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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

For Students 5th - 7th
On the first day of summer, 12-year-old Percy Jackson learns that he is a demigod. He joins Camp Half-Blood, where he learns the skills required to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve Zeus' stolen lightning bolt. Selected (7) reading...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Architectural Fantasy

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Architectural Fantasy", created by Antonio Visentini from 1764-72 (Oil on canvas, 130 x 92 cm).
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Scholastic

Scholastic Book Files: A Reading Guide to a Wrinkle in Time

For Teachers 4th - 7th
This teaching guide accompanies Madeleine's L'Engle's book, A Wrinkle in Time. Setting, plot, characters, and theme questions are included, along with guided reading questions for each chapter.
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Curated OER

A Wrinkle in Time: Discussion and Activity Guide

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This resource for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleinse L'Engle provides opportunities for classroom discussions and several activities.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: E Book of the Ball and the Cross

For Students 9th - 10th
The fantastic story from the Project Gutenberg (1874-1936 CE) may have some elements worth discussing as the modern world grapples with war based on religious belief. The complete full-text of this literary work is available to download...
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New York Times

New York Times: 'A Wrinkle in Time' and Its Sci Fi Heroine

For Students 4th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article from The New York Times, a reprint from 2012, provides a book review for A Wrinkle in Time.
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Curated OER

Eragon: Inheritance, Book I

For Students 9th - 10th
Powell's Books presents a series of author interviews. This is a transcript of an interview with three authors of fantasy fiction: Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce and Christopher Paolini. They discuss the ways they create characters and...
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Curated OER

Trickster's Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
Powell's Books presents a series of author interviews. This is a transcript of an interview with three authors of fantasy fiction: Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce and Christopher Paolini. They discuss the ways they create characters and...
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Curated OER

Lyra's Oxford

For Students 9th - 10th
Powell's Books presents a series of author interviews. This is a transcript of an interview with three authors of fantasy fiction: Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce and Christopher Paolini. They discuss the ways they create characters and...
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Curated OER

His Dark Materials Box Set

For Students 9th - 10th
Powell's Books presents a series of author interviews. This is a transcript of an interview with three authors of fantasy fiction: Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce and Christopher Paolini. They discuss the ways they create characters and...
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Curated OER

The Song of the Lioness Quartet 4 Copy Box Set

For Students 9th - 10th
Powell's Books presents a series of author interviews. This is a transcript of an interview with three authors of fantasy fiction: Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce and Christopher Paolini. They discuss the ways they create characters and...
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Curated OER

Alanna : The First Adventure (83 Edition)

For Students 9th - 10th
Powell's Books presents a series of author interviews. This is a transcript of an interview with three authors of fantasy fiction: Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce and Christopher Paolini. They discuss the ways they create characters and...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Two Bad Ants Realism vs. Fiction Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was designed to accompany Scott Foresman Reading- 3rd grade- Unit 6- Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg. It covers a variety of reading strategies, including making predictions, context...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: What Dreams May Come by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the novel "What Dreams May Come", an early classic in fantasy fiction, by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Rhineland Fantasy View

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Rhineland Fantasy View", created by Herman Saftleven in 1650 (Oil on canvas).
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Other

Fantasy Farms: About Alpacas

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From the website of an alpaca farm, the page offers information about the history of alpacas and their recent import into the United States. You will also learn about the alpaca's physical characteristics, behavior, and commercial uses.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Belhs Cavaliers" by James Branch Cabell

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Belhs Cavaliers" by James Branch Cabell, a fantasy tale set in England in 1210.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Kids @ Random: Dragon Keepers: The Dragon in the Library by Kate Klimo

For Students 3rd - 7th
This is an introduction to the novel The Dragon in the Library by Kate Klimo, book 3 in the Dragon Keepers fantasy series. Dragon keepers Jesse and Daisy need help! Emmy, their rapidly growing dragon, has become a real grouch, saying...
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Other

Penguin: Reading Guide: The Drawing of the Three

For Students 9th - 10th
Stephen King's fantasy series is introduced here, along with discussion questions and biographical information.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Text Structure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] 6 text structures - diary, fiction, nonfiction, biography, fairy tale, fable, mystery, fantasy, historical fiction
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Two Bad Ants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart correlates with the Scott Foresman Grade 3 textbook. It preteaches the main comprehension skill which is recognizing the aspects of the literary genres realism vs. fantasy; has...
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Here Be Dragons by Nick Creech [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
The adventures of Welsh twins, recruited by a small dragon for an important task, travelling back to the time of Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table. A fantasy tale featuring Welsh and folk history.
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Help Teaching: A Wrinkle in Time

For Students 4th - 8th
An interactive quiz for Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time is provided on this site.

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