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Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Jack and the Beanstalk" by Joseph Jacobs

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Jack and the Beanstalk" by Joseph Jacobs, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Home

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Home" by Gwendolyn Brooks, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Challenge

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the "The Challenge" by Gary Soto, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Names/nombres

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Seventh Grade

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Drive in Movies

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the "The Drive-In Movies" by Gary Soto, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Leap

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Leap" by Louis Erdrich, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Activity
Sonoma State University

Berkeley Education: List of Works by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Superb site from Berkeley Education for finding any work by Jack London. Included are plays, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, and essays.
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Activity
Other

University of Nottingham: d.h. Lawrence Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
This selected bibliography lists the novels of D. H. Lawrence, including poems, short stories, plays, travel writings, fiction, translations, essays and more.
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Article
Caro Clarke

Not Stopping the Reader: How to Avoid Stumbling Blocks

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the eighth article in a series that focuses on helping the new novel author. This article looks at how the author can avoid creating stumbling blocks that disrupt the flow of the novel.
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Activity
Other

Nottingham Trent University: Kids on the Net

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visit this site for children's writing made by kids. Kids on the Net aims to help children develop a useful and informed approach to the Internet and how to use it for writing.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Cures for Heartbreak, Margo Rabb writes a fictional account of a 15-year old girl whose mother dies just days after being diagnosed with melanoma; then her father falls ill, too. Using vignettes - many appeared elsewhere as short...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: William Faulkner

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides a brief biography on the life and work of novelist William Faulkner is found on this site. It contains information on his style of writing and the themes of many of his works. There is...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Falling Action

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces falling action in fiction writing.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Climax

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the climax in fiction writing.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Large Ant Alien Invasions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a science fiction lesson using the short story The Large Ant.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Bitesize Revision: Dialogue and Description

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this page provides several tips involved in writing dialogue and description for short story fiction.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the collection of short stories by "Average Jones" by Samuel Hopkins Adams. The common thread in these stories is Average Jones who helps people determine whether ads are scams.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: With Moore at Corunna by g.a. Henty

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "With Moore at Corunna" set in Portugal during the Peninsular War.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Among Malay Pirates by g.a. Henty

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the collection of short stories "Among Malay Pirates" by G.A. Henty.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Between the Dark and the Daylight by William D. Howells

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of seven short stories in "Between the Dark and the Daylight" by William D. Howells.
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Handout
New York University

New York University: Bernard Malamud's "Idiots First"

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage from New York University contains a summary of and commentary on Bernard Malamud's short story "Idiots First." A list of keywords with links to other works with similar subjects is also provided.