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Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Activity
Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "My Life in Dog Years"

For Students 9th - 10th
Gary Paulsen's autobiography, "My Life in Dog Years" can be enriched through the activities offered at this website!
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic Discussion Guides: Dear America

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Good for classrooms and book groups, this site offers background, summary, discussion topics and questions, as well as activities. There's also an interview with the author.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Maniac Magee: Introducing the Book

For Students 4th - 6th
A three-part learning module including links web sites to use when introducing the novel Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Battle of the Books Book Trailers

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to five videos and a web site with trailers to popular adolescent novels.
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Article
TES Global

Tes: Book Review Poster: Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This TES poster shares a book review of a young adult novel, Ostrich Boys, a story written by Keith Gray. The topics of death and the bereavement process are issues handled in the novel.