Is it crazy to fall in love with your own work, or is that the purest love of all? Compare two renditions of the classic Greek myth Pygmalion and Galatea with a literary analysis exercise. After students compare the similarities and...

Why did they say that? What did they mean? How did they feel? Using the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, challenge your young readers to answer the comprehension questions about chapters 41 and 42 of Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Each...

As part of their reading of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee, class members consider what it would take to survive living on their own. Using the provided worksheet, individuals list their needs and decide where they would...

Who would have thought to explore the concept of race through children's literature?  After reading Bell Hooks' picture book, Skin Again, and chapter sixteen of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee, class members...

Split the class into two groups for a fishbowl discussion using of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee. The first group initiates the conversation by reviewing the important points of Chapter thirteen while group two...

Groups create a list of the character traits of Steve Jobs and Buddy, the main character of Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy, and share and select evidence from Jobs' 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address to support their...

Readers draw connections between Bud, Not Buddy and Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford University commencement address and cite evidence from the two texts to support their analysis.

The first lesson plan in a unit that uses Christopher Paul Curtis' award-winning depression-era novel, Bud, Not Buddy, as the anchor text establishes the routines that will be used throughout the unit.

Guide your class through a text with resources for before and after reading. Learners ask questions, discuss characters and plot points, point out elements of the reading that stood out, and compose brief summaries.

In this literature learning exercise, students respond to 26 short answer and essay questions about Cervantes's Don Quixote. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.

For this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Anne Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Virgil's The Aeneid. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Aeschylus's Agamemnon. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Students may check some of their answers online.

For this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Harry James's The Ambassadors. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 11 short answer and essay questions about Henry James's The American. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Dreams. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Jean Anouih's Antigone. Students may check some of their answers online.