literature

Linda's Links to Literature

You'll find 12,000+ links to activities and lesson plans for children's and young adult literature, arranged in alphabetical order by book title.

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Reading Workshop

You can click on a reading/writing standard and it will list half a dozen lesson to teach that topic. Nicely organized and broken out by grade level.

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex.htm

This tool will automatically format, alphabetize and print your bibliography!

http://www.easybib.com/

These are valuable sites that explain everything about literature circles, including teacher and student roles, with descriptions of each job and recording templates. Also has tips on how to make discussions work!

http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/kschlnoe/LitCircles/index.html

http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/kschlnoe/LitCircles/Discussion/discussion.html

Bartleby is a searchable database for literature - by author, title, subject or verse. Also has 65,000 quotations, 70 volumes of the Harvard Classics, the Columbia Encyclopedia, Biographies, etc. It's a fabulous reference site.

"Teachers@Random" Guide/Catalog Search

Random house has listed several themes, topics, and other connections appropriate for class work and discussion of novels that they publish. The Thematic Connections in each guide contain activities related to the individual title which can also be used to extend beyond the book.

http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides

Glencoe Literature Library

There are not a lot of titles here but each one has a brief description of the novel or play, a list of its related readings, and a link to its individual study guide. Each study guide includes background information and reproducible activity pages for students. To view the guides, you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ version 3.0 or later.

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/index.html

Writing with Writers

Students can work with popular children's writers to learn how to write in a particular genre. Seminars include News Writing, Biography Writing, Folktale Writing, Journal Writing, Mystery Writing, Myth Writing, Poetry Writing and Writing a Book Review. Page is maintained by Scholastic Inc.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm

ATN - Book Lists

These recommended reading lists were created by one or more members of the international school librarian's listserv, LM_NET, Mike Eisenberg and Peter Milbury, owners, and by other international K-12 librarians. The reading lists are part of a librarian collaborative project, All Together Now, begun by Dale Copps. List is subdivided by the following: Award Winners, Authors, Genres, Professional Reading, Readership-Targeted Lists, School Subjects, Specialty Lists, Themes, and Values. One of the most useful and comprehensive reading sites we've seen.

http://nancykeane.com/rl/default.htm

S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides for Reading/Language Arts - "CyberGuides are supplementary, web-based units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, objectives, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric." This is a wonderful site for teachers using a literature approach to reading. It is broken into grade levels and also has a bilingual component.

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

Harry Potter

This is the J.K. Rowling Teacher Resource File from the Internet School Library Media Center. You will find biography, lesson plans, criticism and other resources for teachers here.

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/rowling.htm

Here's a site where you can download the Harry Potter font. It's a great look for projects, signs, printouts, etc.

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Hatchet

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/hatch/hatchettg.htm

http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/schools/bchs/hatchet.htm

From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

http://cspace.unb.ca/nbco/pigs/novel

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/fris/fristg.htm

Egypt Game

Trumpet of the Swan

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/trump/trumptg.htm

Sign of the Beaver

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/beav/beavtg.html

Island of the Blue Dolphins

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/blue/bluetg.html

Number the Stars

http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/numberthestars.html

Maniac Magee

http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/maniacmagee.html

Tuck Everlasting

http://cspace.unb.ca/nbco/pigs/novel

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/tuck/tucktg.htm

http://www.lfelem.lfc.edu/tech/DuBose/webquest/nylen/tuck.html

Little House on the Prairie

http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0037.html

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/charlotte/index.htm

BookHive is a web site designed for children ages birth through twelve, their parents, teachers or anyone interested in reading about children's books. Providing reader's advisory service, this site contains hundreds of recommended book reviews in a variety of reading levels and interest areas.

http://www.bookhive.org/

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