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Writing Fix: Story Starters: Powerful Sentences

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards

In this lesson, students will click a button that will help them generate ideas for story development. Students can click several times, if needed, until one of the ideas is interesting to them. [Requires Adobe Reader.]

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Glencoe Literary Library: "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Explore Benjamin Franklin and his "Autobiography" with the help of background information, vocabulary lists, brainstorming exercises, and thought-provoking writing prompts on Franklin's talents and contributions. Also, use what you have...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Hatchet" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th

Great study guide for Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet," complete with pre-reading materials, including an author biography and vocabulary preview, brainstorming activities, thought-provoking questions about plot, theme, and character, and...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Frankenstein" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Great study guide for Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary words, novel introduction), reading questions, brainstorming and charting activities, and thought-provoking writing...

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Glencoe Lit Library: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Great study guide for Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary words, novel introduction), reading questions, brainstorming and charting...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Tuck Everlasting" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th

Reading guide on Natalie Babbitt's "Tuck Everlasting" with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel introduction, and...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "The Pigman" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

This study guide for Paul Zindel's "The Pigman" provides pre-reading material (author biography, novel setting, vocabulary lists), brainstorming activities, writing prompts, and questions for comparing "The Pigman" to other pieces of...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "The Metamorphosis" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Reading guide on Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novella introduction, and...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "High Elk's Treasure" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th

Explore the novel "High Elk's Treasure," by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, with the help of this study guide, useful for all stages of the reading process. Complete with pre-reading material, including author biography, novel introduction,...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Ethan Frome" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

This study guide for Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome" provides pre-reading material (author biography, novel setting, vocabulary lists), brainstorming activities, and writing prompts. Students who have completed reading the novel can...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Dragonwings" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Explore Laurence Yep's "Dragonwings" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary lists, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts on character, plot, and theme. Students who have completed Yep's novel can...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Across Five Aprils" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Reading guide for Irene Hunt's historical fiction, "Across Five Aprils," with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "The Tempest" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Complete study guide to William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," providing pre-reading material, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts.

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Glencoe Literature Library: "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Reading guide to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief biography of Shakespeare, an introduction to the text, a preview of vocabulary,...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "So Far From the Bamboo Grove" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Find pre-reading questions, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts in this study guide for "So Far from the Bamboo Grove," by Yoko Kawashima Watkins.

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Glencoe Literature Library: "The Slave Dancer" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Great study guide for Paul Fox's "The Slave Dancer," complete with pre-reading materials, including an author biography and vocabulary preview, brainstorming activities, thought-provoking questions about plot, theme, and character, and...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "The Red Badge of Courage" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Explore Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts on character, plot, and theme. Also, compare Crane's novel to works of...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Pride and Prejudice" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Explore Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary, brainstorming activities, and writing prompts that ask you to think about plot, character, and theme, and to make connections to other pieces...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Night" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A great resource for students reading Elie Wiesel's memoir, "Night," complete with an author biography, vocabulary lists, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts linked to specific chapters. After reading "Night,"...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Nectar in a Sieve" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Explore Kamala Markandaya's "Nectar in a Sieve" with the help of a vocabulary lists, pre-reading questions and activities, brainstorming ideas, and thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts. After reading the novel, draw...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "The House of Dies Drear" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Reading guide to Virginia Hamilton's "The House of Dies Drear" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief author biography, an introduction to the text, a preview of...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "A House for Mr. Biswas" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Complete study guide to V. S. Naipaul's "A House for Mr. Biswas," providing pre-reading material, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts on plot, character, and theme. Students who have completed...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Hamlet" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Reading guide to Shakespeare's "Hamlet" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief biography of Shakespeare, an introduction to the text, a preview of vocabulary, and...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Bearstone" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Enhance your reading of Will Hobbs's "Bearstone" with the help of pre-reading activities, brainstorming exercises, vocabulary lists, and thought-provoking writing prompts on characters, their choices, and the consequences of their...

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