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The Door in the Wall
by Marguerite de Angeli This guide is designed to supplement the teaching of the The Door in the Wall and includes both individual and group activities related to life in medieval times and overcoming physical disability. It is a strong interdisciplinary unit tying together language arts, history, science, and art.
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The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
by Ray Bradbury In this CyberGuide students will read Ray Bradbury's short story The Drummer Boy of Shiloh and study the fictional account of a young teenage boy's passage into manhood during America's bloodiest battle.
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The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder This unit was designed to integrate sixth grade core literature with social studies, art, and technology including current online information resources.
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry During these lessons, students will explore our history via the Library of Congress and create a chart personalizing the history of 3 days. They will then move on to the world by investigating differences in rights and freedoms globally, collecting and analyzing their data and writing a summary of their findings.
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The Golden Goblet
by Eloise Jarvis McGraw This supplemental unit provides resources for students in sixth grade to focus on the lives and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, a selection of career paths and the theme of heroes.
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The Grey King
by Susan Cooper This supplemental unit provides resources for students in the 7th grade to focus on the language, literature and history of Celtic Britain featured in The Grey King.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In this unit, students explore the artistry that helped make Irving our nation's first literary master and ponder the mystery that now haunts every Halloween -- What happened to Ichabod Crane?
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The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo
by Jean Craighead George This novel is an ecological mystery that is based on a homeless girl who lives in a secret unspoiled outpost of the Florida Everglades called a tropical hammock. Jean Craighead George does a wonderful job of weaving all of the interesting and wonderful facts that make up the Everglades while capturing the reader's interest to solve the mystery of Gumbo Limbo's missing 'gator.
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The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
by Rod Serling This unit provides resources and activities to enable students to better understand the actions and reactions of the characters in this story. After reading the television screenplay, students will explore the internet for information on superstitions, scene descriptions, UFO's and extra-terrestrials, and play reviews.
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The Odyssey
by Homer This unit was developed for ESL students in a 9th grade sheltered English class.
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The Old Man and The Sea
by Ernest Hemingway This unit allows students to take a closer look at the difficulties facing sea turtles.
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The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton In this unit students will explore the important themes and social issues in The Outsiders through web-based instruction and research. Most activities in this CyberGuide ask students to focus on important issues in the novel and then relate those issues to their contemporary world.
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The Pigman
by Paul Zindel This unit looks at literary elements.
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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The View from Saturday
by E.L. Konigsburg During the Internet activities, students will answer the question, "What is random kindness?" They will investigate and write about random kindness . They will also have the opportunity to learn about three other areas which are featured in A View From Saturday, calligraphy, turtles and tea parties.
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Walk Two Moons
by Sharob Creech This supplemental unit provides resources for students in 6th grade to focus upon the ways that grandparents or other significant elderly people positively influence our lives.
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