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Orca Book Publishers: Bio Pirate Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Bio-Pirate, a novel by Michele Martin Bossley, is a science mystery about medical research materials that go missing. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, extensive teaching ideas and a short profile of the author.
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Read Write Think: Becoming History Detectives Using Shakespeare's Secret
Is the case closed on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays? Student history detectives explore the evidence for and against one of the possible alternatives, Edward deVere, using the novel Shakespeare's Secret plus a variety of online...
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Orca Book Publishers: Middle Row Teaching Guide [Pdf]
When their friend Dune goes missing, Raedawn and Vince launch a search for him, eventually finding him at a mountain grow-op. The novel Middle Row by Sylvia Olsen also deals with racial barriers at school. This teacher's guide includes a...
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Orca Book Publishers: Things Are Looking Up, Jack Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Things are Looking Up, Jack. a novel by Dan Bar-el, follows the adventures of King Jack and his sister, Princess Jill, as they meet characters from the Grimm Brothers fairy tales and try to solve a mystery. This teacher's guide includes...
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Literature Unit: The House of Dies Drear
"The House of Dies Drear," is a powerful novel by Virginia Hamilton.
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Orca Book Publishers: 'Battle of the Bands' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In Battle of the Bands by K. L. Denman, one band is preparing to battle another in a music competition. But then a guitar is destroyed and suspicions against a lead band member mount. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
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Nancy Polette: "Wolves of Willoughby Chase"/lesson Plan
Take a look at four activity ideas to use with Aiken's novel, "Wolves of Willoughby Chase."
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Orca Book Publishers: 'Truth' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Ian's parents go on vacation and leave him on his own, which he sees as an opportunity to have a large party. But a friend of the parents comes to check on him and is murdered. No one will talk and two school newspaper reporters put...