ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology
Contains plans for six lessons that ask learners to write group book reviews after reading texts in literature circles. Students also learn about research and documentation as they put together their reports. In addition to objectives...
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Wired for Words: Online Book Club
Wired for Words is an excellent site for students from K-12 to find books that would interest them. It has a searchable database of book reviews, many submitted by site users. It maintains high standards of quality when choosing the...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'In a Flash' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In a Flash by Canadian author Eric Walters is about a boy who plans flash mob events where a large group of teens do something outrageous. The girl he wants to impress thinks these are not smart and he sets out to change her mind. This...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Manga Touch' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In 'Manga Touch' by Canadian author Jacqueline Pearce, Dana tries to fit in at her school and with Japanese students she meets on a school trip to Japan. She feels excluded from the 'in' group of school peers. This teacher's guide...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Daredevil Club' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In Daredevil Club by Canadian author Pam Withers, a group of boys dares each other to complete challenges in order to remain members of their club. One boy takes risks he should not. This teacher's guide includes a book summary and ideas...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Sewer Rats' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Sewer Rats by Sigmund Brouwer is an adventure tale. A group of kids secretly play paintball games in urban underground drainage tunnels. Then one of them gets lost in the tunnels just as a heavy rainstorm begins. This teacher's guide...
University of Calgary
The Children's Literature Web Guide
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
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Penguin Group Canada: 'Run' Teacher's Guide [Pdf]
Run' by Eric Walters is a fictionalized account of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope run across Canada. This teacher's guide has discussion questions and response journal prompts for each chapter as well as extension activities for the novel....
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'The Savage River' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"The Savage River: Seventy-One Days with Simon Fraser", an historical novel by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell, begins in 1808 and follows Simon Fraser and his group of Voyageurs as they travel on the Fraser River in British Columbia. This...
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Random House Reading Group Guide: Anne Frank
This online literature guide offers discussion questions for a group reading "The Diary of Anne Frank." These questions delve into the heart and soul of the book.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Simonds History of American Literature
This site presents the full text of the "Simonds History of American Literature." This detailed reference book explores the literature in early colonial times, the eighteenth century, the beginning of the nineteenth century, the New...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Three Meals for Gregory
Lesson begins with a review of the food guide pyramid. The book Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat (not provided through lesson plan) is read and discussed in light of healthy eating. In groups, learners create healthy meals...
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Nothingness.org: Social Anarchism: The Way the Wind
A book review of Way of the Wind by Ron Jacobs provides extensive information about the radical group, the Weathermen.
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Va Homeschoolers
Virginia homeschoolers can find information on styles of homeschooling, homeschooling resources, Virginia laws regarding homeschooling, homeschool support groups, and much more. The bookstore section offers reviews of dozens of books...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Center Activities, K 1
In 2004-2005, a team of teachers at FCRR reviewed current research, collected ideas, and created materials for use in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. The K-1 Student Center Activities include three books and one DVD: The first...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Theodore Taylor
What do you know about the life and work of Theodore Taylor? Use this online resource to discover information about this famous author.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Richard Peck
What do you know about Richard Peck's life and work as an author? Use this informative site to learn more about this young adult author and to find resources for lesson plans.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: The Pursuit of Justice
This book analyzes 30 Supreme Court cases chosen by a group of Supreme Court justices and leading civics educators as the most important for American citizens to understand. An additional 100 significant cases included in state history...