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Curated OER

The Outsiders

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Are you working on an Outsiders unit? Use this list of activities to deepen your middle schoolers' understanding of the novel. After reading S.E. Hinton's novel, young readers work on three required activities, including participating in...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Hugo Cabret

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore this great site about Hugo Cabret. Choose from different topics such as learning about the author, chapter summaries, activities, and much more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Inkheart

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great site to expand learning about Inkheart. Step into a character, speak your mind, take a quiz, and much more.
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Website
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find stories, novels, and poems from more than one hundred authors. Download select works as MP3 files or read or listen to them online. Available selections span a wide range of literature, from nursery rhymes to the philosophy of...
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American Library Association

Yalsa Outstanding Books for the College Bound

For Students 9th - 10th
This list is based on YALSA's book, "Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learner." Titles are broadly categorized by subject and a brief summary is given for each book.
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Other

Novelinks: Reading Strategies: A Day No Pigs Would Die

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource presents PDF formatted pages of lessons and handouts to supplement the novel. It includes everything from thematic activities, to reading level measures, to games, and more.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Because of Winn Dixie

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great site for using cross-curriculum sources after reading Because of Winn-Dixie. This site contains a scrapbook, play, information about the author, movie slideshow and much more.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture: What Makes a Book Popular?

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the elements that makes a book popular and provides links to lists of Goodreads popular books and NPR's "Your Favorites: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels."
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Milly and the Macy's Parade

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource guides the reader through this great book. Choose from different categories in before, during, and after you read. Take a quiz, create a story map, and write a book report.
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Carl Hiassen's Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Haissen is the author of many popular books for young adults. Learn about the success of his novels and his other writing work as a journalist. Also includes a list of published works.
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Virginia Tech

The Alan Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"The ALAN Review" is a journal of articles related to adolescent literature. Some articles are critiques of books; others are rationales for teaching adolescent literature, or certain kinds of adolescent literature. Archived issues from...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Photos From Great Depression: Jacob Have I Loved

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A collection of images from the period of the Great Depression to World War II provide students with visual references as they read and examine Katherine Paterson's novel, "Jacob Have I Loved." Lesson encourages critical thinking about...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: Where the Red Fern Grows

For Students 9th - 10th
Make a smart choice by reading your favorite novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The file provides in-depth information on the author. There are questions to guide the reading of each chapter. Story elements are highlighted, as well...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: Bridge to Terabithia [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
"Bridge to Terabithia", a Newbery Award winner by Katherine Paterson is a contemporary novel of friendship, accepting differences, giving, imagination, and caring for others. Friends, Jess and Leslie live in rural Virginia community....
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Fantastic Fiction

Fantastic Fiction: Lois Duncan: Detailed Bibliography

For Students 6th - 8th
Provides a chronology of Lois Duncan's works. Click on the year to view information about that year. The description of each work is brief, but this is a good resource for her book covers.
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Professional Doc
Rick Beach

Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 3: Activities

For Teachers 5th - 9th
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 3 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 3. Focus of the...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Giver by Lois Lowry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the young-adult dystopian novel The Giver by Lois Lowry Free including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Professional Doc
Rick Beach

Teaching Literature to Adolescents, Second Edition: Chapter 1: Activities

For Teachers 5th - 9th
This site shares activities that will coordinate with Chapter 1 of the textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, Second Edition. These activities provide opportunities to reflect about the teaching of literature.
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Professional Doc
Rick Beach

Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 10: Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 10 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 10. Focus of the...
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Professional Doc
Rick Beach

Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 12: Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 12 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 12. Focus of the...
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Professional Doc
Rick Beach

Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 3: Planning Curriculum

For Teachers 5th - 9th
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 3 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 3. Focus of the...