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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow focuses on the genre of mystery; it provides background, compares and contrasts mystery and crime fiction, lists the common elements of mystery, and provides literary examples with Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie novels.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Thriller

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow focuses on the genre thriller by providing background information, listing key elements, and providing two examples: "The Riddle of the Sands" by Erskine Childers and "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 3: Short Story

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan, texts, and materials to teach kindergarten students to use clues in a story to draw and explain a conclusion.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From Peter Pan: "When Wendy Grew Up"

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Excerpt From Trail of Tears Diary" by Jobe Alexander & Mary Hill

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From Believing in Horses

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: The Blue Hotel

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Virginia Library site provides the text of Stephen Crane's "The Blue Hotel".
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Fiction: Alphabetical Search

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website offers the full text for thousands of short stories, novels, drama, and more. This search allows you to search by clicking on the letter of the alphabet of the text you are looking for and then find a link to the full text....
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eBook
Other

Read Print Publishing: Full Text Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Full text and free online versions of plays, essays, fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short stories. Search by favorite author or title and immediately find your text of choice.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Reach: Snails and Snacks!

For Students Pre-K - K
Explore the sweet, slimy world of snails (and worms!) as you discover the difference between fact and fiction with videos, stories and games.
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eBook
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Louisa May Alcott: Four Complete Texts Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete online text of Louisa May Alcott's novels "Good Wives," "Eight Cousins," "Little Women," and "An Old Fashioned Girl." Follow the drop down link to Louisa M. Alcott to access these complete texts.
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Website
Middlebury College

Middlebury: New England Review

For Students 9th - 10th
The New England Review is a quarterly journal that publishes short fiction, a variety of general and literary nonfiction, and poetry.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: My Side of the Mountain

For Students 9th - 10th
"My Side of the Mountain", is a Newbery Honor, by Jean Craighead George. This book is about Sam Gribley's adventure in the Catskill Mountains. The novel's themes are nature, independence, survival, and adventure. Make the smart choice by...
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Article
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Plausibility of Denial: Tim O'brien, My Lai, and America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Progressive magazine article is reprinted here. It is an excellent examination of the Vietnam War in literature. (Published: December 1994)
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Fiction Writing Basics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource discusses some terms and techniques that are useful to the beginning and intermediate fiction writer, and to instructors who are teaching fiction at these levels. W.11-12.3a Narratives
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Boat Club

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Oliver Optic's The Boat Club has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt

For Students 3rd - 7th
This ebook version of Mayne Reid's Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Brave Old Salt , Or, Life on the Quarter Deck

For Students 5th - 7th
This ebook version of Oliver Optic's Brave Old Salt , Or, Life On The Quarter Deck has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Boys of Other Countries: Stories for American Boys

For Students 4th - 7th
This ebook version of Bayard Taylor's Boys Of Other Countries: Stories For American Boys has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Bee Man of Orn: And Other Fanciful Tales

For Students 4th - 8th
This ebook version of Frank Tenney Stockton's The Bee-Man Of Orn: And Other Fanciful Tales has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Birds' Christmas Carol

For Students 2nd - 4th
This ebook version of Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin's The Birds' Christmas Carol has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Blue Fairy Book

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.