Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Key Ideas and Details: Retell Stories
Read a passage to discover how to retell a story then practice what you've learned.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of John Gay
This site contains links to selected poems by John Gay. Also included is some biography details about him.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: Apollo and Daphne
Read Bulfinch's famous version of the great god Apollo at this full text site.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: Venus and Adonis
Read Thomas Bulfinch's account of the famous love affair of Venus and Adonis.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Joel Chandler Harris
Creator of Uncle Remus and other African American folklore tales, journalist Joel Chandler Harris is featured as a revolutionary writer regarding oppression and prejudices. For more resources click the "Joel Chandler Harris Activities" tab.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: James Thurber
Discover writer James Thurber through this comprehensive site. This resource features links to lesson plans and activities for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and some of his other stories.
Can Teach
Can Teach: African Folk Tales
Eight African folk tales, like "Why the Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained" to "The Curse of the Chameleon", are at this site. All eight are traditional Zulu stories. The site provides resources for teachers such as lesson plans and games.
Other
Paul Eissen: George Orwell and the Politics of Animal Farm
This is Paul Eissen's analysis "George Orwell and the Politics of Animal Farm." It includes a short biography of Orwell, a discussion of Animal Farm and revolution, a conclusion, and notes.
Other
Los Siete Poderes
Delve into 14 chapters of the captivating story of the "Seven Powers," and see how it all ends in the final combat. This site was created with the reader in mind because of its excellent font selection.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: rl.k.2 With Prompting and Support, Retell Familiar Stories
This landing page offers a variety of lesson plans that instruct students on RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, etc.
Other
China Vista: The China Experience China Culture Index
A comprehensive, bilingual website about various aspects of Chinese culture, including folk custom, arts and crafts, food and drinks, costumes, scripts and calligraphy, performing arts, ethnic groups, etc.
Other
China Vista: Selected Chinese Myths and Fantasies
Because myths were not recorded, only fragments and short tales exist today. Here are a dozen or so of the most famous. You can also click to find out more about the history and features of Chinese mythology. (Click home to access...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Story Retelling
This intervention emphasizes the importance of verbal rehearsal of a story. By retelling, students relate information from the story to their own experiences. In this way, they improve their reading comprehension and memory of story...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
Death narrates a poignant tale of collecting lives and stories through Nazi Germany while constantly circling back to Liesel, who survives because of the love she shares and her love of language. Selected (6) reading passages (grades...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park
Based on a true account, this book tells the story of Salva Dut, an 11-year-old boy separated from his family by the civil war in Sudan, and Nya, a girl from a small village who walks miles each day to fetch water for her family....
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Love and Chivalry in the Middle Ages
This article explores the ideal of chivalry through several works of the Middle Ages.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Middle English
This article explains how Middle English developed from Old English, changing its grammar, pronunciation, and spelling, and borrowing words from French and Latin.
Curated OER
Outline on the Wall of 'A Fable'
A detailed biography on writer William Faulkner from the Mississippi Writers page.
Harvard University
The Harvard Chaucer Page: "Flower and the Leaf"
John Dryden's (1631-1700)translation from the middle English of a poem once attributed to Chaucer. Preface to The Fables (1700)Modern English translation by John Dryden of Chaucer's "The Flower and the Leaf."
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Wood Magic" by Henry Van Dyke
"Wood-Magic" is written in fable mode about a man named Luke who seems to live parallel lives. Read the full text on this site.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Estevanico
A biography of Estevanico (1490-1539) who was also called Esteban. He was a black slave from Morocco who became one of the first explorers of the Southwestern United States. His tales of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola led to the...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger
Read the fable of "The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger" and test your comprehension by answering the ten multiple choice questions and two extended response questions that follow. Answers can be printed, emailed, or saved.
Smithsonian Institution
Freer | Sackler Galleries: Word Play (The Work of Contemporary Artist Xu Bing)
Contemporary Chinese expatriate artist Xu Bing shares stories, sketches, and photographs of his work in association with a 2001 exhibition of his work at the Smithonson's Sackler Gallery. Word play and language are a focus of Bing's...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Lesson: Exploring Russian Folktales
Expand on your students' knowledge of storytelling with this lesson plan on Russian folktales. Provides several links to examples, assessment criteria, and a short list of other sources.
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