Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Characterization Activity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Out of the Dust

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Creating Book Trailers

For Students 3rd - 8th
A nine-part learning module with links to texts and videos for students to use while creating book trailers.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Battle of the Books Book Trailers

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to five videos and a web site with trailers to popular adolescent novels.
Website
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Emerald Atlas by John Stephens

For Students 4th - 7th
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...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: The Young Trailers by Joseph A. Altsheler

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the novel The Young Trailers by Joseph A. Altsheler.
Article
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Dream Animals by Emily Winfield Martin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a book preview of the children's book Dream Animals by Emily Winfield Martin. It focuses on children's freedom to imagine.
Website
Other

Hong Kong Education City: English Campus

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Article
Other

We Are Teachers: 10 Great Classroom Activities for a Wrinkle in Time

For Students 4th - 8th
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.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Free Rangers by Joseph A. Altsheler

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Unit Plan
Other

Huff English: The Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...