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K20 Learn

Active Shakespeare: Making Shakespeare Accessible

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Two sonnets, both alike in theme and story, break from ancient language to new glory. The prologue to Act I of Romeo and Juliet provides scholars with an opportunity to examine the language Shakespeare uses to create timeless stories....
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Getting the Gist and Determining Word Meaning: Paragraphs 20–23 of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address (and connecting to Chapter 10)

For Teachers 6th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Bud, Not Buddy: Launching the Novel and Understanding Its Context

For Teachers 6th Standards
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.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Mark Twain and American Humor

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is famous, in part, because it established a uniquely American form of humor. For this famous story, Mark Twain combines the tall-tale, the dialect story, and satire. Here is a resource...
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Indiana University

World Literature: “Wu Sung Fights the Tiger,” Anonymous - Commentary by Chin Sheng-t’an From Water Margin

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Dive into classical Chinese literature with this packet. Provided first is a comprehensive summary and a half-page long historical context of Water Margin. As your class reads the section entitled "Wu Sung Fights the Tiger," pose the...
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Cliffs Notes

Don Quixote: Study Help Essay Topics and Review Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
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.
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Spark Notes

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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.
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Spark Notes

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
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.
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Spark Notes

The Aeneid by Virgil: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
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.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Agamemnon by Aeschylus: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
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.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
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.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

The Ambassadors by Henry James: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
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.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

The American by Henry James : Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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.
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Spark Notes

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
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.
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Spark Notes

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
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.
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Spark Notes

Antigone by Jean Anouilh: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
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.
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Spark Notes

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

The Assistant by Bernard Malamud: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Bernard Malamud's The Assistant. Students may check some of their answers online.