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Book and Author Websites

An Internet Sampler of Favorite Authors
Find out more about  favorite authors, such as Eric Carle,  Jan Brett, or Maurice Sendak.
A Separate Peace

Tomie dePaola

Hatchet

  • Teacher's Cyberguide for Hatchet
    Students will use a wide variety of online resources to explore the physics of flight, learn how to use a compass, visit Canadian wildlife and prepare a short report, and create a survival guide.
  • Survival Kit
    Students will work in groups to brainstorm ideas about what they would need to survive in the Canadian wilderness. They will collaborate to devise their own survival kit, narrowing the list to twelve essential items.
  • Student Activities and Worksheets for Hatchet
  • Survival -- A Series of Lessons on Hatchet
    A fifteen day unit contains student worksheets, journal topics, essay questions, assessments, and chapter-by-chapter activities for reading "Hatchet".
  • Hatchet Activities
    This site offers discussion and review questions, along with several extension activities.
  • The Hatchet Unit
    Six activities complement your classroom study of the novel, "Hatchet", with bioboards on the author, investigations in to wildlife with guided worksheets, weather activities, and more.
  • Hatchet Journal and Writing Prompts
Cyberguides offer literary resources and activities on many of the classics read in the elementary grades  including "Katy & The Big Snow", "Hill of Fire", and "Little House in the Big Woods".

Gulliver's Travels

Harry Potter Teaching Resources

Jan Brett Web Page

Dante's Inferno Unit Guide
An introduction for high school students to Dante's Divine Comedy can be a bit intimidating; find a guide here for comprehension in ten different lesson plans, with a bonus of grammar exercises on each section, all related to "Inferno". Grammar review sheets, a glossary, and answers are all provided.

 

 

 


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