Curated OER
Social Action Project-Phone Calls
Young scholars investigate how to make a professional telephone call. In this communications instructional activity, students choose an organization to volunteer at and place a call to the organization to ask questions. Young scholars...
Curated OER
Essay Writing
Young scholars complete essay writing activities. In this essay writing lesson, students use an outline activity to learn about the advantages and disadvantages for various essay writing types. Young scholars also break down the...
Curated OER
Amazing Apes
Students explore the world of apes. For this reading skills lesson, students complete a jigsaw reading activity (the reading material is not included) regarding orangutans.
Curated OER
Forms Of Knowledge
Pupils put writing pieces into categories to show different organizational features in writing. In this writing lesson plan, students are shown examples of speeches, poems, editorials, cartoons, parodies, historical fiction, and more.
Curated OER
Find Your Style
Students read a story and demonstrate their fluency and comprehension by retelling it to a partner. In this reading lesson plan, students follow a note taking sheet provided.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Differentiate Among Empirical, Anecdotal, and Logical Evidence
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson will help you distinguish among three kinds of evidence: logical, empirical, and anecdotal; and see how they are used to support conclusions and arguments in texts.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Differentiate Among Empirical, Anecdotal, and Logical Evidence
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn about three types of evidence that writers often rely on: logical, empirical, and anecdotal. It will also help you distinguish among these...
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Anecdote/definition
A good extensive definition of "anecdote" and the origin of the word.
Other
Index of Collection of Old Newspaper Anecdotes
Jim Lyons's collection of historical newspaper anecdotes, articles, quotes, and bits and pieces from old newspapers are listed in this index. With a click of the mouse you can read and see many examples.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Tales and Anecdotes About Little Princes
A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of Tales and Anecdotes about Little Princes by John Slater, a nonfiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Grandma's Stories and Anecdotes of Ye Olden Times
A scanned copy of the 1899 publication of Grandma's Stories and Anecdotes of Ye Olden Times by Mary Xavier Queen , a book of stories for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by R. Lee, a nonfiction for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by R. Lee, a nonfiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Peter Parley's Book of Anecdotes
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Peter Parley's Book of Anecdotes by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, a book of stories for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Live Toys or Anecdotes of Our Four Legged Pets by E. Davenport
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Live Toys, or, Anecdotes of Our Four-Legged and Other Pets by Emma Davenport (1864), a collection of stories about pets.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Anecdotes for Boys
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of Anecdotes for Boys by Harvey Newcomb, a book of stories for children.
Other
L'histoire en Questions: Quizs, Anecdotes Et Temoignages Historiques
Many anecdotes, stories or evidence and historic games.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Supporting Details: Anecdotes
Anecdotes are literary tools used to pique interest and engage readers. Used to evoke emotion, anecdotes are best used in the introduction or conclusion. This tutorial focuses on how to use anecdotes appropriately and effectively to make...
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: "Anecdote of the Jar" by Wallace Stevens
This is the text of the poem "Anecdote of the Jar" by Wallace Stevens.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Anecdotes for Boys
This ebook version of Harvey Newcomb's Anecdotes For Boys has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Differentiate Among Empirical, Anecdotal, and Logical Evidence
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Distinguish among different kinds of evidence in a text that supports conclusions and arguments in texts.
Emory University
Lewis H. Beck Center: Lydia Maria Child: Anecdote of Elias Hicks
Here, read the full text of Lydia Child's "Anecdote of Elias Hicks," which tells the story of an abolitionist Quaker. It was originally published in 1839.
Other
Appalachian History: Stories, Quotes, & Anecdotes: Jesse Hilton Stuart
This site provides information about the award-winning author named Jesse Hilton Stuart. An excerpt of the short story "I've Prayed for Straight Hair---or Hair of a Different Color" from the short story collection Men of the Mountains is...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Wallace Stevens
This site, part of the Modern American Poetry site maintained by the University of Illinois, provides biographical information on Stevens, commentary on many of his poems (including "Anecdote of the Jar" and "The Emperor of Ice-cream"),...
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