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Symbaloo: Star Wars Reads Day (October 5)

For Students 1st - 9th
This collection contains apps, books, videos and other resources for Star Wars Reads Day on October 5th.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the short story "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Autumntime by Anthony Lentini

For Students 7th - 8th
The story "Autumntime" by Anthony Lentiniis set in a future where technology meets almost all human needs. It also provides a guided reading mode, assessment, discussion questions, and teacher's guide. [Free account registration required...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Ray Bradbury

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the world of Ray Bradbury when you visit this educational resource. Each work is hyperlinked to study guide questions.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Animal Farm Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These E Reading Worksheets provide supplemental questions, quizzes, tests, and projects that will help assess students' comprehension of the book Animal Farm, a novel written by George Orwell.
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Nasa: The Case of the Prize Winning Plants [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This program uses a scenario with fictional detective characters to present plant growth to students. While the unit focuses on the basic needs and parts of plants, the topics of plant classification and adaptations, soil formation and...
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Sfwa: Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages, written by Patricia C. Wrede and published by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, include questions and answers on how to build fantasy worlds in literature. Well organized and extensive.
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Education.com: Compare and Contrast Non Fiction Stories: Extinct Birds

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will compare two informational texts about two extinct birds, the Great Auk and the Dodo. A Venn Diagram is provided to be used when comparing an contrasting tests.
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British Council

Learn English Kids: Story Maker

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This site is a story maker; students choose from three types of stories: fairy tale, horror story, or science fiction. They follow the directions choosing from pictures and typing in words. Then the complete story is finished and they...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ender's Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Shmoop's study guide for Orson Scott Card's science fiction novel, Ender's Game, includes chapter summaries, character descriptions, explanation of themes, and analysis of various elements in the novel. It also offers study questions and...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Large Ant Alien Invasions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a science fiction lesson using the short story The Large Ant.
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Dandi Palmer: Barnaby's Blunder

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A beautifully illustrated science fiction children's book about a man named Barnaby who watches a fireball fall from the sky. He tells the villagers not to be afraid and goes out to investigate, only to be met by quite a surprise.
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Zvi Har El: Jules Vern Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection includes a biography, a complete bibliography, pictures of Jules Verne stamps, scholarly articles, a chronology and a Jules Verne virtual library.
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Nildram: Plots of Twilight Zone Episodes

For Students 9th - 10th
Season Three of the twilight zone, thirty-seven episodes at this site--with a summary of each.
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IMDb

Internet Movie Database: Frederic Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
The Online Movie Database IMDb.com provides a brief biography of Brown and links to descriptions of movies based on his stories.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Jules Verne

For Students 9th - 10th
Jules Verne, who wrote over 80 books during his lifetime, is best known for his "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." This article includes several images and related links.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Fredric Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a biography of the writer Fredric Brown. Included towards the end of the article is a list of his books. Good overall and very factual.
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Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Rod Serling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Creative Quotations contains quotes from Rod Sterling. This site also includes a very brief biographical sketch of Sterling. An interesting site to check out.
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Zvi Har El's Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Zvi Har El's Jules Verne Collection provides the complete text of Jules Verne's novel "From the Earth to the Moon". This edition contains original illustrations from the 1865 edition.
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Isaac Asimov's Foundations Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers art work centered around the futuristic world created by Asimov (1920-1992 CE) and continued by several other sci-fi writers.
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Zvi Har El: Journey to the Center of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site from the Zvi Har El's Jules Verne Collection provides the complete text of Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth."
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Stewart Resource Centre: 'Ender's Game' Novel Study Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a novel study unit to accompany the novel ?Ender?s Game? by Orson Scott Card. It has curricular connections, chapter questions, writing topics and evaluation criteria.
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Youngzine

Youngzine: Tribute to Leonard Nimoy Aka 'Dr Spock'

For Students 3rd - 7th
Article and video remembers Leonard Nimoy, the actor best known for his role as Dr. Spock on the science fiction television show Star Trek.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Excerpt From Frankenstein: The Creature's Request" by Mary Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from Frankenstein: the Creature's Request " by Mary Shelley, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

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