Cyberguides: free web-based literature units for k-12
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Offered by the Schools of California Online Resources for Education, these are free lesson plans based on high-quality literature, and grouped by grade-level. Each unit includes several activities to extend the learning. Unfortunately, the program has been unfunded for several years, and some of the links in the units are bad, but there are still lots of great ideas here. A few examples (follow the link for more):
k-3 grade:
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett *
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Charlotte's Web by E.B.White
4-5 grade:
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
6-8 grade
The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
The Egypt Game by Elizabeth Keatley Snyder
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County by Mark Twain
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Giver by Lois Lowry
9-12 grade:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Censorship theme) by Mark Twain
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
