Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Sounder
Newbery Award Winner, "Sounder", by William H. Armstrong, is about a sharecropping family and their hunting dog, Sounder. Overarching themes of this novel are courage, family, racial injustice, the importance of education, and hope. Make...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry", by Mildred D. Taylor is a riveting, Newbery Award winning novel, about a family living in the 1930s Jim Crow South. Make a smart choice by reading your favorite novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Reading Guide
Learn the background of both the book and the author, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; then click on the Readers Guide link to use the detailed study questions to spark discussion.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Cousin Bette: Reading Guide
Critical background information, as well as a biographical sketch and discussion questions are offered here by the publisher.
Other
Penguin: Reading Guide: Wizard and Glass
A general introduction to the series, a specific introduction to the novel, biographical information and discussion questions about the novel are all offered at this publisher's site.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Reading Guide: David Walker, From "Appeal"
Brief biographical information about David Walker and a link to the complete text of his famous writing, "Appeal," written in 1830.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Reading Guide: Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"
Thoreau offers in this excerpt from Walden the Transcendentalist observation that each human must search for religious meaning within himself and not as a quest to glorify God.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Reading Guide: John C. Calhoun
An essay by the South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, outlining his belief in a "concurrent majority" and the power of individual majority groups to determine whether to follow a particular law that had been passed.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Guide/assess Nonfiction Reading
This site contains 47 one-page guided writing and reading guides and assessments.The reproducibles are copyrighted materials but may be copied and used for educational purposes.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great reading guide for "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare. Provides plenty of pre-reading material, including an author biography, an introductory article, activities, and vocabulary, as well as brainstorming and...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Metamorphosis" Study Guide [Pdf]
Reading guide on Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novella introduction, and...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Julie of the Wolves" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great reading guide for "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George. Provides plenty of pre-reading material, including an author biography, an introductory article, activities, and vocabulary, as well as brainstorming and writing...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Across Five Aprils" Study Guide [Pdf]
Reading guide for Irene Hunt's historical fiction, "Across Five Aprils," with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Tuck Everlasting" Study Guide [Pdf]
Reading guide on Natalie Babbitt's "Tuck Everlasting" with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel introduction, and...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great reading guide for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, book introduction, background articles, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming ideas...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Where the Red Fern Grows" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great reading guide for "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, book introduction, background articles, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming ideas...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" Study Guide [Pdf]
Reading guide to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief biography of Shakespeare, an introduction to the text, a preview of vocabulary,...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great reading guide for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, play introduction, vocabulary lists, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The House of Dies Drear" Study Guide [Pdf]
Reading guide to Virginia Hamilton's "The House of Dies Drear" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief author biography, an introduction to the text, a preview of...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Hamlet" Study Guide [Pdf]
Reading guide to Shakespeare's "Hamlet" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief biography of Shakespeare, an introduction to the text, a preview of vocabulary, and...
TES Global
Tes: An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will complete this reading guide for J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls as they read or as a reflective reading activity. Students will be able to analyze characters, the historical context,...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Gilded and Gritty: People: Assimilation and the Crucible of the City
Collection of ten primary resources on the culture, economy and politics of the Gilded Age between 1870-1913, with reading guide for discussion, timeline and links to supplemental material.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Living the Revolution: America, 1789 1820: Politics
Primary source materials from the post-Revolutionary War period in America, 1789-1820, which depict the sense of politics in a newly formed nation with a developing national identity. Includes reading guide, questions for discussion and...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Living the Revolution: Expansion
Primary source documents on westward expansion convey the impact expanison had on national unity and provides a sense of interactions with Native Americans. Includes reading guide, links to supplemental material, and questions for...
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