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Activity
University of Calgary

The Children's Literature Web Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
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Activity
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Random House Kids

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
This comprehensive publisher site links to interesting activities, author biographies, synopsis of books, and links to other sites. Games, recommended reading levels, and writing activities provided for students. Teachers resources are...
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Lesson Plan
New York University

Lamd: Bernard Malamud's "The Silver Crown"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This website offers commentary on Bernard Malamud's short story "The Silver Crown." A link to the New York Times article that inspired this story is included. A list of keywords with links to other works with similar subjects is also...
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Handout
New York University

Bernard Malamud's "God's Grace"

For Students 9th - 10th
This New York University website offers a summary of and commentary on Bernard Malamud's novel "God's Grace." A list of keywords with links to other works with similar subjects is also provided.
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Professional Doc
Other

Nwu: The National Writers Union

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homesite for the National Writers Union, an organization for freelance writers. Contains an amazing amount of useful material, especially for aspiring writers, journalists, or storytellers.
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: May Swenson

For Students 9th - 10th
Photo and biography of the poet May Swenson, including a selected bibliography of some of her work.
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Primary
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Blue" by May Swenson

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the poem "Blue," by May Swenson is provided at this site.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Brian Jacques

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discover more about the life and work of Brian Jacques through the links within this resource. This site features links to informational lesson plans and activities for the Redwall books.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Thomas Hardy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about the life and work of Thomas Hardy? Explore this informative site to learn more about this famous poet.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jack London

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plans, e-notes, activities, and other resources are provided for teaching students reading Jack London's The Call of the Wild and his other works.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Paul Fleischman

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Web English Teacher offers a group of resources for teaching and learning about author Paul Fleischman.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Amy Tan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about the life and work of Amy Tan. This site features links to lesson plans and activities for the book "The Joy Luck Club."
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: The Great Gilly Hopkins

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site features the book "The Great Gilly Hopkins," by Katherine Paterson. This online resource offers discussion questions, a writing prompt and more.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Maniac Magee

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Have you ever read "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli? Use this resource to learn more about this book. An educational resource with discussion questions, extension activities and more.
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Website
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Keeper of the Doves

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource offers a review of "Keeper of the Doves" by Carol Hurst as well as discussion questions and activities for classes reading this deceptively simple story about a family during one summer in 1900.
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Website
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Lyddie

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What do you know about the characters and setting of "Lyddie," by Carol Hurst? Gain insight into the characters through the discussion questions found a this site.
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Website
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Keeping Quilt

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A review of "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Polacco, a story about a Russian immigrant mother and family as well as other resources for teaching young readers.
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Website
Other

Children's Book Week: Book Week Online

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Children's Book Week occurs in May and is a celebration of children's books and their authors. Here you will find many suggestions for how to celebrate in the classroom and the community.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Celebrate Women!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about American women who made history in both the past and present day. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Website
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Katherine Paterson

For Students 3rd - 8th
Newbery-winning author Katherine Paterson is featured in this site that includes a biography and a list of her books with detailed descriptions.
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Activity
Curated OER

National Park Service: Eugene O'neill

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief biography of Eugene O'Neill. The main purpose of this site is for the Eugene O'Neill Nation Historic Site.
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Website
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: William Faulkner Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the collection of Faulkner's work that is stored at the University of Virginia. Students and teachers will benefit from these resources.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Coping With Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
"Israeli author Amos Oz examines politics, love and humor amid the chaos of his country's conflict with the Palestinians." Partial transcript of an interview. Audio and video clips available.
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eBook
Other

Arab World Books: Arab Authors' Home on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains a listing of authors from the Arabic world. Authors are listed in alphabetical order according to their last name. To find an author, click on the name and you'll be taken to that writer's page where it contains a...