Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn that nursery rhymes tell a story and learn to retell that story in their own words. Texts are provided with free login.

Each day, this site provides a different biography or interesting story about a great book or day in literary history. Many of the archived articles are available in full; others are available only in summary for free access. Authors run...

Brief summary and commentary of the short story "The Enemy," by Pearl S. Buck.

This New York University offers a summary of and commentary on "An Astrologer's Day" by R.K. Narayan.

Summaries and commentaries on five of Garcia Marquez? short stories, ?Death Constant Beyond Love,? ?Tuesday Siesta,? ?One of These Days,? ?Balthazar?s Marvelous Afternoon,? and ?Big Mama?s Funeral? to form this unit. Discusses how these...

A special section of the New York Times caters to Middle and High School students. Provides a news quiz, word of the day, news summaries, and other features such as student letters to the editor.

Presents a biographical summary of the life of conductor, composer, and pianist Leonard Bernstein. He composed music not only for symphonies, but also for Broadway (West Side Story) and operas.

Slideshow provides an explanation of summarizing and describes how to make a good one.

Read a brief summary of the life story of Linda Brown whose civil rights experiences were the basis for the famous historical case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

This pages gives an interesting summary of the adventures and life story of Clarence Birdseye, the inventor of a frozen food process that revolutionized the frozen food industry.

Provides a summary of the story.