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Lincoln City Libraries: Nebraska's Federal Writers Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Rudolph Umland's writing, correspondence, and scrapbooks offer revealing portraits of life in Depression era Nebraska, and a uniquely well-documented insider's view of the local literary community and the Nebraska Federal Writers' Project.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Renaissance Writers

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover the fascinating, colorful lives of Renaissance writers including John Donne, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe, and explore key features and themes in their groundbreaking plays and poetry.
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Univ. Of Mississippi: Mississippi Writers Page: William Faulkner (1897 1962)

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography on writer William Faulkner from the Mississippi Writers page.
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Georgia Writers Hall of Fame: James Dickey

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a detailed biography of James Dickey and find a list of his works in the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Library.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Chorus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides an excellent description of the term chorus. Content includes a focus on its historical meaning as well.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Irony

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides an excellent description of the literary term "irony." Content includes a focus on dramatic irony, structural irony, and verbal irony.
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Mississippi Writers: Tennessee Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
Portraits and a biography that traces his career are the primary features of this site about the famous playwright.
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Aflit: Reading Women Writers and African Literature: Ivory Coast

For Students 9th - 10th
Personal site specializing in the literature of Ivory Coast. Good list and description of women authors from that West African country.
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Nebraska Center for Writers: Ted Kooser

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Nebraska poet Ted Kooser, who was named poet laureate of the United States in August, 2004. Site includes some commentary on Kooser's work, as well.
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Ambrose Bierce (1842 1914)

For Students 9th - 10th
A synopsis of the life and works of writer Ambrose Bierce, who wrote short stories, poetry and satirical essays. With extensive bibliography and further readings list.
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Biography: Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896 1981)

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography on the Hebrew writer Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896-1981) and a collection of his famous works.
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Sherman Alexie (1966 )

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of poet, writer, performer, and filmmaker Sherman Alexie. Read about the parallels of his work and his life on an Indian Reservation.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Helen Keller Citizen and Socialist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Undeterred by deafness and blindness, Helen Keller rose to become a major 20th-century humanitarian, educator, and writer.
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The Jewish Agency for Israel: Agnon, Shmuel Yosef

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a biography about Shmuel Agnon (1888-1970), the first Hebrew writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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British Council

British Council: Wilson Harris

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information of the writer Wilson Harris.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Flash Drafts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan is a workshop for writers. This idea was taken from the Ralph Fletcher book: What a Writer Needs. Young scholars create a character, either real or fictional, and place that character in a scene in order to write about...
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Colorado State University

Writing@csu Guide: Understanding Writing Situations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this guide, you can learn more about the situations in which writers and readers find themselves and the physical, social, cultural, and historical contexts that shape them. Click on each of the links on the right to learn about the...
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Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a biographical look at the Transcendentalist writer, Henry David Thoreau, as well as links to further biographical information, major Thoreau sites, Thoreau texts, and even a criticism of his work "Walden," in audio...
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Merna A Forster

Heroines: Pauline Johnson Performs in Winnipeg, 1897

For Students 9th - 10th
Pauline Johnson, "a reader or reciter of talent as well as a writer," performed in Winnipeg in 1897, and this is an account of that performance from the "Winnipeg Free Press." Read about Johnson's costumes, her portrayals of a "heathen...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Beast in the Cave" by H. P. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Beast in the Cave" by H. P. Lovecraft, an American horror writer.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Motivating Middle School Students to Revise and Edit [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This article explores the idea of authentic audiences and student publication for motivating student writers.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906 CE), the reformer and political writer who, with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Magic, Illusion, and the Supernatural

For Students 9th - 10th
Mischievous fairies, monstrous apparitions, and scheming witches: examine how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers played with the magical and supernatural.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender, Sexuality, Courtship and Marriage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.

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