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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jonathan Swift

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find out more about the life and work of Jonathan Swift when you explore this site. This resource provides links to lesson plans and other activities for some of his books.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Competent Mechanic by George A. Birmingham

For Students 4th - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is "A Competent Mechanic," a short story from the early 1900's. This story was written by the Irish author named George A. Birmingham, a pen name for James Owen...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" by James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" by James Joyce. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Lady Bountiful" by George A. Birmingham

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Lady Bountiful" by Irish author George A. Birmingham. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Laura Silver Bell" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Laura Silver Bell" by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Little Cloud" by James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Little Cloud" by James Joyce. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Little Grey Glove" by George Egerton

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Little Grey Glove" by George Egerton, which was a pen name. The author's real name was Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright and she was born in Australia but considered herself Irish. (Free site registration offers some...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Lost Recruit" by Jane Barlow

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Lost Recruit" by Irish author Jane Barlow. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Lunatic at Large" by George A. Birmingham

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Lunatic at Large" by Irish author George A. Birmingham. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Mother" by James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Mother" by James Joyce. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "My Niece Kitty" by George A. Birmingham

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "My Niece Kitty" by Irish author George A. Birmingham. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Neal Malone" by William Carleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Neal Malone" by Irish author William Carleton. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Nightingale and the Rose" by Oscar Wilde

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Nightingale and the Rose" by Oscar Wilde. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Painful Case" by James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Painful Case" by Irish author James Joyce. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." by Oscar Wilde

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." by Oscar Wilde. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Royal Marriage" by George A. Birmingham

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the story "A Royal Marriage" by George A. Birmingham, an Irish author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Schalken the Painter" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Schalken the Painter" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a 19th-century Irish writer of Gothic stories. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Remarkable Rocket" by Oscar Wilde

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Remarkable Rocket" by Oscar Wilde. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Rival Dreamers" by John Banim

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Rival Dreamers" by John Banim. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Handout
A&E Television

Biography: Sean O'casey (1880 1964)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a brief biographical sketch of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey.
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Curated OER

The Victorian Web: Oscar Wilde

For Students 9th - 10th
The Victorian Web offers a comprehensive overview of Oscar Wilde, a scandalous dramatist of the Victorian Age. In addition to a robust selection of biographies, this site also includes a focus on Wilde's sexuality, the social and...