Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Novel Project
This lesson from a Contemporary Literature unit introduces the Novel Project in which students select a novel from an extensive list of choices to read and journal about as they read. It offers links to the standards for the novel...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Dialect (English Iii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, studentsl listen to dialects from speakers around the country, explore how the use of dialect in literature helps to convey character, and determine to what...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Teaching Reading Strategies
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 8 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 8. Focus of the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contempory Literature: The Novel Project: Journaling
This lesson focuses on journaling while reading a novel. It provides links to a journal example and an article about how to keep a reading log or journal. It also discusses the kinds of information that should be in a journal such as...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Pre Reading Huck Finn
This lesson is a preparation for reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It discusses the popularity of the book and the fact that it is one of the most controversial novels ever published. It includes links to a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Great American Read: Collection
The Great American Read is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the lens of America's 100 best-loved novels (a national survey). This LearningMedia collection highlights books from The...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read "Fahrenheit 451"?
Iseult Gillespie examines what makes the dystopian novel, "Fahrenheit 451," a classic.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read "One Hundred Years of Solitude?"
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" brought Latin American literature to the forefront of the global imagination and earned Garcia Marquez the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature. What makes the novel so remarkable?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Coping With Cancer: Novel Methods of Stress Management
Read this passage and study the graphics to complete a five-question quiz related to stress management for cancer patients.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Now You See Her by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Hope Shay's life is about acting. Her parents have supported and promoted her talents since she was a little girl. From community theater, dinner theater, and commercials to auditions around the country and finally a place at a...
TES Global
Blendspace: Wonder a Novel by r.j. Palacio
A learning module with forty-four links to images, videos, and texts to use while reading R. J. Palacio's novel Wonder.
Other
Reading Group Guides: Jane Austen's "Emma"
These five discussion questions about Austen's (1775-1817 CE) "Emma" may help you think about the novel in new ways. Includes a quote from E.M. Forster and a link to an excerpt from the novel in the top left corner.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Past With Today's Technology:prezi for Historical Fiction
To prepare for reading a historical novel, such as A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck, Countdown by Deborah Wiles, Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos, or The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon, students research various aspects of a...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Name That Chapter! Discussing Summary and Interpretation
Students name unnamed chapters in a novel they are reading. They discuss possible chapter names considering accuracy, word choice, and connotation, before settling on a choice.
Scholastic
Scholastic Book Files: A Reading Guide to a Wrinkle in Time
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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sharing Summer Reading Through Literature Circles
This instructional activity allows students to discuss the assigned summer reading in literature circles with respect to plot, character, and theme. Students work in groups of three to four to produce a slideshow presentation of one of...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Charles Reade
This site features the author Charles Reade including the full text of eight novels such as Love Me Little, Love Me Long, A Simpleton, and White Lies.
Other
Read Riordan: Characters
This page from Read Riordan focuses on his characters, both old and new. Students can click on a series and each of its characters to learn more about them. They can sort by Series or A-Z.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reader Response in Hypertext: Making Personal Connections
Students write a narrative of place, a character sketch, an extended metaphor poem and a persuasive essay then link all four texts to quotations they have selected from a novel.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to read, compare, and contrast different versions of fairy tales in order to explore age-appropriateness and formats of texts. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Weaving the Multigenre Web
Students analyze the elements of a novel in many different genres and then hyperlink these pieces together on student-constructed Websites.
Other
Comic Master: Graphic Novel Creator
This site allows students to create their own comic strips. Students will pick the characters, write their own dialogue, and develop a plot. Students can click and hear music as they are creating their comic strips. This site is...
Other
Novelinks: Reading Strategies: A Day No Pigs Would Die
This resource presents PDF formatted pages of lessons and handouts to supplement the novel. It includes everything from thematic activities, to reading level measures, to games, and more.
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: read.gov: Educators
Parents and teaches can encourage reading with these author webcasts and links to teaching resources for novels, poetry, writing contests, and more.
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