Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Brothers Karamazov" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this study guide to enhance your understanding and exploration of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, "The Brothers Karamazov." Prepare for the text with an author biography, vocabulary lists, and pre-reading activities. While reading,...
Lesson Plan
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Time Machine" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teacher guide for "The Time Machine" includes chapter-by-chapter plot summaries, pre-reading journal ideas, vocabulary studies, study questions, discussion topics, figurative language, character studies, themes, and reading strategies.
Interactive
Other

Comic Master: Graphic Novel Creator

For Students 9th - 10th
This site allows students to create their own comic strips. Students will pick the characters, write their own dialogue, and develop a plot. Students can click and hear music as they are creating their comic strips. This site is...
Handout
Yale University

Yale University: Elements of the Short Story

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit from the Yale University on elements of the short story is designed to develop student comprehension skills, particularly making inferences and generalizing. It also involves students in reading a number of short stories to...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Story Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Story Maps are used for teaching students to work with story structure for better comprehension. This technique uses visual representations to help students organize important elements of a story. Students learn to summarize the main...
Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Sharer" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness," and his short story, "The Secret Sharer," with the help of this study guide. It provides pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary, introductory article), reading activities,...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Step by Step

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students take distance readings as they walk in front of a CBR. They apply the properties of a linear function to develop a model for the motion and interpret the values used in the model. Students learn to graph...
Handout
SparkNotes

Spark Notes: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a Plot Overview of the entire book of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. Also provided are links to character lists, main ideas, quotes, and writing help.