatherAndrew Waterhouse
- Cold MountainCharles Frazier
- Common SenseThomas Paine
- Composed upon Westminster BridgeWilliam Wordsworth
- Cousin KateChristina Rossetti
- Cozy ApologiaRita Dove
- Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky
- Cry, the Beloved CountryAlan Paton
- The Call of the WildJack London
- The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer
- The Cask of AmontilladoEdgar Allan Poe
- The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. Salinger
- The Charge of the Light BrigadeAlfred, Lord Tennyson
- The Cherry OrchardAnton Chekhov
- The Class GameMary Casey
- The Color PurpleAlice Walker
- The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas
- The CrucibleArthur Miller
D
- A Doll's HouseHenrik Ibsen
- David CopperfieldCharles Dickens
- Death and the MaidenAriel Dorfman
- Death, be not proudJohn Donne
- Death of a NaturalistSeamus Heaney
- Death of a SalesmanArthur Miller
- DiggingSeamus Heaney
- DisgraceJ. M. Coetzee
- DNADennis Kelly
- Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes
- DraculaBram Stoker
- DublinersJames Joyce
- Dulce et Decorum EstWilfred Owen
- DuneFrank Herbert
- The Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson
- The Destruction of SennacheribLord Byron
E
- Easter, 1916W. B. Yeats
- East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
- Eden RockCharles Causley
- EmmaJane Austen
- Esperanza RisingPam Muñoz Ryan
- ExodusLeon Uris
- ExposureWilfred Owen
- Extract from The PreludeWilliam Wordsworth
- The EmigréeCarol Rumens
- The EmpressTanika Gupta
F
- A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
- Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury
- FencesAugust Wilson
- First FlightU. A. Fanthorpe
- Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes
- FollowerSeamus Heaney
- For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway
- Fourth WingRebecca Yarros
- FrankensteinMary Shelley
- The Fall of the House of UsherEdgar Allan Poe
- The Farmer's BrideCharlotte Mew
- The Federalist No. 10James Madison
- The FishElizabeth Bishop
- The FleaJohn Donne
G
- GhostsHenrik Ibsen
- Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell
- Go Tell It on the MountainJames Baldwin
- Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens
- Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift
- The Gift of the MagiO. Henry
- The Glass CastleJeannette Walls
- The Glass MenagerieTennessee Williams
- The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy
- The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck
- The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
H
- Half-casteJohn Agard
- Half of a Yellow SunChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- HamletWilliam Shakespeare
- Hard TimesCharles Dickens
- Harrison BergeronKurt Vonnegut
- HatchetGary Paulsen
- Hawk RoostingTed Hughes
- Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad
- Hedda GablerHenrik Ibsen
- Henry IV, Part 1William Shakespeare
- HolesLouis Sachar
- House Made of DawnN. Scott Momaday
- Howards EndE. M. Forster
- How Many Miles to Babylon?Jennifer Johnston
- The History BoysAlan Bennett
- The House of Bernarda AlbaFederico García Lorca
- The House of the SpiritsIsabel Allende
- The House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros
I
- An Inspector CallsJ. B. Priestley
- I felt a Funeral, in my BrainEmily Dickinson
- I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou
- In Cold BloodTruman Capote
- In the Time of the ButterfliesJulia Alvarez
- Into the WildJon Krakauer
- Invisible ManRalph Ellison
- It Ends with UsColleen Hoover
- The IliadHomer
- The Importance of Being EarnestOscar Wilde
J
- JamesPercival Everett
- Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë
- Joe Turner's Come and GoneAugust Wilson
- Jude the ObscureThomas Hardy
- Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare
K
- KamikazeBeatrice Garland
- King LearWilliam Shakespeare
- KitchenBanana Yoshimoto
- The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini
L
- A Lesson Before DyingErnest J. Gaines
- A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara
- Les MisérablesVictor Hugo
- Letter from Birmingham JailMartin Luther King Jr.
