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Activity
Sonoma State University

Berkeley Education: List of Works by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Superb site from Berkeley Education for finding any work by Jack London. Included are plays, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, and essays.
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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "William Tyrwhitt's 'Copy'" by Bernard Edward J. Capes

For Students 9th - 10th
Bernard Capes is mostly remembered for his writing of eerie fiction. Read the full text of "William Tyrwhitt's 'Copy'" for an example of his work.
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Unit Plan
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

For Students 9th - 10th
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore has created one of the more thorough websites on Poe. It presents many essays on his life and various aspects of his works, as well as the texts of most of Poe's writings, including his poetry,...
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Man Without a Country

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Edward Everett Hale's famous short story here. Scroll down and choose "Previous," for criticism and interpretation of the story by Henry S. Canby.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Characters and Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the connection between characters and setting in fiction writing.
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eBook
Marxists Internet Archive

Marxist Internet Archive: Floyd Dell's "The Beating"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text of Dell's "The Beating," a short story that originally appeared in the Socialist paper "The Masses" in 1914.
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eBook
Marxists Internet Archive

Marxist Internet Archive: Floyd Dell's "Why Mona Smiled"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text of Dell's "Why Mona Smiled," a short story that originally appeared in the Socialist paper "The Masses" in 1914.
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Activity
Other

University of Nottingham: d.h. Lawrence Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
This selected bibliography lists the novels of D. H. Lawrence, including poems, short stories, plays, travel writings, fiction, translations, essays and more.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Cures for Heartbreak, Margo Rabb writes a fictional account of a 15-year old girl whose mother dies just days after being diagnosed with melanoma; then her father falls ill, too. Using vignettes - many appeared elsewhere as short...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: William Faulkner

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides a brief biography on the life and work of novelist William Faulkner is found on this site. It contains information on his style of writing and the themes of many of his works. There is...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Falling Action

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces falling action in fiction writing.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Climax

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the climax in fiction writing.
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Website
Other

Authors and Creators Frederic Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of the Thrilling Detective Website, a personal site devoted to detective fiction, gives an overview of Frederic Brown's detective fiction from the point of view of a fan. The site includes an extensive list of works by...