The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Project Ideas A list of project your students can complete when reading Barbara Robinson's novel The Best...		"The Little Match Seller" This is the full text of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, "The Little Match Seller." ...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best...		Jan Brett's Winter Books Four books by Jan Brett – Trouble with Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, Annie and the...
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl The full text of the autobiography of Harriet Brent Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave...		The Taming of the Shrew Because The Taming of the Shrew deals with relationships between several different...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Find a collection of tests, grammar sheets, and project ideas for Barbara Robinson's classic...		Selected Horror Stories of Stephen King Use supplemental materials for Stephen King's short stories that are appropriate for classroom...
Remembering the Day of Infamy Read a historical account of what occurred on the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, December 7,...		Silas Marner Enhance reading comprehension with a with a guide that contains an overview, discussion...
U.S.-Cuba Relations Three Paragraph Essay Assessment Give students this assessment after they complete an essay on United States-Cuba relations.		Christmas Stories Read these classic Christmas tales to help students improve creative-writing skills by writing...
The Women of Brewster Place and The Men of Brewster Place Use a teaching guide that includes background information about the two novels, The Women of...		Teacher's Guide to Studying Shakespeare Explore teaching activities to be used before, during, and after reading Shakespeare's plays.
Romeo and Juliet Use a teaching guide that includes a synopsis and commentary of Shakespeare's Romeo and...		Twelfth Night Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will, the story of a brother and sister, is an...
The Scarlet Letter Use a teaching guide that includes a synopsis of the plot of The Scarlet Letter,...		A Tale of Two Cities This teaching guide includes a brief overview of A Tale of Two Cities followed by...
Word Jazz Handout This handout goes with the December 2000 Literature Lessons Newsletter.		Assessment Rubric -- WPA Photos Distribute a rubric that will guide the teacher in grading the activity from the New Deal...