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The American Short Story: A Selective Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides a brief chronology of the American short story divided into periods and providing important authors of the period and their works.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Myth

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides a general description of the literary term "myth."
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Romance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
These two paragraphs describe the medieval narrative romance, contrasting it with the epic.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Analyzing a Myth [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief worksheet/organizer in which students can analyze the content of a given mythological story. Includes five questions and space for students answers and analysis.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: The Short Story [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short group of exercises for students concerning the elements of a short story. Allows students to examine the major story elements, then apply those elements to a given piece of literature.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Characters and Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the connection between characters and setting in fiction writing.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Greek Mythology

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A twenty-part learning module with links to images, websites, and texts about Greek mythology.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Short Story Unit Applying Literary Terms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review and assessment of a collection of short stories. The following literary terms are applied to the stories: plot structure, types of characters, characterization, irony,...
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Tabloid Science Fiction

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan students will write science fiction stories based on stories brought up in the tabloids. Lesson plan indicated for 5th grade and above.
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Caro Clarke

Caro Clarke: Writing Advice: Beginner's Four Faults

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is a personal site from Caro Clarke. The third installment in this series looks at the four major mistakes made by beginning authors. The main idea of this article is that the author needs to be able to combine dialogue with...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Flash Cards: Vocabulary 1: Nonfiction

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
These interactive flashcards focuses on terms relating to nonfiction. These terms include the following: nonfiction, fiction, glossary, index, table of contents, headings, subheadings, caption, boldface, italicized, preface, sidebar, and...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Match Game: Vocabulary 1: Nonfiction

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
In this interactive game, students match terms relating to nonfiction with their definitions. These terms include the following: nonfiction, fiction, glossary, index, table of contents, headings, subheadings, caption, boldface,...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: The Elements of Nonfiction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short worksheet which allows students to improve their understanding of the elements of nonfiction literature. Provides eight questions and allows students to craft responses for a given literary text.
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Thoughtful Learning: ccss.ela literacy.rl.8.9

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Use the following resources to teach students how to analyze a modern work of fiction that draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including...
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: How to Write a Review of Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explores the writing of an analytical essay in terms of a review of literature. The site provides guidelines for students to follow when writing the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. It also offers links to useful...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Nonfiction Writing Lessons

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This series of nonfiction writing lessons was developed by Stuart Miller. Four activities include: Describing the Real World, The Interview, Writing a Profile, and Writing a Review.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Literature: Creating Character

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This article provides good insight into the creation of a character.
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Oakland Writes: Student Exemplars: Eighth Grade: Literary Analysis [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A literary analysis essay written by an eighth-grader with notes calling attention to important writing concepts evident in the essay including a well-written title, opening sentence, logical analysis, supporting details including quotes...