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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of this literary work is available to download or read online in multiple digital formats.
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Activity
Other

Univ. De Valencia: Lord of the Flies Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers an essay written on The Lord of The Flies. A good example of a literary analysis essay including the use of embedded quotations. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy
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Lesson Plan
New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: The Bell Jar

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
This lesson discusses Sylvia Plath's works including The Bell Jar. It has students look at biographic information and commentaries about Plath. As students read the novel, they complete response logs and write essays. They debate topics...
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Handout
W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton: Writing About Literature: Citation and Documentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introductory information about the importance of documentation and types of citations.
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Handout
W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Writing About Literature: Effective Quotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information about rules and useful strategies for effective use of quotations.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Butler Yeats

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the work of William Butler Yeats through the links found within this informative site. You will be able to click on links for lesson plans, ideas and activities for his work.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Matthew Arnold

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about Matthew Arnold's life and work when you check out the links provided within this resource.
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Handout
Goshen College

Goshen College: Literary Analysis Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource not only explains how to analyze a text, but also, provides student examples of literary texts. W.9-10.9b Research/Argum, RI.11-12.5 Evaluate text structure
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Handout
W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton&company:the Writing Process: Conventions That Can Cause Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Click through lessons on conventions that can cause problems in an essay including tenses, titles, and names. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The King's English: Prepositions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Part of H.W. Fowler's classic text on the use and misuse of the English language, "The King's English" (1908) section on prepositions focuses on their idiomatic nature. A comprehensive but a bit outdated manual, "The King's English"...
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Selecting Topics for Literary Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of three PDF documents providing definitions of commonly used terms when preparing to write a literary analysis, explaining how to comment on a literary text, and demonstrating the process of analyzing the literary text "Hills...
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Louise

For Students 9th - 10th
The full-text of Somerset Maugham's short story Louise as well as commentary.
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Website
Cengage Learning

Houghton Mifflin: Gwendolyn Brooks, Literary Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find theme, perspective, form, style, and contrast comparison. Good research material!
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Unit Plan
Cengage Learning

Houghton Mifflin: Gwendolyn B. Bennett

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this site is intended for teachers in class preparation, it is information packed and has thought provoking questions at the end.