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Washington State University

Washington State University: The William Dean Howells Society: Annotated Bibliography of Howells Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th
Abstracts of articles and books of criticism on Howells work should be of use to anyone looking for a source of criticism.
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Other

Mark Twin Project: Authoritative Texts, Documents, and Historical Research

For Students 9th - 10th
Access to many of Mark Twain's letters and writings. You can click on "biographies" to read about people mentioned in Twain's writings. Use the user's guide to navigate the site.
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Other

Word Press: The "Alice Project"

For Students 9th - 10th
This fabulous site gives teachers all the tools needed to do an exciting, many layered approach to Alice in Wonderland. Read about the entire project by looking at a video, reading student surveys and seeing how technology plays a key role.
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Other

The New Guide to Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains several helpful suggestions for writing a research paper including a schedule which breaks down the process into several smaller parts. Students can set reasonable deadlines for themselves. Also, this site outlines one...
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New York University

Nyu: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database

For Students 9th - 10th
NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...
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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Synthesize Ideas in Informational/expository Texts

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn how to synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres (including literary...
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Annotation 2: Fifth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains the phrase "double jeopardy," including a look at its development through history.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Annotate and Analyze a Paired Passage: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will read and annotate a pair of texts to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence. The two texts are side-by-side to better understand them.
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Other

Smekens Educational Solutions: Expose K 2 Readers to Annotation Strategies

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This article discusses how to begin teaching students in K-2 to record their ideas about text using highlighters, colored pens, large graphic organizers, and sticky notes. Students can retell a story with a storyboard, use a web to find...
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Harvard University

Harvard: The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: John Lydgate

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief biography and general critique of his "high style" English lyric poetry, with links to several of his works, some annotated. Beautiful color picture from "Sege of Thebes."
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Sample Guided Reading Lesson [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This text on the topic of Women's Rights from Scholastic has been reformatted into a guided reading lesson plan where students can see annotated examples of active reading, stop at logical places in the text to answer discussion...
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New York University

Sds: Students for a Democratic Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource offers annotated explanation of a number of university student protest organizations, including Students for a Democratic Society and its chapter at New York University in 1965.
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Yale University

The Tainos of Puerto Rico: Rediscovering Borinquen

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Nice unit designed to help students of Puerto Rican descent learn about their cultural roots. Students research Taino culture and read Taino myths, legends and poems; create their own myths and poems; and practice Spanish vocabulary....
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Writing a Research Report

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to write research papers. Includes an eight-step writing handout, information on quoting and paraphrasing, and tips for writing annotated bibliographies. Click on the side links to access some of these resources.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: All the World's a Stage

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Jacques's "All the World's A Stage" speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Includes annotations.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Bio Media Associates: Learning Programs for Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides photographs, animations, essays, teaching resources, multimedia, and other information about biological systems and organisms. It features a monthly contest and quiz in which students and teachers identify a mystery...
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Resources for Chemistry Educators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Annotated collection of teacher-reviewed chemistry resources includes the following: current research, public policy, reference information, student-oriented sites, homework and quizzes, questions students ask, and professional...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Romance of the Line" by Bret Harte

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of the story "A Romance of the Line" by Bret Harte. Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.
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Other

American Literature Research and Analysis: Frederick Douglass the Heroic Slave

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of Douglass' "The Heroic Slave" with analysis by Robin Mac Donald in "Frederick Douglass' Revolutionary Revision". Complete with major symbols in the writing and an annotated bibliography.
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Pilgrim Hall Museum: History Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from the Pilgrim Hall Museum contains a collection of various history paintings depicting the pilgrims. Each image is annotated with a brief summary of what event the painting is depicting and general information about the...
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Other

Selfknowledge: "Emma"

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of Austen's "Emma," with annotations.
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Other

Kings College: Indira Gandhi

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a short biography of Indira Gandhi. It includes an annotated bibliography that is a good source for references.
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Other

King's College: Mary Wollstonecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
King's College provides this brief biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, the author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." Includes several links in its annotated bibliography.