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Speak Vocabulary Strategy
A scarlet letter “V” stands for a desktop teaching vocabulary activity designed for Speak. Prior to reading Laurie Hales Anderson’s young adult novel, individuals sign up for a word, design a handout that illustrates the word, includes...
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The Scarlet Letter
Students listen to group reports and then individually research one of the other reports. Upon the completion of this second research activity students write a short story in the style of Hawthorn's writing.
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Become a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective
High schoolers use an online chart to match the character traits of a character in a book they are reading with specific actions the character takes. Students then work in pairs to "become" one of the major characters in a book and...
Novelinks
The Dark Is Rising: Biopoem
How well do your learners really know the characters in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising? A biopoem activity prompts readers to investigate the characters and their traits. Line by line, writers add the characters' relatives,...
Digital Public Library of America
Teaching Guide: Exploring Little Women
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is a literary masterpiece as well as a timestamp of the formative mid-nineteenth century in America. Using a primary source set of photographs, letters, and portraits, readers discuss the ways...
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Scarlet Letter Vocab Word Search
In this literature worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the worksheet. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.
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Apulian Oinochoe
Students analyze Greek vase painting and create their own vase art. In this vase painting lesson, students analyze the design element shape and the relationship between figure and ground. Students design a figure/ground relationship...
Scholastic
Reading Symbols
Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass serves as the anchor text for a lesson on symbolism. Readers use the provided worksheets to examine the symbols in the novel as well as in the world around them.
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Living Together as One
The ultra-glamorous Muppet, Miss Piggy, launches a study of discrimination and ways to develop a more inclusive community. A series of videos and activities raise awareness of discrimination and journal prompts asks participants to...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor
Young scholars examine Nathaniel Hawthorne's style of humor and compare it to other humorists. They discuss the purpose of literary humor and determine how it develops characters and plots in stories. They analyze the use of different...
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Behind the Cover
Students develop questions they would have liked to ask an author about their written works. They read an article about their forefathers and research a back story to a written work of their choice. They create posters to illustrate the...
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Lord Jim Review Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Spark Notes
The Odyssey by Homer: Study Guide - Mini Essays
For this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Homer's The Odyssey. Students may check some of their answers online
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O Pioneers! Study Questions
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Willa Cather's O Pioneers! Students may check some of their answers online.
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Six Characters in Search of an Author Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Spark Notes
Song of Roland: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about the Song of Roland. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Tuesdays with Morrie Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Spark Notes
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio. Students may check some of their answers online.
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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Bible: The New Testament Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about the New Testament of the Bible. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Chosen Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Chaim Potok's The Chosen. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Spark Notes
Dubliners by James Joyce: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about James Joyce's Dubliners. Students may check some of their answers online.
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The Iceman Cometh
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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An Ideal Husband
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. Students may submit their answers to be scored.