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Young Adults Books: Pigs in Heaven

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a book review for Pigs in Heaven, which contains mainly a plot summary and a few lines of commentary by the writer. No additional information is given.
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Family Education

Family Education: Books for Ages 7 8

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Selection of age-apppropriate fiction for seven- to eight-year-old children. Plot summaries included.
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Family Education

Family Education: Books for Ages 7 8

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Selection of age-appropriate fiction for seven- to eight-year-old children. Plot summaries included.
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IMDb

Im Db: The Blue Angel

For Students 9th - 10th
Emil Jannings stars with Marlene Dietrich in this German film classic. Plot summary, actors, reviews, full filmography of Jannings work. Originally slated as the star of the film, Jannings was eclipsed by Marlene Dietrich, who, unlike...
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Other

The War of the Worlds: H. G. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a good biography of Wells and a brief plot summary of the book.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Kaffir Boy

For Students 9th - 10th
Kaffir Boy is an autobiographical story about a young boy's escape from his life in apartheid South Africa. This site involves a plot summary, character analysis, and a discussion of themes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Types of Data Representation: Graphic Displays of Data

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...
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Other

Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"

For Students 6th - 8th
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explore this informative teachers' guide for the book, "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi," by Chris Van Allsburg. Students and teachers will enjoy this comprehensive source.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Reading Activities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An assortment of reading mini-projects are included on this site. Reading skills worksheets and differentiated reading activities are also included.
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Other

Shakespeare Resource Center: The Comedy of Errors

For Students 9th - 10th
This summary of the Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors features a synopsis as well as commentary.
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SparkNotes

Spark Notes: "The Fall of the House of Usher"

For Students 10th - 12th
Here, read a summary of and a commentary on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." Commentary contains information on the plot, symbolism, and theme.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: To Kill a Mockingbird

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of the plot of To Kill a Mockingbird includes the symbolism, imagery, and allegory used. Shmoop also provides a summary and information on the themes and characters.
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SparkNotes

Spark Notes: "The Masque of the Red Death"

For Students 10th - 12th
Here is a summary of and commentary on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death." Refresh your knowledge of the story's plot, main character, and allegorical meaning.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Customizable Graphic Organizers

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of graphic organizers for reading students. Forms are provided for plot, character analysis, reading logs, and reading responses.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Hamlet: In a Nutshell

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an overview of the plot of Hamlet as well as giving background information the time period in which Shakespeare wrote this play.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Book Reports: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces book reports and the goals of a book report.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Book Reports: Choosing a Book: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson discusses how to select a book for a book report. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Book Reports: Choosing a Book."
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania website features the full text of Lewis Carroll's famous children's book, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." A summary note explains the context of the novel and introducing its characters and major plot elements.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: The Picture of Dorian Gray

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site features the full text of Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Includes a summary note about the context, plot, and characters as well as a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: "A Wrinkle in Time" Scholastic Book Files

For Students 9th - 10th
"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle is a Newbery Winning book. The BookFiles offers a excellent reading guide with thoughtful questions. It includes information on the author, vocabulary, as well as summaries on character, setting,...
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Curated OER

Middlebury College: Study Guide for the Idiot

For Students 9th - 10th
Written by students at Middlebury College, this study guide is a good resource for anyone interested in learning about Dostoevsky's The Idiot. Provides plot summaries, character analyses, and information on the historical background of...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Summarizing Distributions of Univariate Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students understand statistical concepts like center of data and the amount of data variation from the center. They calculate the measures of the center of a distribution and the measures of spread for the data collected as a list....
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SparkNotes

Sparknotes: The Woman Warrior

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes on The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. Notes include: context, plot overview, character list, analysis of major characters, themes, symbols, summary and analysis, important quotations, study questions, a quiz, and more.

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