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Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: The Surprise Garden

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore English by reading children stories in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Surprise Garden and identify the settings, plot and characters. Students define a list of vocabulary words from...
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Environmental Protection: Story Time: Rachel Carson

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth biography of Rachel Carson which gives background on her interest in biology and her eventual writing of the seminal book on ecology Silent Spring. Many hyperlinks for additional information.
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Indiana University

Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers, Now First Collected

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1855 edition of Washington Irving's essay collection Wolfert's Roost is provided in facsimile and can also be read in PDF and plain text form.
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Activity
Other

Robert Frost: America's Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Robert Frost

For Students 9th - 10th
The site provides background and texts of numerous poems. Follow the links at the bottom of the page to specific poetry books to find complete text of individual poems.