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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Fairy Tales to Teach the Short Stories

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Familiar fairy tales are used as guides to help students analyze the elements of the short story: plot, theme, setting, point of view, and character.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Thomas Hardy's novel, "The Mayor of Casterbridge." The book's 45 chapters are preceded by information on its setting, characters, and plot.
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Other

Cummings Study Guides: Much Ado About Nothing, a Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a study guide for William Shakespeare's Comedy Much Ado about Nothing.
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TES Global

Blendspace: The Giver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This blendspace includes thirty-two spaces with content connected to Lois Lowry's dystopia novel, The Giver. Links include novel discussion questions, author interviews, and video tutorials to review literary topics.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Thomas Hardy: Far From the Madding Crowd

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, read "Far from the Madding Crowd," in its entirety. The text of this Thomas Hardy novel is organized by chapter and it preceded by a brief paragraph introducing setting, plot, and characters of "The Madding Crowd."