Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Independent Author Study Evaluation
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an author study evaluation rubric. Students will be assessed on oral communication skills, author information, and a Venn Diagram.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: An Author Study: Christopher Paul Curtis
This five-day lesson will introduce the learners to the author of the novel as the beginning of a unit. The students will conduct research to obtain biographical information about the author and read/analyze summaries and critiques of...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Madame Bovary : Study Guide
This study guide provides information on the plot, themes, author, and context of the novel, "Madame Bovary." Here, refresh your knowledge of the book's major characters and events and study important themes and ideas through "Sample...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books an Author Study
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons about four books by Leo Lionni. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to resources used in the lessons as well as...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Harlem Renaissance Authors
As part of a study of the Harlem Renaissance, students will do research on a Harlem Renaissance author. Individually, students will use websites to gain information about the author and the author's impact in literature and society....
Cengage Learning
Studying Francis Ellen Watkins Harper
This Houghton Mifflin site prepared by Elizabeth Ammons is a study site about Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, the 19th century African American author.
Other
New Testament Study Helps: Matthew's Gospel
An analysis of the Book of Matthew which provides historical information, a short description of the book along with details about the possible author.
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New Testament Study Helps: Mark's Gospel
An analysis of the Book of Mark which provides historical information, a short description of the book along with details about the possible author.
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New Testament Study Helps: John's Gospel
An analysis of the Book of John which provides historical information, a short description of the book along with details about the possible author.
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Think Tv Network: Ohio Reading Road Trip: Cynthia Rylant
This site shares biographical information about Cynthia Rylant, an award-winning author. Personal influences from her personal childhood experiences are shared in this article.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Koosje: A Study of Dutch Life" by John Strange Winter
Text of the short story "Koosje: A Study of Dutch Life" by John Strange Winter, which was the pen name of Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard, a Victorian author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to...
NASA
Nasa: Why Study Plants?
Good question. Author outlines many reasons why we should study plants and describes ways in which plants have had a tremendous effect on the human race.
Washington State University
Washington State University: American Authors: Notes on Anne Bradstreet
Learn interesting facts about Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-1672 CE) and her writing. The notes provide good background information to accompany reading and studying of her works.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
This is an online study guide for the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare including author information, literary elements, scene summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Wolff: Old School
Guide to Tobias Wolff's Old School, with historical information, author biographies, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, writing exercises, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
This is an online study guide for the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
This is an online study guide for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Our Town by Thornton Wilder
This is an online study guide for the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder including author information, literary elements, act-by-act summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
This is an online study guide for the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
This is an online study guide for the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
This is an online study guide for the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
This is an online study guide for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes: Candide by Voltaire
This is an online study guide for the novel Candide by Voltaire including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
This is an online study guide for the novel The Time Machine by H. G. Wells including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.