TEACHING RESOURCE
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…
Vocabulary development is critical to success in reading To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a…
ACTIVITIES
This summer enrichment packet is focused on helping secondary students build or freshen reading and writing skills…
This list of recommended vacation reading for secondary students is provided by Penguin Young Readers Group and Dorling…
WORKSHEETS
Explore this resource with teaching activities that will extend students' understanding and appreciation of The Color of…
Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Using a story map helps children to identify key elements in a story such as characters or events. This printable is…
Use a variety of repeated reading activities to improve reading skills.
Enrich your science, history, or English curriculum with the resources in this teacher's guide for Team Moon, the story…
ASSESSMENT
The organization, elements of literary analysis/interpretation writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a…
Use a teacher guide to provide teaching activities to be used with The Pact by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Poetry lesson planning for grades 9-12. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and…
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of poetry, their responses to the selection, and the craft…
Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers suggestions for talking to your students about civil and human…
Create a summer reading list students will look forward to with book recommendations by grade, reading level, and theme.…
Examine the use of verse in Tolkien's The Hobbit through riddles and rhymes. This printable teacher's guide will help…
BOOK GUIDES
Deepen students' understanding of Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 with these pre-reading resources and…
One of the most important themes of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is the question of what qualities make up a good leader.…
Extend students' enjoyment and understanding of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings by using the discussion questions in…
Build background knowledge in 19th-century history and culture with the lesson planning resources in this teacher's…
LESSON PLANS
A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and symbols of The Great Gatsby.
Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is different from reading…
Spark discussion about A Hat Full of Sky, The Wee Free Men, and The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents with the…
Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a gripping tragic romance, as well as an elegiac portrait of a pastoral way of life already…
