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An Ode to the Romance Novel

7th - 12th Standards
Heroes with six-pack abs, helpless heroines, cliche plot lines —must be a romance novel! An informational video describes the romance novel genre and explains how it differs from a traditional love story. It uses popular texts as...
Audio
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The Call of the Wild

7th - 9th Standards
When the wild calls, answer. Jack London's classic novel The Call of the Wild gets a digital upgrade with an e-text and audiobook version of the story. Each chapter of the online version is labeled with the Flesch-Kincaid level and...
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David Copperfield

7th - 9th Standards
With 64 chapters and 368,017 words, Charles Dickens' David Copperfield can prove to be a challenge for young readers. Help them out with a resource that not only provides the complete text but an audio version as well.
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: An Introduction to Ralph Ellison

9th - 10th
This video [3:14] from the American Masters film Ralph Ellison: An American Journey introduces students to Ellison's groundbreaking novel The Invisible Man. Scholars discuss Ellison's legacy and his place in the American literary canon....
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Even if They're Wrong, They're Right: American Masters

9th - 10th
Celebrated American novelist Phillip Roth is the author of 27 award-winning books - most of which have received national and/or international critical acclaim. In this video segment [1:18], Roth shares many of the details of his unique...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Phillip Roth

9th - 10th
This is a collection of two video lessons about Phillip Roth and his works from the PBS American Masters Collection.