[Free Registration/Login Required] This non-fiction passage focuses on what to expect when you are having surgery and how to prepare for it. A comprehension question set and answer key are provided.

This activity will introduce the idea of the uncanny and explore its expression within the narrative form of Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations".

A helpful resource concerning the historical and cultural context of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, both within the setting of the novel itself (1812-1840), and the novel's publication (1860-1861).

This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

Find expected value based on empirical probabilities. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page has tips for understanding what expectations are and how to deal with them.

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Bee! I'm Expecting You!", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Ellie Wen and can access a printable version of this piece.

Discovery Channel School offers a lesson plan regarding the study of Charles Dickens novel, "Great Expectations." Students are asked to note that a writer considers theme, plot, characters, setting, and point of view when writing a...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson attempts to explain the betting system at horse tracks by having students vie for parcels of land on their calculators. Because the land boundaries are unknown until the finale of...

Great Expectations was originally serilaized over a period of one and a half years. This informative site analyses the characters, themes and quotations from the novel.

The Smithsonian National Zoo provides a detailed lion fact sheet. Content includes a look at the lion's size, geographic distribution, status in the wild, habitat, diet, reproduction, life span, and behavior.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about people who live to be 100 or older (Centenarians), including the rising numbers of them, and what they have in common that could have impacted their life expectancy. It is followed...

This resource presents facts about the West Indian Manatee. Its habitat, behavior, life span and more are covered, including conservation of the species.

This article focuses on 9th-grade grammar including the expectation for good grammar skills in all subjects. Things like run-on sentences and fragments are no longer tolerated.

The activate, connect, and summarize daily routine can help struggling adolescent readers acquire new content. It consists of asking students to activate (what did we learn yesterday?), connect (draw a connection between your life and...

In this Wide Angle video, meet the widowed women of a village in the Galilee who overcame societal expectations and started their own business.

We've all heard that hurricanes draw their immense power from warm ocean waters. Of course, many factors contribute to the formation and growth of a hurricane, but can we expect to find that the warmer the water, the stronger the...

Discover what Lewis had on his shopping list of medical supplies. The contents of Lewis's list have much to tell us about the medical challenges he expected to face on his journey. It included both botanical and chemical medicines,...

This site focuses on Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon and protector of expectant women and the young. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles,...

Going to spend the night with a friend? Headed to sleep-away camp? Chances are, you're going to feel a little homesick at some point. Get some reasons why you'll feel this way, what kinds of feelings to expect, and some ways to deal with...

Whether it is caused by a certain type of soap or chemical, or a certain plant, rashes aren't any fun. Read more about certain types of rashes, what to expect when you have a rash, and how to avoid getting them.

The conservation and life of the gray wolf, also known as the timber wolf, is the focus of this resource. Colorful photos as well as basic facts including appearance, diet, communication, range, habitat, life span, history, reproduction,...

This site from WebMD provides an extremely detailed description of a complete blood count, how it is taken, what it measures, and what the results tell you. Links to important terms within the text and a chart that shows average amounts...

This unusual site actually is a set of articles that first appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, not exactly the place one would expect to find a discourse on parallel structure. Not only is there an interesting discussion of why we...