Oskar Schell's narrative about his expedition to find out more about his father serves as a model for writers who are crafting their own narratives. Class members choose two characters from the novel and collect examples of the methods...

Students choose an individual project or a group project to culminate the reading of Out of the Dust.  In this Out of the Dust instructional activity, students have a choice of creative projects to complete after they have finished...

A nine-part learning module with links to texts and videos for students to use while creating book trailers.

Links to five videos and a web site with trailers to popular adolescent novels.

This is the official website for Emerald Atlas, the first book in the trilogy of Books of Beginning. It includes a video book trailer for Emerald Atlas, a fantasy novel written by John Stephens, links to a summer activity guide and a...

This site features the full text of the novel The Young Trailers by Joseph A. Altsheler.

This is a book preview of the children's book Dream Animals by Emily Winfield Martin. It focuses on children's freedom to imagine.

English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...

This is a preview of the book called 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares, the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. It offers links to about the book, the author, meet the characters, videos, and a newsletter.

This resource from We Are Teachers provides a collection of inspiring ideas for teachers who using Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time in their classes.

This is the full text of the novel The Free Rangers by Joseph A. Altsheler, the story of five young "trailers" and "forest rangers," helping the settlers against the Indians and the Spaniards.

This is a treasure hunt based on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In it students complete a list of tasks about the book, the author, WWI, the Roaring 20's, the 18th and 19th Ammendments, prohibition, organized crime, the music,...