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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Edith Wharton

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about the life and work of the author Edith Wharton when you visit this resource. This site features several links to lesson plans, biographical information, teaching guides, reviews, and more.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "In the Days of the Comet" by h.g. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the book . (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Lesson Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: Teaching Units

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Complete teaching units (12) by grade level. CommonLit units are crafted to be both engaging and rigorous, featuring a variety of literary and informational texts from diverse sources. Reading, writing, and discussion are prioritized in...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Dear Annie by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides a number of historical fiction pieces from famous authors. One work is the novelette "Dear Annie," which was first featured in Harper's Weekly on September 24, 1910. This work was written by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "In Times of Peril" by G. A. Henty

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the book "In Times of Peril" by G. A. Henty. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "In the Reign of Terror" by G. A. Henty

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the book "In The Reign of Terror" by G. A. Henty. This is a novel set during the time leading up to the French Revolution. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Polaris" by H. P. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Polaris" by H. P. Lovecraft, an American author of 'weird' fiction. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Nyarlathotep" by H. P. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Nyarlathotep" by H. P. Lovecraft, an American author of 'weird' fiction. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Rangering" by Andy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Rangering" by Andy Adams, an American author in the genre of western fiction. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Question of Possession" by Andy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Question of Possession" by Andy Adams, an American author in the genre of western fiction. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "In the Hands of His Friends" by Andy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "In the Hands of His Friends" by American author Andy Adams. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Picture in the House" by H. P. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Picture in the House" by H. P. Lovecraft. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Ransom of Don Ramon Mora" by Andy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Ransom of Don Ramon Mora" by Andy Adams. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Handout
Other

Nebraska Center for Writers: Weldon Kees

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Weldon Kees (1914-1955?) was not only an important minor poet of the mid-20th century American literary scene, he was also a fiction writer, playwright, cultural critic and impresario, filmmaker and photographer, abstract expressionist...
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Website
Other

Ambrose Bierce (1842 1914?)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ambrose Bierce site features a photograph of Bierce and information about his gothic fiction, The Devils Dictionary, a selected bibliogrpahy, and links to related sites, full texts, and the like.