This site from Giverny, Monet's home, has an extensive collection of 85 artworks, photographs of the garden, exhibit information, a biography, quotations, and books. Monet's autobiography was originally published in 1900 in a French...

A brief biography of Laura Goodman Salverson, the "first novelist to explore the immigrant experience in the West." Read about her first Canadian novel, "The Viking Heart," as well as her latter novels and autobiography.

Read about George Seldes (1890-1995), a muckraker and press critic. Read some of his writings from his column "In Fact." Read his autobiography and a brief biography. There are links to other sites about George Seldes. Site by Brass Check.

This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."

A brief summary of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Also includes an on-line text of the work as well as links to other informational websites.

This learning module provides remediation with identifying genre of books and various texts. Practice with capitalizing nouns is provided with through worksheets, an online site, and a video tutorial. .

Use this informative site to learn more about the book "Holes," by Louis Sachar. This educational resource gives descriptive activities for this book.

This resource focuses on several of Gary Paulsen's novels. There are resources at the different links featuring lesson plans, activities, teaching guides and more.

Have you ever read the book "The Foxman" by Gary Paulsen? This site features a review of the novel and points to ponder as you discuss it with your students. It also provides several links and a list of related books.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a prisoner of war and his escape from Vietnam. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to write a narrative essay by identifying the differences between descriptive and narrative essays, knowing the difference between autobiographical and...