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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cavalier Lyrists: Robert Herrick

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of 17th century Cavalier poet Robert Herrick. This biographical sketch discusses his family, career and death.
Activity
British Council

British Council Arts: Doris Lessing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a lengthy bibliography of Lessing's work, a statement by her, contact information and a brief summary of her life so far.
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British Council

British Council Arts: Tom Stoppard

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a critical perspective on this award winning playwright, get information about how to contact him, or look over the list of awards and works.
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British Council

British Council Arts: Derek Walcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Playwright, critic and poet Derek Walcott is profiled here, along with a list of his works and awards and a brief critical interpretation of his work. Contact information is included.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Lost Horizon by James Hilton

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Is Romance Dead?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As an introduction to the medieval romances, students compare and contrast the medieval rules of courtly love to the modern "rules" of courtship and romance. Students write a compare/contrast essay after group work and class discussion.
eBook
Luminarium

Luminarium: Oberon, the Fairy Prince by Ben Jonson

For Students 9th - 10th
This etext of Ben Jonson's "Oberon, The Fairy Prince" is unaltered, and this etext also preserves, as much as possible within the constraints of the medium, the layout of the print edition.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: W. Somerset Maugham

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A complete multi-day lesson plan comparing a Maugham short story to one of the same name by Jeffrey Archer. Referenced to IRA/NCTE standards, it includes links to assessment sheets and handouts.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Anglo Saxon & Old English

For Students 9th - 10th
A selected bibliography for primary and secondary materials, including facsimile texts in Old English, translations into modern English, and scholarship.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Golding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Web English Teacher site provides a variety of resources to assist in the teaching of William Golding's works.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Louise

For Students 9th - 10th
The full-text of Somerset Maugham's short story Louise as well as commentary.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Digitized original scrapbook that was kept by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and contains approximately 130 items, including newspaper clippings, photographs, and a limited number of manuscript materials, collected between 1855-72.
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Other

Metro Active: "The Dark Corners of Daily Being"

For Students 9th - 10th
This review appeared in "Metro" magazine examines the stories that make up the collection "After Rain." Barra considers Trevor "the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language." This is an interesting look at Trevor's...
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Other

Shakespeare Resource Center: Two Gentlemen of Verona

For Students 9th - 10th
Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona" provided for by the Shakespeare Resource Center. Concise synopsis and characters with descriptions.
eBook
Other

Shorter Poems by Thomas Love Peacock

For Students 9th - 10th
Index page for 15 full-text selected poems by the 19th century English poet, including "Beyond the Sea," "A Bill for the Better Promotion of Oppression on the Sabbath Day," and "Castles in the Air."
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Joseph Conrad

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the life and work of the famous author Joseph Conrad through this informative site.
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: J. K. Rowling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teacher guide for J. K. Rowling and her Harry Potter books includes links to a biographical information, lesson plans, and activities.
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Other

Official Site of j.k. Rowling

For Students 3rd - 8th
This J.K. Rowling's official site -- very flashy, media rich, and fun for children. A much livelier, as the author herself admits, after a recent makeover. Read Rowlings biography (includes pictures), check out the Daily News, and...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen

For Students 9th - 10th
Whether she's describing bickering families, quiet declarations of love, or juicy gossip, Jane Austen's writing often feels as though it was written just for you. Iseult Gillespie explores the sly societal satire and unique...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Round Faced Beauty" by L. Adams Beck

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of "The Round-Faced Beauty" by L. Adams Beck, a British-born author who settled in Canada. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Ninth Vibration" by L. Adams Beck

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Ninth Vibration" by L. Adams Beck, a Canadian author with British roots. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Siegfried Sassoon (1886 1967 Ce)

For Students 9th - 10th
Bartleby has made available several volumes of the poet's work. Site includes a very brief biography, the collections themselves, quotations from his work, and several poems which appear in Modern British Poetry.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: The Allies Post Caporetto Support of Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excerpt from the book Touring the Italian Front 1917-1919 by Francis Mackay (also known as Battleground Europe). It describes the ground and operations covered by the British, French and US Expeditionary Forces deployed from...
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Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: Matthew Arnold

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides lots of information about the Victorian Age poet Matthew Arnold (1822-1888 CE). A biography of the poet, links to some of his poems, and links to other authors and key figures of the time period are provided here on the site.

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