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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Dark Brown Dog" by Stephen Crane

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "A Dark Brown Dog" by Stephen Crane.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Act Your Age" by Colleen Archer

For Students 3rd - 5th
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
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Lion and the Unicorn by Richard Harding Davis

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story collection The Lion and the Unicorn by Richard Harding Davis
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Ray Bradbury

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the world of Ray Bradbury when you visit this educational resource. Each work is hyperlinked to study guide questions.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Alibi Ike" by Ring Lardner

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Alibi Ike" by Ring Lardner, a story about an ace baseball player nicknamed "Alibi Ike" due to his making up excuses. After falling in love with the beautiful sister-in-law of the team manager, he is...
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Leo Tolstoy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Leo Tolstoy featuring links to his biography, and the full text of eight novels and one short story. These works include Anna Karenina, War and Peace, and The Death of Ivan Ilych.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Count Konrad's Courtship" by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "Count Konrad's Courtship" by Robert Barr.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Corpus Delicti" by Melville Davisson Post

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "The Corpus Delicti" by Melville Davisson Post.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Correspondence and a Climax" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "A Correspondence and A Climax" by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Corsican Bandit" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "The Corsican Bandit" by Guy de Maupassant.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Cosmopolite in a Cafe" by O. Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "A Cosmopolite in a Cafe" by O. Henry.
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Activity
Other

Los Siete Poderes

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into 14 chapters of the captivating story of the "Seven Powers," and see how it all ends in the final combat. This site was created with the reader in mind because of its excellent font selection.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry

For Students 7th - 8th
William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) was an American writer better known by his pen name, O. Henry. "After Twenty Years," published in 1908, is one of his better known short stories that shows how complicated friendship can be. As you read,...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "To Build a Fire" by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Books: "An Anarchist" by Joseph Conrad

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the short story "An Anarchist" by Joseph Conrad.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Bivouac of the Dead" by Ambrose Bierce

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "A Bivouac of the Dead" by Ambrose Bierce, a story with an ironic twist set in the Allegheny mountains, in Pocahontas county, West Virginia.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Coup D'etat" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "A Coup d'Etat" by Guy de Maupassant.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: "At the Rainbow's End" by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the short story "At the Rainbow's End" by Jack London.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Blind Man's Holiday" by O Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Blind Man's Holiday" by O Henry; John Lorison, self-exiled to New Orleans, meets Norah Greenway in a cheap restaurant. They soon become friends, but each night, Norah inexplicably leaves John at 8...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Coup De Grace" by Ambrose Bierce

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "The Coup De Grace" by Ambrose Bierce.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Dummy That Lived" by L. Frank Baum

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the complete text of the short story "The Dummy That Lived" by L. Frank Baum.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Boule De Suif" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Boule de Suif" by Guy de Maupassant. The story is set in the Franco-Prussian War and follows a group of French residents of Rouen, recently occupied by the Prussian army. The 10 travelers sharing the...
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Other

California Newsreel Teacher's Guide: Black Boy

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever read any of Richard Wright's work? This site offers an extensive crosscurricular Teacher's Guide that includes questions for research and writing.
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Primary
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Home" by Gwendolyn Brooks

For Students 7th - 9th
In this short story by Gwendolyn Brooks, a family contemplates losing their house. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts, questions and answers, an annotation tool, and...