This lesson from a unit on Victorian Literature focuses on Victorian views on education. Compulsary education for students ages 5 to 11 was enacted in 1870, and this lessons discusses the works of three Victorians on that topic:John...

This is a PDF of a 10-question worksheet for "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.

This is a six page PDF of the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Read to find out what happened to the borrowed diamond necklace.

This is a three-page PDF providing background about the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

This is a chart showing the types of nonfiction, the traits of each, and the author's purpose.

This is the three-page PDF The Quality Writing Center: "Creating and Using Outlines." It explains and provides examples of what to do before starting the outline, working thesis, defining purpose, the types of outlines, creating the...

This is a PDF entitled "Distinguishing between Matters of Fact, Matters of Opinion, and Matters of Reasoned Judgement," which focuses on how to separate fact from opinion, provides examples, and offers a practice activity.

This is a two-page PDF of the "Top Twenty Figures of Speech" which provides 20 literary techniques with their definitions from GrammarAbout.com.

This is a 5-page PDF entitled "Poe's Poetry Handout" which provides the text for Poe's poems "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee."

This is a five-page PDF of poems by Emily Dickinson. It includes seven poems and a link to the audio of one of them.

This is the 2-page PDF "Compare/Contrast Essay Help Sheet" which features an explanation of the three methods of comparison and contrast and a list of transition words that compare/contrast.

This is a four-page "Verb Tense" handout from Nesbitt - Johnston Writing Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, which focuses on the proper tenses to use when writing about literature and when writing about science. I explains present,...

This is a PDF chart of the types, traits, and purposes of nonfiction provided by Scholastic.

This 29-page PDF article "True Everest: Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer published in September 1996 in Outside Magazine focuses on his experience in climbing Mount Everest and the impact on him after the deaths of his fellow climbers.

This is a 44-page PDF of excerpts from Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

This is a two-page PDF "Avoiding PLAGIARISM Mastering the Art of Scholarship." It includes the definition of plagiarism, reasons to avoid plagiarism, guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, and how to cite sources.

This is a PDF of the text of the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, a story of a lottery you don't want to win.

This is an eight-page PDF of the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl.

This is a 10-page PDF study guide for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing prepared by Barbara McKean for Montana Shakepeare in the Schools, Montana State University - Bozeman. It includes information about characters in the play, a...

This is a 21-page PDF study guide for Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing entitled "Will Power Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing" from the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at Desales University. It provides information about...

This is a unit on the traditional wisdom of various cultures handed down through fables, fairy tales, folklore, and proverbs. It includes readings from Aesop's Fables, African and African-American Folktales, Hans Christian Andersen's...

This is a 6-page PDF of The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, better known as The Declaration of Independence.

This is a two-page PDF of Folklore in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston courtesy of EDSITEMENT. It is a chart for student to use to compare folklore used by writers in south Florida with Hurston's work.

This is a 22-page PDF of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Jessie L. Weston.