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7th Grade Reading
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[Short Stories]              [Novels]

  Short Stories 

 "Rikki-Tikki Tavi"
 by Rudyard Kipling

Here's a science and writing connection to "Rikki-Tikki Tavi." Read the story. Then visit this page for a to learn about tigers in India. This project has students write a paper about the problems facing the tiger in India. There are links to information on tigers and notes on writing a quality paper. 
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/dept/cise/elem/resources/tour/readaroundtheworld/india.htm

Lesson Plan using "Rikki-Tikki Tavi"
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/r/Rikki-tikki-tavi_Rudyard_Kipling.html
 
 

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Novels
My Brother Sam is Dead 
 by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier

  Many activities and writing extensions to use after reading novels 
  such as Johnny Tremain, April Morning, and My Brother Sam is Dead.
   http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/8191/Chip.html

  Social Studies and Language Arts connection. Three novels are used in 
  this unit: My Brother Sam is Dead, Johnny Tremain and The Fifth of March
  The following link is for the lesson plans.  They contain a lot of social studies 
  information. 
   http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/guides/1997/2/97.02.01.x.html

  Lesson plan for making johnny cakes, as mentioned in My Brother Sam is Dead
  http://130.132.143.21/ynhti/curriculum/units/1992/4/92.04.02.x.html
 

  Internet Connections for this book;
  History -- http://www.history.org/history/index.html
  Click on The History Explorer
  Historical Boston -- http://ross.pvt.k12.ny.us/boston/boston96.htm
  Paul Revere -- http://ross.pvt.k12.ny.us/boston/revere.htm
  Colonial Crafts -- http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/classroom/colonial/index.html
  42explore - Revolutionary War -- http://eduscapes.com/42explore/revolt.htm 
  42explore - Revolutionary War Battles --  http://eduscapes.com/42explore/revolt2.htm
 

  This site includes enrichment activities to use with this book.  Some 
  include 17th-Century Pastimes and Sports, Culminating Projects, 
  Making Indian Pudding, Comprehension Checks, Map Skills and Paper 
  Weaving.
  http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-5751.html 

 The Christmas Carol
 by Charles Dickens

 The Witch of Blackbird Pond 
  by Elizabeth George Speare

  Teacher's Guide to the story--Includes background information, pre-reading activities, thematic
   connections, and cross curricular activities.
  http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/witc.html

  Time Traveling Activity to use with this book:
  http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/est572/ccarella/act3.htm

  Novel Guide to use with this book--includes classroom activities, crosscurricular activities and
  research assignments
  http://www.mcdougallittell.com/disciplines/_lang_arts/litcons/witch/guide.cfm
 

   Johnny Tremain 
  by Esther Forbes

 Go here for Johnny Tremain activities:
  This supplemental unit to Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes was 
  developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for 
  Education (S.C.O.R.E.) Project, funded by the California Technology
  Assistance Project (CTAP).
  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Tremain/tremaintg.html

  Novel Guides by McDougal Littell
  http://www.mcdougallittell.com/lit/litcon/johnny/guide.htm

  Many activities and writing extensions to use after reading novels such 
  as Johnny Tremain, April  Morning, and My Brother Sam is Dead.
  http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/8191/Chip.html

  Social Studies and Language Arts connection. Three novels are used in 
  this unit: My Brother Sam is  Dead, Johnny Tremain and The Fifth of March
  The following link is for the lesson plans.  They contain a lot of social studies 
  information. 
  http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/guides/1997/2/97.02.01.x.html
 

 The Giver 
   by Lois Lowry
  Description of the book, The Giver
  http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/giver.html

   Cyberguide for The Giver:
  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/giver/givertg.htm 

   Curriculum Ideas:
  http://www.d91.k12.id.us/www/eagle/Depart/MediaCen/giver.htm

   McDougal Littell's Novel Guide:
  http://www.mcdougallittell.com/lit/litcon/giver/guide.htm 

   Dave Leahy's Connecting Students Guide:
  http://www.connectingstudents.com/literacy/thegiver.htm 

   Bruce Gordon's lesson ideas:
  http://www.desconnect.com/ctaylor/Cides/egowman/Giver/Giver1.htm 

   Houghton Mifflin's guide for The Giver:
  http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/weber1.html 
 
 

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8th Grade Reading
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[Short Stories]   [Novels]   [Poetry]

  Short Stories 

 "The Man Without a Country"
 by Edward Everett Hale
 Read this story online
 http://www.bartleby.com/310/6/1.html

 "A Retrieved Reformation"
 by O. Henry
 Read this story online
 http://ppl.nhmccd.edu/~dcox/ohenry/retri.html

 "The Gift of the Maji"
 by O. Henry
 Read the story online
 http://www.holoweb.net/~arthurgw/ohenry/magi10.xml
 Biography of O. Henry
 http://www.story-house.com/op/henry/page1.html
 

  "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
  by Ray Bradbury
 

 "The Medicine Bag"
  by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
 

 "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi"
 by Mark Twain

 fromI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
 by Maya Angelou

 "Flowers for Algernon"
 by Daniel Keyes

 "Christmas Day in the Morning"
 by Pearl S. Buck 

 "The Parsley Garden"
 by  William Saroyan

 "The Story-Teller"
 by Saki

"Rain, Rain Go Away"
 by Isaac Asminov

 "A Man of Peace"
 by Lawrence Williams

 "The Tell-Tale Heart"
 by Edgar Allan Poe
  Hear this story told by Barry Bruceland
 http://strokeofgenius.com/tcopeland/audio&video/tell_tale_heart.html
 

 "Charles"
 by Shirley Jackson

  "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
 
 

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Novels

Out of the Dust
 by Karen Hesse

 The Call of the Wild
 by Jack London

  Novel Guide for teachers--includes crosscurricular activities, research projects, and 
  classroom activities
  http://www.mcdougallittell.com/disciplines/_lang_arts/litcons/callwild/guide.cfm

 The Diary of Anne Frank  (play)
 by  Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett

  The Witch of Blackbird Pond
  by Jean Craighead George
 
 

  Number the Stars
  by Lois Lowry

  A review of, and classroom activities for, this book
  http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/numberthestars.html
 


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Poetry 

 "O Captain!  My Captain!"
 by Walt Whitman

  Other poems by Walt Whitman
  http://www.iath.virginia.edu/whitman/works/poetry.html

 Walt's Civil War Years
 Traveling with the Wounded; Walt Whitman and Washington's Civil War Hospitals 
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/whitman/works/drum-taps/intro.html

 A walking tour of important places in Walt's life (pictures)
 http://www.liglobal.com/walt/whitland/

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
 by Robert Frost
 
 

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