• Homeschooling,  Literature

    Christie, Agatha

    Agatha Christie Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash

    Author Agatha Christie https://www.agathachristie.com/ The ABC Murders http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/ABCMurders.pdf And Then There Were None https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/andthenthere/ http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/AndThenThereWereNone_TeachingGuide_final.pdf Death on the Nile http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/deathonthenileTG.pdf The Moving Finger http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/MovingFingerTG.pdf Murder on the Orient Express http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/MurderExpressCommonCoreTGfinal.pdf https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/orientexpress/ The Mousetrap and Other Plays Teacher Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20120629020550/http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/mousetrap.pdf The … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Henkes, Kevin

    Author Kevin Henkes Meet the Author http://www.kevinhenkes.com/meet/kevin.asp Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse This unit supports the book (and Kennedy Center production of) Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2430/ Activities http://www.teachingheart.net/kevinideasl.html Literature Guide http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuidesText/LillysPurplePlasticPurse.htm http://www.kevinhenkes.com/mouse/04.asp

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Cannon, Janell

    Author Janell Cannon Stellaluna FamilyEducation.com quizzes & activities http://school.familyeducation.com/literature/childrens-book/34850.html?detoured=1 Reading Rainbow Teachers Guide http://www.canlearn.com/ReadingR/5-4330.pdf Stellaluna activity kit http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookcatalogs/bookpage.asp?isbn=0152802177&option=bonus Note: I cannot find the updated link on their website yet.

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Dahl, Roald

    Author Roald Dahl This literature-based theme explores the life and works of Roald Dahl through reading, discussion, creative writing, and book-specific activities. Resources include lesson ideas, study guides, vocabulary activities, and suggested materials to support literature-based learning. Author Biography & … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Mary Poppins

    Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers History of the Kite and Make Your Own Kite Make your own kite! http://www.first-school.ws/activities/occasions/kiteday.htm Read Aloud Lesson Plan – Use Imagination to Place with Geograph Lesson Plan – Geography & Connectivity http://kancrn.kckps.k12.ks.us/read_alouds/lang/mary_poppins.htm Scones for … [continue reading]

  • Literature

    DiCamillo, Kate

    Author Kate DiCamillo Literature Based Theme leads you to free and low cost activities, lesson plans, lapbooks, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. Author Kate DiCamillo Biography from Scholastic Kate DiCamillo’s Website has more of her biography. Her book … [continue reading]

  • Literature

    Carle, Eric

    Author Eric Carle Literature Based Theme leads you to free and low cost activities, lesson plans, lapbooks, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. The Official Eric Carle Website Eric Carle Wikipedia Biography The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Melville, Herman

    Author Herman Melville http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/whaling-melville/ http://college.cengage.com/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/melville.html http://www.melville.org/ http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/bb/hm_bio.html Billy Budd, Sailor http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/billybudd/ Melville Stories http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/melvillestories/ Moby-Dick http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mobydick/ Crazy Libs: Moby Dick crazy libs is an online madlib generator http://www.rinkworks.com/crazylibs/c/c13.shtml Typee http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/typee/ http://www.literatureproject.com/typee/index.htm Useful Resources Search for Herman Melville at Christianbook.com Search … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Ibsen, Henrik

    Author Henrik Ibsen A Doll’s House http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dollhouse/ An Enemy of the People http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/enemyofthepeople/ Ghosts http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ghosts/ Hedda Gabler http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/heddagabler/