- Letters from YorkshireMaura Dooley
- Life of PiYann Martel
- Light in AugustWilliam Faulkner
- Like Water for ChocolateLaura Esquivel
- Little WomenLouisa May Alcott
- Living SpaceImtiaz Dharker
- LondonWilliam Blake
- Long Day's Journey into NightEugene O'Neill
- Lord JimJoseph Conrad
- Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding
- Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel García Márquez
- Love's PhilosophyPercy Bysshe Shelley
- The LotteryShirley Jackson
M
- A Married StateKatherine Philips
- A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare
- A Modest ProposalJonathan Swift
- MacbethWilliam Shakespeare
- MausArt Spiegelman
- MedeaEuripides
- MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot
- Moby-DickHerman Melville
- Morning SongSylvia Plath
- Mother, any distanceSimon Armitage
- Mrs. DallowayVirginia Woolf
- Much Ado About NothingWilliam Shakespeare
- My Last DuchessRobert Browning
- The ManhuntSimon Armitage
- The Masque of the Red DeathEdgar Allan Poe
- The Master and MargaritaMikhail Bulgakov
- The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy
- The Maze RunnerJames Dashner
- The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare
- The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka
- The Most Dangerous GameRichard Connell
N
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass
- Native SonRichard Wright
- Neutral TonesThomas Hardy
- Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro
- NightElie Wiesel
- Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
- No Longer at EaseChinua Achebe
- No ProblemBenjamin Zephaniah
- Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami
- Number the StarsLois Lowry
O
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAmbrose Bierce
- Oedipus RexSophocles
- Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck
- Oliver TwistCharles Dickens
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestKen Kesey
- One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel García Márquez
- OrlandoVirginia Woolf
- OthelloWilliam Shakespeare
- Our TownThornton Wilder
- OzymandiasPercy Bysshe Shelley
- The OdysseyHomer
- The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
- The OutsidersS. E. Hinton
P
- A Passage to IndiaE. M. Forster
- A Poison TreeWilliam Blake
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames Joyce
- Parable of the SowerOctavia E. Butler
- Paradise LostJohn Milton
- PersepolisMarjane Satrapi
- PersuasionJane Austen
- Philadelphia, Here I Come!Brian Friel
- PoppiesJane Weir
- Porphyria's LoverRobert Browning
- Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
- Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
- Purple HibiscusChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- PygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw
- The Piano LessonAugust Wilson
- The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde
- The Plough and the StarsSeán O'Casey
- The ProdigalElizabeth Bishop
R
- A Raisin in the SunLorraine Hansberry
- A Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkner
- RemainsSimon Armitage
- Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadTom Stoppard
- RuinedLynn Nottage
- The RoadCormac McCarthy
- The Road Not TakenRobert Frost
S
- A Streetcar Named DesireTennessee Williams
- Sailing to ByzantiumW. B. Yeats
- Self-RelianceRalph Waldo Emerson
- Sense and SensibilityJane Austen
- Singh Song!Daljit Nagra
- Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut
- Song of SolomonToni Morrison
- Sonnet 29 — I think of thee!Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Sonnet 43 — How do I love thee?Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningRobert Frost
- Storm on the IslandSeamus Heaney
- SulaToni Morrison
- SweatLynn Nottage
- The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne
- The Screwtape LettersC. S. Lewis
- The SeagullAnton Chekhov
- The Second ComingW. B. Yeats
- The Secret HistoryDonna Tartt
- The Silent PatientAlex Michaelides
- The Sound and the FuryWilliam Faulkner
- The Story of an HourKate Chopin
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson
- The StrangerAlbert Camus
- The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway
T
- A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
- Tess of the d'UrbervillesThomas Hardy
- Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston
- The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe
- The TempestWilliam Shakespeare
- The Things They CarriedTim O'Brien
- The Tin DrumGünter Grass
- The Tollund ManSeamus Heaney
- The TrialFranz Kafka
- The TygerWilliam Blake
- Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe
- TissueImtiaz Dharker
- To AutumnJohn Keats
- To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
- Topdog/UnderdogSuzan-Lori Parks
- To the LighthouseVirginia Woolf
- TranslationsBrian Friel
- Twelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare
V
- ValentineCarol Ann Duffy
W
- A Wife in LondonThomas Hardy
- A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L'Engle
- The WindhoverGerard Manley Hopkins
- The Woman in BlackSusan Hill
- Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett
- WaldenHenry David Thoreau
- Walking AwayC. Day-Lewis
- War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy
- War PhotographerCarol Ann Duffy
- We Were LiarsE. Lockhart
- When We Two PartedLord Byron
- Where the Picnic WasThomas Hardy
- Where the Red Fern GrowsWilson Rawls
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Edward Albee
- WickedGregory Maguire
- Wide Sargasso SeaJean Rhys
- Winter SwansOwen Sheers
- WonderR. J. Palacio
- Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë
Y
- The Yellow WallpaperCharlotte Perkins Gilman
- Young Goodman BrownNathaniel Hawthorne
Questions teachers ask
- Are the lesson plans free?
- Yes. Every published lesson plan on Storgy is free to read, print and teach from — no account and no signup. Generating a custom plan for your own curriculum and year group costs one credit.
- What is in a plan?
- A sequence sized to the text: two single-period lessons for a poem or a short story, three to five for a novel or a play. Each lesson has a do-now, teacher input modelled on a named passage, an independent task and an exit ticket; then three to six lift-out classroom activities, formative and summative assessment with marking notes, and the assessment objectives each lesson covers.
- Which curricula are covered?
- Every plan names standards for Common Core grades 11-12, AP Literature and at least one UK board (AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas or OCR). The generator will write a plan led by any of those, plus IB Literature and the Irish Leaving Certificate.
- Can I change the number of lessons?
- Yes. The generator on any work's page takes the curriculum, the year group, one to five lessons, and an optional focus — for example a single lesson on one act, or five on the whole text.
- Can I print the plan for my department?
- Yes. Print the page, or download the teacher pack PDF, which bundles the plan with the discussion questions, essay prompts, a comprehension check for every chapter and the answer key.