Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to learners and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...

"What is a Fable?" is a one page, nonfiction passage about what a fable is including animals that talk and a lesson learned. It is followed by an open-ended question which requires students to provide evidence from the story; it includes...

A review of "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Polacco, a story about a Russian immigrant mother and family as well as other resources for teaching young readers.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach young scholars to identify the sequence of a story by looking at transitional words such as "first" and "then" in the book Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures by Cynthia Rylant....

This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.

This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "Ghost Train" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the Chinese-Canadians' perspective on settling in a new country, and...

"After the Chicago Fire" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about how Chicago was rebuilt after the great fire. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...

This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "The Boy in the Attic" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the theme of loneliness as felt by a young boy who left his...

This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his storybook "Shu-Li and Tamara" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the importance of making friends and of trying to be...