McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Julie of the Wolves" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great reading guide for "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George. Provides plenty of pre-reading material, including an author biography, an introductory article, activities, and vocabulary, as well as brainstorming and writing...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Cezanne Pinto" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "Cezanne Pinto," complete with a brief biography of author Mary Stolz, pre-reading material, diagramming activities, and personal response and analysis questions linked to each chapter. Also provides...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Bearstone" Study Guide [Pdf]
Enhance your reading of Will Hobbs's "Bearstone" with the help of pre-reading activities, brainstorming exercises, vocabulary lists, and thought-provoking writing prompts on characters, their choices, and the consequences of their...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great reading guide for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, book introduction, background articles, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming ideas...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Red Badge of Courage" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts on character, plot, and theme. Also, compare Crane's novel to works of...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Nectar in a Sieve" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore Kamala Markandaya's "Nectar in a Sieve" with the help of a vocabulary lists, pre-reading questions and activities, brainstorming ideas, and thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts. After reading the novel, draw...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Literature Links
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities links for American Literature. Intended for teachers and students, this site contains web links that provide many ways to assist and assess...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "To Kill a Mockingbird," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, introductory article, novel background, and vocabulary words), as well as brainstorming activities and thought-provoking...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Literature: Introduction to Romantic Literature
This introduction to Romantic literature focuses on the learning outcomes of the study of various pieces of American Romantic literature. These include describe the major historical and cultural developments of the Romantic period,...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: History of American Literature
This article features a brief history of American literature.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Summer of the Swans" [Pdf]
A nice study guide for "The Summer of the Swan" by Betsy Byars, complete with pre-reading material, thought-provoking discussion and essay questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides excellent post-reading writing and...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Sharer" [Pdf]
Explore Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness," and his short story, "The Secret Sharer," with the help of this study guide. It provides pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary, introductory article), reading activities,...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare: Review
This lesson is a review of The Tempest by William Shakespeare. It features a photo album of characters from the play, a link to the Absolute Shakespeare: The Tempest Study Guide, and online practice questions.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Study Guide, Gulliver's Travels
Five study questions to help with navigation and understanding of "Gulliver's Travels." Features topics such as: relationship between satire and conceptions of ideal society.
Other
Study guide.org: Writing an Approach Paper
This study tutorial shows how to do an "approach paper" concerning novels read in class. This web page explains the assignment and offers a sample approach for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
Other
Madeleine L'engle: A Wrinkle in Time: Resources for Teachers
Featuring Madeleine L'Engle, this module provides numerous learning resources for teachers. Study guides, curriculum guides, reader's theater story adaptations, instructional videos, and spaces for student exemplars are provided.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Chance and the Butterfly Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Chance and the Butterfly, a novel written by Maggie deVries, looks at a foster child's struggles to fit in at school. He becomes fascinated by the caterpillars being studied in his classroom and takes one home. This teacher's guide...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Five Stars for Emily Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Five Stars for Emily, a novel written by Kathleen Cook Waldron, looks at a young girl's experience of leaving modern comforts behind and going to live in a log cabin without electricity. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the children's novel Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Stranger by Albert Camus
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading Literature in Translation: Beowulf as a Case Study
Contains plans for two lessons that examine different translations of "Beowulf" in order to study the nature of translation and examine the verse structure of the original text. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: Henry Iv, Part 1
This study guide is intended for university and AP students as well as the general reader studying Shakespeare's history play, Henry IV, Part I.
Other
A Midsummer Night's Dream Guide
This guide to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream began as the From Stage to Screen: Shakespeare and the World Wide Web project with the Moscow Alternative School Center in Idaho. This guide will walk you through the steps we took at...
Other
Novel guide.com: "The Prince"
NovelGuide.com provides a thorough study guide including summaries, character profiles, metaphor and theme analysis, quotes, and an author biography.