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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Door in the Wall" Teacher Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th
"The Door in the Wall" Teacher guide includes brief synopsis, author biographical sketch. list of themes, and ideas for interdisciplinary connections.
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Other

Literature Learning Ladders: Laurence Yep "Dragon's Gate"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers an overview of Lawrence Yep's "Dragon's Gate." Includes resource links but only a few work in the archived version of the site.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Virginia Hamilton's Interview Transcript

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a transcript of an interview between students and the celebrated children's writer, Virginia Hamilton.
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The Book Report

Kids reads.com: Cynthia Rylant

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from KidsREad.com gives a brief biography of author Cynthia Rylant.
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Other

Planet Book Club: Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'dell

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource features book information, lesson plans and links to sites that can be used to enrich the book "Sing Down the Moon," by Scott O'Dell.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Character Traits: Walk Two Moons

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this lesson plan-activity, learners reading Walk Two Moons learn to identify and analyze character traits with a "Character Creation Worksheet."
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Curated OER

Mr coward.com: Dragonwings (Teacher Guide)

For Students 6th - 8th
This teacher's guide to the Newbery Award-winning novel contains study questions, vocabulary words, projects, supplementary information, and much more.
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Curated OER

Mr coward.com: Dragonwings (Teacher Guide)

For Students 6th - 8th
This teacher's guide to the Newbery Award-winning novel contains study questions, vocabulary words, projects, supplementary information, and much more.
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Other

Presenting Sid Fleischman

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is children author Sid Fleischman's personal website, which offers a fascinating look into his life and work.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Scott O'dell Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief activity/instructional activity for learners commemorating the life and works of Scott O'Dell, Newbery Medal Award winner. Provides links, a bibliography, and lesson plans. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 23, 2007.
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Other

Nancy Polette: "Holes" Literature Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use this informative site to learn more about the book "Holes," by Louis Sachar. This educational resource gives descriptive activities for this book.
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Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "26 Fairmont Avenue"

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find activities for Tomie dePaola's autobiography, "26 Fairmont Avenue."
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Sounder by William H. Armstrong

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Check out this site featuring the book Sounder by William H. Armstrong. This resource offers a description of the book, a teaching plan and a booklist.
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Other

Nancy Polette: "Missing May" Literature Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site features a literature guide for the book "Missing May," by Cynthia Rylant.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Louis Sachar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Delve into this resource featuring links to biographical information, and lesson plans for some of Louis Sachar's work.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Walter Dean Myers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Web English Teacher helps you to discover the world of author Walter Dean Myers. This resource features lesson plans for "Fallen Angels" and several other books.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Tomie De Paola's Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.
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Other

Tomie De Paola

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site is more for teachers than students. There are very few graphics, however the site does provide abundant information about the author and his work.

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