Curated OER
Global News: The Changing Face of Reading
A current and engaging informational text with some superb scaffolding activities, this six paragraph article discusses the release of the iPad from Apple, eBooks, and the history of reading and writing materials. After reading the...
Curated OER
Solar System
Explore the solar system in detail, from it's origins to its components. Visual data gathered by actual space missions has been used to create the images and animations on each page of this stellar electronic book about the solar...
ReadMagazine
William Shakespeare
Is this an interactive resource I see before me? Fret not. Here's a resource filled with sound, and a bit of fury, sure to engage learners in a study of Shakespeare's Scottish play. User can view an interview with Shakespeare, examine...
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany)
EMD PTE
You can't tell by the title, but this is a functional periodic table of elements. Incorporating bright colors, lucid text, and easily operated features, this application serves as a valuable reference tool for your chemistry class.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Introduction of Text Features
Dr. Murphy shares a comprehensive lesson plan to support students identifying various text features in informational texts. Students will mentally and physically engage in active learning to know how to navigate through different types...
TES Global
Blendspace: Text Features
A nine-part learning module with links images and videos for use while learning about nonfiction text features.
Towson University
Towson University: Electronic Edition of the General Prologue: Canterbury Tales
This multimedia site is full of useful features, from a video introduction to the purpose of the site, to notes on the text and a reading in Middle English. Information about the background, language and other details are also included.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: William Wordsworth, "Lyrical Ballads"
This site from the University of Virginia provides the text to the book of poems "Lyrical Ballads," featuring the work of Coleridge and Wordsworth.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Evaluating Print vs. Internet Sources
Learn to look at different text features to determine whether a print or electronic source might be more effective. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Green Eyes of Bast by Sax Rohmer
This is the full text of the novel The Green Eyes of Bast by Sax Rohmer, a paranormal mystery featuring Bast, an ancient Egyptian cat goddess. Rohmer is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Ellis Parker Butler
This site features the author Ellis Parker Butler including the full text of five short stories including "Pigs is Pigs" and "Solander's Radio Tomb."
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: H. A. Cody
This site features the author H. A. Cody including the full text of six novels including Rod of the Lone Patrol and Under Sealed Orders.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Rebecca Harding Davis
This site features the author Rebecca Harding Davis including the full text of the short story "Balacchi Brothers".
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Classic Reader: Authors: Richard Harding Davis
This site features the author Richard Harding Davis including the full text of two novels: The King's Jackal and The Lion and the Unicorn and 15 short stories.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Ethel M. Dell
This site features the author Ethel M. Dell including the full text of 16 novels and 12 short stories.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: R. K. Douglas
This site features the author R. K. Douglas including the full text of the short story "A Chinese Girl Graduate".
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Classic Reader: Authors: George Du Maurier
This site features the author George du Maurier including the full text of the novel Trilby.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Alexandre Dumas
This site features the author Alexandre Dumas including the full text of seven novels including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Alice Dunbar
This site features the author Alice Dunbar including the full text of 14 short stories including "Little Miss Sophie" and "When the Bayou Overflows".
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Classic Reader: Authors: Ella D'arcy
This site features the author Ella D'Arcy including the full text of the short story "Irremediable".
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Classic Reader: Authors: Edith Maude Eaton
This site features the author Edith Maude Eaton including the full text of the short story collection Mrs. Spring Fragrance. The stories are divided into two-halves, "Mrs. Spring Fragrance" for adults, and "Tales of Chinese Children" for...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Georg Ebers
This site features the author Georg Ebers including the full text of 18 novels, one nonfiction work, and two short stories.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Maria Edgeworth
This site features the author Maria Edgeworth including the full text of the novel The Absentee.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Harry Stillworth Edwards
This site features the author Harry Stillworth Edwards including the full text of the short story "Elder Brown's Backslide".