Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Sudden Impact Teaching Guide [Pdf]
When her friend is hospitalized after a soccer game, Tina helps find a donor match for his rare blood type. But then the donor himself is in an accident. This teacher's guide for Sudden Impact by Lesley Choyce includes a book summary,...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 7: Written in Bone
This unit focuses on learning the stories of our past. Students will explore various texts (literary and informational) and their unique perspectives on history to consider how different experiences offer a different historical...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston is featured in this biography highlighting her literary contributions which focused on African Americans as whole people, celebrating their heritage, in an era when black authors tended to write about their...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
This instructional activity is part of a week-long unit. It focuses on the pre-reading phase of guided reading. It aims to activate prior knowledge, preview vocabulary, and set a purpose for reading. This book deals with a very sensitive...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Corduroy Lesson Plan
This ReadWriteThink activity features an opportunity for learners to respond to literature through writing journals about "Corduroy," by Don Freeman. This idea could be used with other books as well.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Lesson Exchange for Corduroy
This site is an online lesson plan exchange on "Corduroy" by Don Freeman.