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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPostmodern Picture Books in Middle School
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary AnalysisStudents analyze the structure of a postmodern picture book, Black and White, to uncover how authors create unexpected plots and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking Personal and Cultural Connections Using <em>A Girl Named Disaster</em>
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, History-Social ScienceStruggling to survive is one of the many themes explored in A Girl Named Disaster. As students read, they look for connections b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeorge Lucas and the Power of Myth
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Film & Video and 2 additional..This lesson, from the PBS American Masters Web site, covers three major concepts: the power of myths concerning good and evil,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Picture Books to Explore Identity, Stereotyping, and Discrimination
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Electives and 2 additional..Students analyze the concepts of identity, stereotyping, and discrimination by reading picture books; identify how these concept...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIn the Time of the Butterflies
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Julia Alvarez's novel In the Time of the Butterflies. Eac...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBless Me, Ultima
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Rudolfo Anaya's classic novel, Bless Me, Ultima. Each les...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFahrenheit 451
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Ray Bradbury’s classic novel, Fahrenheit 451. Each lesson...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMy Ántonia
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Willa Cather’s classic novel, My Ántonia. Each lesson has...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Gatsby
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby. Ea...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Lesson Before Dying
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Ernest J. Gaines’ classic novel, A Lesson Before Dying. E...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Maltese Falcon
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Dashiell Hammett's classic novel, The Maltese Falcon. Eac...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTheir Eyes Were Watching God
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Zora Neale Hurston’s classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watch...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWashington Square
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Henry James’s classic novel, Washington Square. Each less...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Wizard of Earthsea
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Ursula Le Guin's classic novel, A Wizard of Earthsea. Eac...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Kill a Mockingbird
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Harper Lee’s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Each l...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Call of the Wild
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Jack London’s classic novel, The Call of the Wild. Each l...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Grades: 6, 8 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Carson McCullers' classic novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hu...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Things They Carried
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Each lesson has fo...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Shawl
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Cynthia Ozick’s classic novel, The Shawl. Each lesson has...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Grapes of Wrath
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through John Steinbeck’s classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Each...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0