An Allusion a Day

An Allusion a Day Vol 1 and Vol 2 offer teachers a solution to the often overlooked task of introducing students to the important literary allusions that they encounter in literature and in their everyday lives.  Whether used as bellringers, homework, group work, or bonus assignments, teacher can help improve their students' cultural literacy by using them daily. Each guide offers 45 allusions derived from five sources:

• Mythology and Legend
• Literature
• Language and Idioms
• History, Culture, and Ideas
• The Bible

Each guide includes:

• Reproducible one-page information sheets for each of the 45 allusions with background information and examples
• three multiple-choice quizzes, student answer pages, and keys
• a blank journal form for students to record information and examples of the "allusion of the day" as assigned in class
• an index of allusions by source category
• suggestions for teaching

Volume 1 includes:

Achilles' Heel
Pound of Flesh
Sacred Cow
Crossing the Rubicon
Pearls before Swine
Once in a Blue Moon
Crocodile Tears
Read the Riot Act
     ...and more

Volume 2 includes:

Stealing Someone's Thunder
Witch Hunt
Throw Down the Gauntlet
The Muses
The Tower of Babel
Pollyanna
Kafkaesque
Bedlam
    ... and more