literature

Explores the diverse roles literature plays in any writing workshop.

Presents a teacher's study guide for Brian Selznick's "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" and includes story summary, activities, and assessment.

Provides graphic organizers, chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, vocabulary, and activities for teaching Louis Sachar's "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" in grades three and four.

Presents a study guide for the novel "Dear Mr. Henshaw" for the elementary reading classroom, and contains story summary, vocabulary and comprehensive exercises and extension activities.

Author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for the novel Harry Potter and the goblet of fire by J.K. Rowling.

Fairy tales, folklore, and famous stories from around the world are here presented in read-aloud language, with an introduction to each, further reading suggestions, and information about the authors.

A reproducible study guide featuring instructional material for use with Roald Dahl's "Matilda, " including a synopsis of the novel, pre-reading activities, vocabulary and/or comprehension exercises, extension activities, suggestions for further reading, and an answer key.

Presents a teacher study guide to the children's book "James and the Giant Peach, " and provides reproducible pages for guided reading lessons, including story synopsis, vocabulary and comprehension exercises, and pre-reading activities.

Presents a teacher's study guide to the novel "The Cage" for the middle-school literature classroom, and contains story summary, vocabulary and comprehension strategies, critical thinking exercises and assessments, literary analysis, graphic organizers, and art and writing ideas.

Presents different kinds of puzzles, including fill in the blank and matching, magic squares, word search and crossword puzzles, flashcards, and more to be used with the Lit Plan unit for Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird.".