British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting Romeo and Juliet in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Romeo and Juliet - from young love in Shakespeare's day to sonnets and sleeping potions, and from Brooke's 1562 poem on Romeus and Juliet to a 21st-century...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Archipelago' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Archipelago", a novel by David Ward set in the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, follows a boy who is transported to prehistoric times and must learn to survive there. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Belle of Batoche Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This is a teacher's guide for the historical novel Belle of Batoche, written by Jacqueline Guest, which looks at the friendship between two girls during the 1885 Riel Rebellion. The guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the...
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Summary of Fiction and Nonfiction Text [Pdf]
This 31-page document focuses on teaching summarizing strategies for use with fiction and nonfiction texts. This series of lesson plans starts with fiction summarizing strategies such as "Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then" and "Story Arch."...
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Orca Book Publishers: Catching Spring Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Catching Spring, a novel written by Sylvia Olsen, looks at a First Nations boy who wants to participate in a fishing derby on Vancouver Island in 1957. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's...
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Orca Book Publishers: Murphy and Mousetrap Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Murphy and Mousetrap, a novel by Sylvia Olsen, is about a First Nations boy's adjustment to living on a reserve in British Columbia. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the...
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Orca Book Publishers: Hero Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Hero, a story written by Martha Attema, is a historical fiction novel set in Holland during World War II. It centers on a young boy's love for a horse that sustains him after he is separated from his family. The horse is later taken away...
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Orca Book Publishers: Flight From Bear Canyon Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Flight From Bear Canyon, an adventure novel written by Anita Daher, is set in the Nahanni River Valley of Canada's Northwest Territories. It tells the story of a young girl's experience as she flies a plane and helps to save the life of...
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Orca Book Publishers: The Reunion Teaching Guide [Pdf]
The Reunion, a novel by Jacqueline Pearce, explores the friendship between two girls and interweaves it with a grandmother's story of her severed friendship with a Japanese Canadian girl during World War II. This teacher's guide includes...
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Orca Book Publishers: Strawberry Moon Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Strawberry Moon, a novel by Becky Citra, continues to follow the life of Ellie, a young girl living in Upper Canada in the 1830s. In this story, her strict grandmother has come to take her back to England and Ellie doesn't want to go....
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Orca Book Publishers: Yossi's Goal Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Yossi's Goal by Ellen Schwartz is a novel about a young boy's longing to play hockey. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the book.
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Orca Book Publishers: Runaway Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In Runaway, a novel by Becky Citra, a boy must make some difficult decisions about whether to help another boy that he has seen steal but who is also being physically abused. The story is set in the 1830s in Upper Canada. This teacher's...
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Chronological Order
Strategies to help students recognize the order of events in a selection provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as plot diagrams, probable passages, story mapping, summary...
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Paul Yee: 'Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book of short stories, "Tales from Gold Mountain", provides a summary of the book, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the experiences of Chinese immigrants to...
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Paul Yee: 'Ghost Train' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "Ghost Train" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the Chinese-Canadians' perspective on settling in a new country, and...
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Paul Yee: 'The Curses of Third Uncle' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "The Curses of Third Uncle" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the difficulties faced by early Chinese immigrants and...
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Paul Yee: 'What Happened This Summer' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book of short stories, "What Happened This Summer", provides a summary of the book, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the issues faced by Chinese-Canadian...
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Paul Yee: 'The Boy in the Attic' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "The Boy in the Attic" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the theme of loneliness as felt by a young boy who left his...
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Paul Yee: 'Shu Li and Tamara' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his storybook "Shu-Li and Tamara" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the importance of making friends and of trying to be...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Keeping Quilt
A review of "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Polacco, a story about a Russian immigrant mother and family as well as other resources for teaching young readers.
Read Works
Read Works: Sequence Kindergarten Unit: Sequence Clue Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach students to identify the sequence of a story by looking at transitional words such as "first" and "then" in the book Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures by Cynthia Rylant. Learning...
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Elements of Fiction
Simple discussion of the elements of fiction with a specific section devoted to Freytag's Pyramid (aka "basic plot structure"). A good place to start for gathering information on the structure of narrative.