Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to recognize an author's use of style in literature. These plans use "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston as an example, but the basic ideas can be adapted to other...

Students will focus on Main Idea, Author's Purpose, Identifying supporting details and Organizing details. Students will read a variety of Informational Text (non-fiction) to understand how stated and implied main idea effect the...

Learn four questions you can ask while reading an informational text to determine the author's point of view. Includes practice worksheet.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about an author study. Students will find a multi-step project to help students effectively investigate an author during research. Reproducible graphic organizers are provided.

This site features the author Alexandre Dumas including the full text of seven novels including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.

This site features the author Homer including the full text of the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey written in prose.

This site features the author Franz Kafka including a biography and the full text of the long poem Lamia.

This site features the author S. R. Crockett including the full text of the short story "The Heather Lintie."

This site features the author Karl Marx including the full text of The Communist Manifesto.

This site features the author Jane Barlow including the full text of the short story "A Lost Recruit."

Learn the techniques an author uses to share his or her point of view on a subject then practice identifying an author's purpose on your own.

Biography of American popular author and humorist Mark Twain, with personal and career information, and a list of important works.

This site offers links to a biography of Jonathan Swift and to the full text of his novel Gulliver's Travels.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an exemplar of the expectations for an independent class project. Each student must study an author and meet the criteria listed on the page.

A teaching resource with a lesson on completing an author study with students. Includes links to free downloadable samples, requirements, rubrics, and more to use along with this unit.

A teaching resource with a lesson on completing an author study with students. Includes links to free downloadable samples, requirements, rubrics, and more to use along with this unit.

A teaching resource with a lesson on completing an author study with students. Includes links to free downloadable samples, requirements, rubrics, and more to use along with this unit.

The complete text of Anne Bradstreet's poem "The Author to her Book" published in 1867.

This site focuses on the author Quida including the full text of his novel A Dog of Flanders, a story of a boy and his dog.

A detailed biography of Machiavelli, including discussions of his major works and his ideas about the nature of political power, prepared for a university-level philosophy course.

This site provides some good lecture notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Easy to read and understand. Includes some biographical information on Harriet Beecher Stowe as well.

By watching a short video and engaging in two primary source activities, students will explore the need for social change, as well as its inherent challenges.

Through two primary source activities and a short biographical video, students will examine the content and impact of Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Through two activities and a short biographical video, students will understand Helen Keller's accomplishments.