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Ad lit.org: Discussion Guide: The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Candace Fleming writes contemporary stories built around Aesop's fables in The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School. No one wants to teach the fourth graders until the amazing Mr. Jupiter comes along. He undertakes the task...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Grade Literature and Composition: Traditions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a unit on the traditional wisdom of various cultures handed down through fables, fairy tales, folklore, and proverbs. It includes readings from Aesop's Fables, African and African-American Folktales, Hans Christian Andersen's...
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Harvard University

Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Comparison of Chaucer and Ovid

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of John Dryden's (1631-1700) Preface to The Fables (1700), the English poet's translation of Chaucer texts from the middle English. Dryden compares the styles of Ovid, Chaucer, and Boccaccio.
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Rutgers University

Asbestoswear: James Thurber's "The Little Girl and the Wolf"

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides the online text of Thurber's very short but clever fable "The Little Girl and the Wolf."
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: James Russell Lowell Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site provides a biography of James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). Discusses his ancestry, education, and work as a poet, essayist, and satirist. Describes Lowell's role in the Abolitionist movement. Includes suggestions for...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of many of Alcott's famous works, a brief biography and a portrait are offered here. The most unusual feature is the ability to annotate the works as you read. Great for notetaking, adding marginalia, raising questions,...

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