The full texts to Twain's lesser-known works can be accessed from this site such as "Celebrated Jumping Frog" and "The Innocents Abroad." Read facsimiles of the original books or plain text versions.

Access to many of Mark Twain's letters and writings. You can click on "biographies" to read about people mentioned in Twain's writings. Use the user's guide to navigate the site.

Bibliomania provides the complete text of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Text is separated into chapters, and is an excellent example of regionalism, satire, theme, and irony.

This etext from the University of Virginia provides a detailed look at Twain's novel "Huckleberry Finn". Included is a complete text with annotations, original illustrations and background on the illustrator, early reviews of the work,...

This resource provides links to many articles by or about Mark Strand and his poetry. It includes the texts of some of his poems.

The National Gallery of Art features an online exhibition of the life and work of color-field painter Mark Rothko. Each painting that appears in the show is accompanied by explanatory text, some in the artist's own words.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Write an essay that uses embedded quotations to provide evidence in your response to an expository or a literary text.

Contained here are dozens of texts and manuscripts, scores of contemporary reviews and articles, and hundreds of images related to The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.

Here, read Mark Twain's (1835-1910 CE) "Old Times on the Mississippi." Download the full text, as well as the accompanying illustrations.

Selected (8) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "World Without Fish" by Mark Kurlansky. Mark Kurlansky discusses how humans treat the oceans and the fish that live in them, and what the world will likely look like if fish...

A site about Mark Strand and his poetry, but without the texts of any of his works. Includes biographies, critiques of his works, essays by Strand, and interviews with him.

Here, read Mark Twain's (1835-1910 CE) book, "Life on the Mississippi," which was originally published in 1883. Download two HTML versions of the text: one providing links to images in the original text and one with images included.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about piercings and tattoos as body art. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

In this magazine article originally featured in Instructor, the reading strategy called "questioning the text" is explained by the renowned literacy consultant and staff developer, Stephanie Harvey. The steps included for questioning the...

This is a collection of 21 Grade-Leveled texts (4-12) on the topic International Revolutions. The world's had its fair share of international revolutions as people around the globe sought to create meaningful change. Learn about some of...

This is a collection of 8 Grade-Leveled texts (5-12) on the topic "The Gilded Age." Mark Twain named 1870-1900 "The Gilded Age" in hopes of capturing how the era of serious social problems was veiled by a thin layer of gold. While robber...

This resource presents a table of standard proofreading marks. The table indicates whether the marks would be used in the margin or in the text, but does not give examples of the marks in use.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (c1884), a humorous novel about slavery.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Ambitious Courtier and Imprisoned Philosopher by E. N. Marks (1888). This is a nonfiction story about Sir Walter Raleigh; it also includes a catalog from 1888.

The complete text of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain is available here in PDF format. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which was first released in 1884, is 397 pages pages long.

The complete text of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain is available here in PDF format. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which was first released in 1884, is 285 pages pages long.

Describes the influence of "Morte d'Arthur" upon Mark Twain and "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." Chapters 13, 14, 15 from "Morte d'Arthur" follow.

This lesson focuses on annotating or marking text to enhance understanding. It offers tools and techniques for marking text including adding marginal notes to annotated pages.

This lesson focuses on annotating text to aid in understanding of the text including annotating an argument and poetry. It also provides tools and techniques for marking text.