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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Exploits of Elaine by Arthur B. Reeve

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Exploits of Elaine by Arthur B. Reeve. The scientific detective known as the "American Sherlock Holmes" pursues a ruthless arch villain in this high-stakes suspense novel.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing Engaging Stories With Literary Strategies to Enhance Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use various literary strategies and devices, including dialogue and suspense, to enhance the plot in a short story.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Make Your Writing Suspenseful

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Victoria Smith gives some tips for adding suspense to your writing.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Sense Suspense

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this language development lesson plan, Kindergarten ELLs learn the five senses, classify objects using the five senses, and create an ABC book modeled after Bruce McMillan's Sense Suspense in which they demonstrate their learning.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Mystery Writing With Alfred Hitchcock

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this activity students will explore the life of Alfred Hitchcock by navigating the Internet. Students will learn about the mysteries involved in his films and become mystery writers themselves.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms S Z

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The third of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, S - Z, covers twenty-two terms from "Saga," to "Understatement."
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Bromley Gibberts Story" by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Bromley Gibberts Story" by Robert Barr; it's a story about a man selling a story to a newspaper and threatening to carry out the violence in the story.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Genre

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces genre in fiction.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Literary Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are asked to identify literary elements such as irony, suspense, etc. After these elements are taught, this flipchart can be used for assessment.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of Suspense Test

For Students 8th Standards
Use this five-question multiple choice quiz to review elements of suspense.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of Suspense: Flashcards

For Students 7th - 8th
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 5 vocabulary words related to the elements of suspense.