Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: 7 Free Jigsaw Activities
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides activities for cooperative learning groups. Seven activities for grammar, author study, and other academic areas are provided as resources to use with students.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Stevie Smith
The biography is brief but covers the poet's life and themes. What makes the site valuable is its links to other Smith sites, including one RealAudio site that features the reading of her poem "Not Waving but Drowning."
Other
Frank Asch
This resource explores the life of Frank Asch. It includes an interview, biography, list of his books and fun activities to do.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: The Hall of Arts
Learn about the lives of famous people in the arts who exemplify what it means to live a meaningful life and achieve your goals.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1936: Eugene O'neill
Read about the winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, who was honored "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy." This website is...
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Alfred Lord Tennyson Works
This site provides links to 4 pieces of work of Alfred Lord Tennyson's: "Enoch Arden.." poetry collection, "Idylls of the King," "The Lady of Shalott" with Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and "The Princess: A Medley" with an excellent...
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
This site provides links to the complete text of 51 of Charles Dickens' works!!
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Works of Oscar Wilde
The Digital Library provides links to 23 of Oscar Wilde's works.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of 12 works by Lewis Carroll.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts for 47 works done by Robert Louis Stevenson!
University of Pennsylvania
Univ. Of Pennsylvania: Works of Thomas Carlyle
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of 11 of Thomas Carlyle's works.
University of Pennsylvania
Project Gutenberg: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
This site provides the text of "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin" by Charles Darwin.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Works of Charles Darwin
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of a dozen of works by Charles Darwing including "On the Origins of Species."
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of seven of Edward Fitzgerald's works.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1964
This site from The Nobel Foundation features a presentation of Sartre, the only recipient in the history who declined the Nobel Prize. Features biography and press release.
Other
Eric Wilson
Information about Canadian novelist Eric Wilson and his fiction are included along with the first chapter from each of his mystery novels.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian:sourcing Classroom Poster
[Free Registration/Login Required] Sourcing asks students to consider who wrote a document as well as the circumstances of its creation. Who authored a given document? When? For what purpose? This poster reminds students before reading a...
Utah Education Network
Uen: What Makes the Writer Write?
This lesson engages students in reading and research related to the Victorian Era. Students will analyze this time period's influence on the writings of Charles Dickens. Then students will analyze how today's authors incorporate social...
Other
Almost Completely True Adventures of Dav Pilkey
Author-illustrator Dav Pilkey tells his life story in his amusing comic strip form. The biography must be downloaded and is in PDF form.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Dandelions
This site on the book "Dandelions" by Eve Bunting, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Bird Watch: A Book of Poetry
This site is on the book "Bird Watch" by Jane Yolen. It includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
Other
The Official Roald Dahl Website
Select a tour guide to show you through the Official Roald Dahl Website. Miss Honey or Mr. Willy Wonka can lead you through Roald Dahl's books, biography and the Roald Dahl Club.
Other
C. P. Snow/" 'The Two Cultures' Today"/commentary
This article appeared in "The New Criterion Online," and addresses not only Snow's book but also the feud between Snow and F. R. Leavis. It provides a helpful overview of Snow's thinking and stature in the literary and scientific worlds.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Who Writes the Story? Who Does the Illustrations?
Young scholars will learn to identify the author and illustrator on the cover of the book and orally define their role. Pictures and video of the lesson in action are included.