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Speak Vocabulary Strategy
A scarlet letter “V” stands for a desktop teaching vocabulary activity designed for Speak. Prior to reading Laurie Hales Anderson’s young adult novel, individuals sign up for a word, design a handout that illustrates the word, includes...
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The Scarlet Letter
Students listen to group reports and then individually research one of the other reports. Upon the completion of this second research activity students write a short story in the style of Hawthorn's writing.
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Become a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective
Students use an online chart to match the character traits of a character in a book they are reading with specific actions the character takes. Students then work in pairs to "become" one of the major characters in a book and describe...
Novelinks
The Dark Is Rising: Biopoem
How well do your learners really know the characters in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising? A biopoem activity prompts readers to investigate the characters and their traits. Line by line, writers add the characters' relatives,...
Digital Public Library of America
Teaching Guide: Exploring Little Women
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is a literary masterpiece as well as a timestamp of the formative mid-nineteenth century in America. Using a primary source set of photographs, letters, and portraits, readers discuss the ways...
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Scarlet Letter Vocab Word Search
In this literature worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the worksheet. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.
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Apulian Oinochoe
Students analyze Greek vase painting and create their own vase art. In this vase painting lesson, students analyze the design element shape and the relationship between figure and ground. Students design a figure/ground relationship...
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Scholastic
Reading Symbols
Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass serves as the anchor text for a lesson on symbolism. Readers use the provided worksheets to examine the symbols in the novel as well as in the world around them.
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Living Together as One
The ultra-glamorous Muppet, Miss Piggy, launches a study of discrimination and ways to develop a more inclusive community. A series of videos and activities raise awareness of discrimination and journal prompts asks participants to...
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Aristotle
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 51 multiple choice questions about the accomplishments of Aristotle. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor
Young scholars examine Nathaniel Hawthorne's style of humor and compare it to other humorists. They discuss the purpose of literary humor and determine how it develops characters and plots in stories. They analyze the use of different...
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Behind the Cover
Young scholars develop questions they would have liked to ask an author about their written works. They read an article about their forefathers and research a back story to a written work of their choice. They create posters to...
Spark Notes
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Students may check some of their answers online.
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O Pioneers! Study Questions
In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Willa Cather's O Pioneers! Students may check some of their answers online.
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Shane Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Jack Schaefer's Shane. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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This Boy's Life Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Students may check some of their answers online.
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True West by Sam Shepard: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Sam Shepard's True West. Students may check some of their answers online.
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A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. Students may check some of their answers online.
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The Assistant Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Bernard Malamud's The Assistant. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Kate Chopin's The Awakening. Students may check some of their answers online.
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The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature learning exercise, learners respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Iris Murdoch's The Black Prince. Students may check some of their answers online.
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The Catcher in the Rye Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Students may submit their answers to be scored.