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Curated OER

Nicholas Sparks Novels

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Do your young readers like Nicholas Sparks? Five brief questions come from the plots of The Notebook, A Bend in the Road, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, and The Rescue. If you are teaching popular fiction and just want a quick...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Gertrude Stein

For Students 9th - 10th
Feminist and modernist, Gertrude Stein is featured in this biography for her contributions of many literary genres as well as being a mentor to many twentieth century writers. See "Gertrude Stein Activities" for related materials.
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Other

The Dark Side of the Cross: Flannery O'connor's Short Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an essay about Flannery O'Connor's works by Patrick Galloway. The essay discusses Christianity and other themes in O'Connor's works.
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Other

The Missouri Review: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The Missouri Review includes fiction and nonfiction and is provided for by the University of Missouri.
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Other

Uc Press: The Great Central Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from the University of California Press, describes the book "The Great Central Valley," with text by Gerald Haslam and photos by Stephen Johnson and Robert Dawson. The description offers interesting information about the book...
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New York University

O'connor, Flannery

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of one on medicine and the humanities from New York University, provides links to discussions of four of O'Connor's stories. The discussions included summaries of and commentaries on the stories.