9-12 Literature Links

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New Site!!  Doucette Index provides an index to textbooks and website for literature grades k-12.
bullet A Menu of Novel Resources is an excellent resources that contains novels listed alphabetically.  Many activities including comprehension questions, links, and vocabulary.
bulletVisit Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site and find reviews of great books for kids and how to use them in your classroom.
bullet Decades of the 20th Century Project is a lesson plan that provides students with an overview of the 20th century using cooperative learning groups.
bulletFind a description of children's literature pieces at Simon Says Kids.
bulletFind an archive of English sonnets, commentary and relevant web links at Sonnet Central.
bullet Lesson Plans and Resources for Young Literature offers teachers a wealth of links pertaining to literature.
bullet New York Times Book Review has over 50,000 book reviews on their site.
bullet BookSpot is an excellent place to explore the many great resources they offer related to reading.
bulletPink Monkey features 348 free online literature summaries, notes, etc. for both popular and obscure titles.
bulletNovel Guide will help you understand classic and contemporary literature with chapter summaries, character profiles, metaphor analysis, theme analyses, and author biographies.
bulletResearchpaper.com claims to be "the Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects."  Find the best information available, eliminate frustration, and get better grades.
bulletThe ever-loved Cliffs Notes are now available online.  Lots of interesting things are housed at this site.
bulletYou'll find all you need to know about the great man Shakespeare at The Complete Works of Shakespeare.
bullet A Literary Index contains 7 content areas that contain links to and descriptions of literary resources.  Included are Literature Indices, Names Index, and much more.
bulletSearch for thousands of title from Alice in Wonderland to books for Icelandic folk tales at Project Gutenberg.
bulletAn abundance of resources for teaching literature are offered at Lesson Plans and Resources for Adolescent and Young Adult Literature.
bulletThe Internet Classics Archive connects you to more than 400 works of literature, mostly Greco-Roman.
bulletThe Academy of American Poets is a "veritable repository of information about American poets and poetry."

Famous Authors

Angelou, Maya

bulletMcMiken College brings a page which is a collection of Maya Angelou links and information established after her 1996 speech at UC's Worldfest Celebration.
bulletWatoto World contains Angelou's "Black Family Pledge."

Austen, Jane

Jane Austen Information Page contains the texts of the six novels and minor works and much more about Austen.
Jane Austen's Bath is a six page guide with photographs describing the city of Bath as Jane Austen knew it.
At The Works of Jane Austen, you will find the complete text of the four novels she wrote during her lifetime.
The Jane Austen Homepage provides essays, pictures, and quotes from Austen.

Baum, Frank

Jim's Wizard of Oz Website is a comprehensive site with a variety of links pertaining to The Wizard of Oz.

Carroll, Lewis

Join the remembrance of Lewis Carroll's death.  Just about everything you would ever need to know about Carroll is available at Lewis Carroll Home Page.

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Sherlockian.net contains information about the life  and work and dozens of links pertaining to Sherlock Holmes.

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