ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Girls Read: Online Literature Circles
In this lesson designed especially for girls, students read a work of realistic fiction and get to know strong female protagonists through online literary circles and writing activities.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Thoughtful Threads: Sparking Rich Online Discussions
Today's learners love chatting online with friends. This lesson combines that love with literature. Students form literature circles and have meaningful online discussions about a literary work.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Family Reading Activities
This site features family reading activities that will guide parents with their children's reading development.
University of Maryland
Teaching Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
This is a terrific resource for teachers of British Literature, which includes instructions for using FrankenMoo yourself and/or with students.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Literature Circles Getting Started
Contains plans for nine lessons to help teachers start using literature circles in the classroom, including detailed explanations of all the roles and procedures. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
The English Teacher
Teacher2b.com: To Kill a Mockingbird
Check out this sample test for the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Teachers can pick and choose the questions that will fit with their students learning styles.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: A Guide to Let the Circle Be Unbroken [Pdf]
Useful background information, classroom considerations, post-reading suggestions and chapter summaries make this a handy guide. Four pages in .pdf format.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Weaving the Multigenre Web
Students analyze the elements of a novel in many different genres and then hyperlink these pieces together on student-constructed Websites.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Literature Circles With Primary Students, Self Selected Reading
Learners respond to self-selected books in journals and talk about their books daily in small groups. The teacher guides students by offering suggestions and writing with them in dialogue journals.
Other
Fun Lesson plans.com: Reading Lesson P Lans: Literature Circles
Improve your students' reading comprehension with these free literature circle worksheets.
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Chinese Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Prints: Map
A collection of primary source materials linked to a map that explore the history of China from 1200 B.C. to 1931. This is a world map with links on other continents as well, so zoom into China and click on a numbered circle. A popup...
Other
The Confederation Poets: Duncan Campbell Scott (1862 1947)
A nice collection of primary texts by Confederation poet Duncan Campbell Scott accompanied by criticism: "A Deep Influx of Spirit: Maurice Maeterlinck and Duncan Campbell Scott" and "Symboliste Elements in the Early Short Stories of...
Other
Mississippi Writers Page: Mildred D. Taylor
Learn about the writer of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and her early life -- how she heard family stories as a child, and how she developed the character Paul Edward for "The Land." There is an extensive bibliography of her works and...
Other
Joseph Bruchac Home Page: Joseph Bruchac
This site is Joseph Bruchac's homepage. It provides links to his biography, a listing of his major works, and other online resources for the author. It also provides links to several of his poems to open or download on mp3.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Search for Identity: Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston is featured in this biography for her literary contributions which explore her personal heritage as a Chinese American woman. See "Maxine Hong Kingston Activities" for related materials.