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Penguin: Reading Guide: The Autobiography of My Mother
This reading guide provides a critical introduction to Kincaid's novel, background information about the author, and a number of discussion questions suitable for reading groups or class discussion.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Pride and Predjudice Chapter One
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, students read the chapter and work through multiple choice questions that get at various reading skills and strategies. Based on the results, the teacher...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Assimilation and the Crucible of the City: Reading Guide: Two Stories
An excerpt from Abraham Cahan's novel, "Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto," and Charles Chesnutt's short story, "The Wife of His Youth," that describe challenges of assimilation into American culture for both European immigrants and...
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Read Write Think: Alice Walker Activity
A classroom activity designed around the author Alice Walker and her novel "The Color Purple." Includes questions, discussion techniques, web links, and a bibliography.
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Reading Group Guide: Pilgrim
A great source for questions for discussion or written response on Timothy Findley's novel, "Pilgrim." Includes links to a brief biography on the author and to a long excerpt from chapter 1.
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Chaim Potok: Maps of Meaning
Read about a speech, given by Chaim Potok, at Seattle Pacific University, in which Potok discusses his novels and their cultural and religious messages. "A Conversation with Chaim Potok," includes Potok's responses to several questions...
Curated OER
Map, So. Pacific r.r., 1896
A reading guide and discussion questions for Frank Norris' novel, "The Octopus," which outlines the unbridled power of the American railroads.
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Class Flow: Their Eyes Were Watching God
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great source for discussing literature questions about Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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Shmoop: Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick
This learning guide for the novel, Freak the Mighty, offers resources for both student readers and teachers. In addition to a synopsis of the book, significant themes and quotations are discussed, and a number of thought-provoking...