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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Bleachers by John Grisham

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel Bleachers by John Grisham including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Silent Spring by Rachel Carson including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Grade Saver

Grade Saver: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Other

City of Literature Trust: Edinburgh: Projects: Kidnapped Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of documents for exploring and teaching Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, including imagery from a graphic novel based on the historical fiction. Offers games, puzzles, and writing activities for students, posters and...
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Other

Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Dooley Takes the Fall' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Dooley Takes the Fall", a mystery novel by Canadian author Norah McClintock for grade nine and up, is about a boy who has made some mistakes in the past. He becomes a suspect after he witnesses a boy jumping off a bridge and has to...
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Other

Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'The Countess and Me' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"The Countess and Me", a novel by Canadian author Paul Kropp for grades seven to nine, deals with the struggle of a thirteen-year-old boy to gain acceptance from his peers who belong to a gang. He juggles this with his feelings towards...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Native Son by Richard Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel Native Son by Richard Wright including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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SparkNotes

Spark Notes: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a study guide for "The Jungle." It includes chapter summaries, context, characters, study questions, and essay topics.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Prince and the Pauper" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Opens with valuable background information for "The Prince and the Pauper" as well as explanations of format. Features chapter-by-chapter summaries, historical notes, probing questions, vocabulary, and quotations. Also includes language,...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel The Best Notes: The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Farenheight 451 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this 4 page .pdf as you plan for the novel. Includes special considerations section, character introductions and chapter by chapter summary.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Brave New World [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Useful chapter summaries, background information, post-reading activity suggestions and considerations for the classroom make this 4 page .pdf document a valuable resource.
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SparkNotes

Sparknotes: Into Thin Air

For Students 9th - 10th
A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, chapter summary and analysis, quotations, a quiz, and more for Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to My Antonia [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ideas for post-reading activities, handy chapter summaries and a brief biography of Cather are some of the features of this four page .pdf document.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Typee

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania contains links to online text for "Typee" published in 1846 and written by Herman Melville. Includes a brief, but factual summary of the novel, along with a list of chapters that are each accessible by link.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ender's Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Shmoop's study guide for Orson Scott Card's science fiction novel, Ender's Game, includes chapter summaries, character descriptions, explanation of themes, and analysis of various elements in the novel. It also offers study questions and...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: "Frankenstein"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, provided by Bibliomania, gives a brief summary, and then the full and complete text for Mary Shelley's famous novel, Frankenstein. Each chapter is provided by link, and accessible individually.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Theodore Taylor

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What do you know about the life and work of Theodore Taylor? Use this online resource to discover information about this famous author.