study and teaching

Seventeen-year-old Ronnie Miller is resentful when her mother insists she and her ten-year-old brother spend the summer with their estranged father in North Carolina, and while things get off to a rocky start, Ronnie eventually makes friends and begins to better understand her dad and why he wanted her to visit. 'Includes SAT and ACT comprehension questions and sample writing prompts.

Teachers explain how they overcome the challenges of bringing Shakespeare alive in their classrooms.

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

Contains excerpts from critical essays on Walker's novels.

A guide to Shakespeare's plays, life, and times.

Provides study tools on Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-five," including background on the bombing of Dresden, character analyses, a chronology of the novel's events, chapter summaries and commentaries, and critical essays.

Provides critical analyses of four short stories written by Flannery O'Connor, and includes biographical information, plot summaries for each story, index of themes and ideas, and character lists.

Discusses theory and research concerning methods used to teach Shakespeare's languge and the problems students have when reading it; and features worksheets designed to help students study the words, arrangements, and omissions in the speeches of his characters.