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"Book of Love" by The Monotones
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"Book of Love" by The Monotones
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This webpage introduces students to various reading genre and literary techniques that are vital to a middle school or high school Language Arts/English education. Used in conjunction with FCAT Reading Rehearsal, Short Stories can further enhance students' reading skills. Several of the links found below are dedicated to authors and stories appearing in our literature books. Additional links are resources for understanding the many literary techniques students will encounter in class.
American Folklore
This website offers retellings of a variety of tales. Click on the appropriate links and read Native American myths and legends, weather folklore, ghost stories, tall tales of Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others.
Here is an illustrated encyclopedia of Greek mythology, presented by Mythweb.com. The descriptions are succinct, and the pictures, of course, are a nice touch.
We have all been taught at a young age that it is better to give than to receive. Here is the classic Christmas story by O. Henry which demonstrates that theme.
What is theme? What is irony? What is flashback? Literary terms from A thru Z can be found on this website. Don't let the simplicity of the main page fool you. This site is guaranteed to increase your literature vocabulary!
This is the actual speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, presented in its entirety. Many students can easily recall the title, but how many fully comprehend the speech's message?
Learn more about the author of "Flowers for Algernon," one of the most widely read eighth grade stories.
Presented by TeachersFirst.Com, this terrific website guides students through Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" stanza by stanza. Students will learn alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, and various vocabulary words.
Here is the same edited version of the classic Halloween story from class, complete with vocabulary and reading comprehension questions!
What would you do with three wishes? Find out what happens to The White Family when they get the same opportunity.
Greek mythology may be one of our units this year. This is an interesting site if you want to learn more about it and other mythologies. Information is formatted for beginner, intermediate, and advanced scholars.
This is an authoritative overview of literary devices and terms from the Norton Introduction to Literature.
Poe Decoder offers a discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem. There are various links designed to assist students in better understanding this literary work of art.
Sam and Bill, a couple of down-on-their-luck con men, decide to kidnap the young son of a prosperous banker in a small Alabama town. Unfortunately for them, the eight-year old freckle-faced boy treats the kidnapping as a wonderful adventure!
This is arguably the best online source for short stories! Many different reading genres are offered, including children's stories, crime, fiction, horror, humor, nonfiction, romance, and science fiction. I have found many stories at this website that I could not find anywhere else! One drawback, however, is the absence of Greek mythology.
Read the story of Rikki, a mongoose who is the protector of a human family. This is required seventh grade reading, boys and girls!
Edgar Allen Poe's tale of horror and suspense is portrayed here in its entirety. He was a genius when creating atmosphere or mood in his stories.
This is a Microsoft Word text version of the story I found on the Internet. There are a few spelling errors, but the story is still terrific!
Wikipedia has long been a popular resource among students. With this link, thorough descriptions of common and not so common literary terms can be accessed.
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Copyright 2008 A.J. Kimmel
