What is autism? How does it affect behavior? Students will find evidence of the author's tone or purpose for writing the article, as well as hints that show evidence of opinion. Includes a video clip from the movie "Rainman", and an...

[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, students can learn how several authors can write about the same topic, but for different purposes.

Read about the life and death of Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.

This is an example of how to analyze how an author unfolds an argument. It provides an example and links to use for practice. RI.9-10.3 author unfolds

Identify the author's purpose in this ten-question multiple choice test.

Learn about Newbery award winning author Katherine Applegate's writing career and how she was inspired to write "The One and Only Ivan."

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students learn about the roles of authors and illustrators through games and book-writing. Students will have an opportunity to act out the roles of illustrators and authors. They will...

This site offers an organized collection of biographical information on Dorothy Parker.

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.

A brief biography of the award-winning author and illustrator, Vera B. Williams.

This site features the author Alice Dunbar including the full text of 14 short stories including "Little Miss Sophie" and "When the Bayou Overflows".

This site features the author Ella D'Arcy including the full text of the short story "Irremediable".

This site features the author George Eliot including a biography and the full text of five novels: Adam Bede, Brother Jacob, The Lifted Veil, Middlemarch, and Silas Marner.

This site features the author Ralph Waldo Emerson including the full text of the two essay collections: Essays, 1st Series and Essays, 2nd Series. Included in these essays are "Self Reliance" and "Politics".

This site features the author Juliana Horatia Ewing including the full text of the novel The Yew-Lane Ghosts and 24 short stories including "Amelia and the Dwarfs" and "An Idyll of the Wood."

This site features the author Jeffrey Farnol including the full text of seven novels including The Amateur Gentleman and The Moon Money.

This site features the author G. A. Henty including the full text of 36 novels including Bonnie Prince Charlie, A Knight of the White Cross, and The Lion of the North.

This site features the author Oliver Wendell Holmes including the full text of the novel The Guardian Angel and the short story "A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters."

This site features the author Anthony Hope including the full text of four novels including Dolly Dialogues, Frivolous Cupid, The Prisoner of Zenda, and Rupert of Hentzau.

This site features the author W. H. Hudson including the full text of the novel Green Mansions.

This site features the author George H. Jessop including the full text of the short story "The Emergency Men".

This site features the author Omar Khayyam including a biography and the full text of the two editions of the poem Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

This site features the author Rudyard Kipling including a biography, the full text of three novels and a short story collection for young readers, and 20 short stories. His most famous work is The Jungle Book.

This site features the author Dante Alighieri including the full text of the epic poem The Divine Comedy.