Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Understanding Adolescents
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 2 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 2. Young adult...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Leading Student Responses
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 5 reflection. Intended for high school teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 5. Focus...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Teaching Reading Strategies
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 8 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 8. Focus of the...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Canon Curriculum Design
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 9 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 9. Focus of the...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
This is the official website for Emerald Atlas, the first book in the trilogy of Books of Beginning. It includes a video book trailer for Emerald Atlas, a fantasy novel written by John Stephens, links to a summer activity guide and a...
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Ca Dept. Of Education: Recommended Literature (K 12)
A searchable index of outstanding literature for adolescents and children. Includes book lists for students both in school or at home.
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Author Profiler: Gary Paulsen
This biography of author Gary Paulsen gives a lot of unique, hard-to-find information about his career and life. You can also find a photograph of this author within this resource.
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Author Profile: Wilson Rawls
This site contains an engaging biography of Wilson Rawls and provides access to an audio tape of a famous speech Rawls gave about himself and the book.
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Trelease on Reading/beverly Cleary
The author of the Ramona series, Beverly Cleary, receives an appreciative biographical note by Jim Trelease.
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Mississippi Writers Page: Mildred D. Taylor
Learn about the writer of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and her early life -- how she heard family stories as a child, and how she developed the character Paul Edward for "The Land." There is an extensive bibliography of her works and...
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Gaby's Books
Retired English teacher and author Gaby Chapman has created and maintains a list of adult-level books for teens who are interested in moving beyond the realm of "adolescent literature." She provides title and author, and more...
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Rodman Philbrick: Teaching Guides
Teaching guides for the following Rodman Philbrick novels: REM World, Freak the Mighty, Max the Mighty, and The Last Book In the Universe.
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Teach 21: On My Honor (Unit Plan)
This six instructional activity unit explores concepts in reading and English language arts. The lessons investigate honesty in literature. The unit contains 21st century learning skills such as communication, reasoning, and personal...
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Teach 21: "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel (Unit Plan)
This seven-lesson unit on "The Pigman" covers all the essential elements of the novel, putting special emphasis on motivating students to apply high-order information literacy and reasoning skills. Includes useful handouts that focus...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Gary Paulsen Lesson Plans
This resource focuses on several of Gary Paulsen's novels. There are resources at the different links featuring lesson plans, activities, teaching guides and more.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Air Glider by Victor Appleton
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Air Glider, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1912, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Naomi Shihab Nye
Short biography of Naomi Shihab Nye, including a picture, three of her poems, and a link to the "Minnows" homepage.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Giver
This blendspace includes thirty-two spaces with content connected to Lois Lowry's dystopia novel, The Giver. Links include novel discussion questions, author interviews, and video tutorials to review literary topics.
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: Judy Blume Trivia Quizzes
This FunTrivia provides seven modules of timed quizzes over several of Judy Blume's books. Students will be able to review the answer main idea and detail questions over the following works by the Newbery Award winner, Beverly Cleary:...
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Orca Book Publishers: Bang Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In this novel by Norah McClintock, two boys' long-time friendship is ended after they rob a canteen and the owner is killed. "Bang" provides a vehicle for discussing the serious issues of guns, gangs and gun control laws. This teacher's...
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Orca Book Publishers: Breathless Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In Breathless, Beverly tries to lose weight by depriving herself of food, which makes her weak and compromises her ability to defend herself when Garth, her diving instructor, is sexually aggressive towards her. This teacher's guide for...
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Orca Book Publishers: Bull's Eye Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Bull's Eye by Sarah N. Harvey is about a girl's discovery that her aunt was really her birth mother. She runs away to learn the truth about her family history and has many experiences, both good and bad. In the end, she and the aunt who...
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Orca Book Publishers: Bull Rider Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Layne's father was killed while riding a bull and his mother wants him nowhere near them. But Layne practices without her knowledge. This teacher's guide for Bull Rider by Marilyn Halvorson includes a book summary, discussion topics and...
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Orca Book Publishers: Chill Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Two high school friends disagree on the motive behind a teacher's unkind behaviour and it tests their friendship. This teacher's guide for Chill by Colin Frizzell includes a book summary, discussion topics and teaching ideas.