Curated OER
The Outsiders
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...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Hugo Cabret
Explore this great site about Hugo Cabret. Choose from different topics such as learning about the author, chapter summaries, activities, and much more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Inkheart
Great site to expand learning about Inkheart. Step into a character, speak your mind, take a quiz, and much more.
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go
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...
American Library Association
Yalsa Outstanding Books for the College Bound
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.
Other
Novelinks: Reading Strategies: A Day No Pigs Would Die
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Because of Winn Dixie
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture: What Makes a Book Popular?
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."
Scholastic
Scholastic: Milly and the Macy's Parade
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Carl Hiassen's Biography
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.
Virginia Tech
The Alan Review
"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...
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: Classic Books
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...
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: Classic Books
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...
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Photos From Great Depression: Jacob Have I Loved
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...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Where the Red Fern Grows
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...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Bridge to Terabithia [Pdf]
"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....
Fantastic Fiction
Fantastic Fiction: Lois Duncan: Detailed Bibliography
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.
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 3: Activities
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...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
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.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Giver by Lois Lowry
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.
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, Second Edition: Chapter 1: Activities
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.
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 10: Activities
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...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 12: Activities
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...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 3: Planning Curriculum
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...