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Connie Brummel Crook: 'The Hungry Year' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"The Hungry Year", an historical novel by Connie Brummel Crook, begins in 1787 and is set in what is now Ontario. It follows the life of a Loyalist pioneer family that has fled into Canada. This teacher's guide has a book summary,...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: A Guide to "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" [Pdf]
Background, character analysis, chapter-by-chapter summary and follow-up activities are all here in this 4 page .pdf.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to the Sign of the Beaver [Pdf]
This Holt Literature guide in .pdf format, offers some background on the novel, a chapter-by-chapter summary, and some post-reading suggestions.
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Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
State University of New York
Oneonta: Reading "The Pioneers" as History
This detailed site provides a guide for reading "The Pioneers" by James Fenimore Cooper. Includes background information about the book, a description of the setting and form, a list and description of principal characters, and...
Grade Saver
Grade Saver: The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
This is an online study guide for The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
This site is a study guide for "The Jungle." It includes chapter summaries, context, characters, study questions, and essay topics.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: "The Prince and the Pauper" Teacher Guide [Pdf]
Opens with valuable background information for "The Prince and the Pauper" as well as explanations of format. Features chapter-by-chapter summaries, historical notes, probing questions, vocabulary, and quotations. Also includes language,...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Archipelago' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Archipelago", a novel by David Ward set in the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, follows a boy who is transported to prehistoric times and must learn to survive there. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'How to Make a Wave' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"How to Make a Wave", a novel by Lisa Hurst-Archer, is about an adolescent girl struggling to come to terms with a scar on her face and the absence of her mother. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries with...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Greener Grass' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Greener Grass" an historical novel by Canadian author Caroline Pignat, is set in Ireland, follows a family's struggle to survive after a potato blight hits their crop and famine comes. The family has many trials along the way. This...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Egghead' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Egghead", a novel by Caroline Pignat, explores the impact of bullying in the lives of teens. The reader sees the bullying situations through several characters' eyes - the bullied, a bystander and a bully. This extensive teacher's guide...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Dooley Takes the Fall' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Dooley Takes the Fall", a mystery novel by Canadian author Norah McClintock for grade nine and up, is about a boy who has made some mistakes in the past. He becomes a suspect after he witnesses a boy jumping off a bridge and has to...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'The Countess and Me' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"The Countess and Me", a novel by Canadian author Paul Kropp for grades seven to nine, deals with the struggle of a thirteen-year-old boy to gain acceptance from his peers who belong to a gang. He juggles this with his feelings towards...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'A Company of Fools' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"A Company of Fools", a novel by Deborah Ellis, is set in Paris during the year of the plague. It follows the friendship of two orphaned boys living at an abbey. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries with accompanying...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Hugo Cabret
Explore this great site about Hugo Cabret. Choose from different topics such as learning about the author, chapter summaries, activities, and much more.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
This is an online study guide/notes for the non-fiction book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. The book retraces the steps of...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Hiroshima by John Hersey
This is an online study guide/notes for the non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. The book tells the stories of six...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
This is an online study guide/notes for the book Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. This nonfiction book describes the...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
This is an online study guide for the nonfiction book A Hope In the Unseen by Ron Suskind including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
This is an online study guide for the novel Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. This book investigates the rise of the...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the book Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes/analysis, study questions/quiz, and essay topics.