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The Giver
Memoir Writing Through The Giver: students discuss the importance of having a recorded history of humanity - could fall under narrative writing...and possibly research ReadWriteThink

The Diary of Anne Frank
Great pictures, questions, background etc. [|Shmoop - Anne Frank] Introduction to the novel - Youtube video From Mr. Cockrum

Romeo and Juliet
EQ - What moment does every love story need to include? Why? What does that tell us about human reality? Summaries, characters, photos, best of web - Shmoop Romeo & Juliet insults in Shakespere - about 6 minutes - skip the first 3 minutes about Hamlet.[|From Ted] A teacher helps his students write a script to film R&J - funny blog - link to his R&J wiki: TheNerdyTeacher About 15 different posters as well as other materials - [|Internet Shakespeare] R&J for A Digital Age - students create their own modern interpetation of specific events...ReadWriteThink Alternative book or for a challenge //Son of the Mob// Animated Prologue 2 minutes media type="youtube" key="kV8kIUd5xPo" height="187" width="252"

Edgar Allen Poe
Wiki dedicated to Poe NEA The Big Read. Reader and Teacher Guides, audios, (and Spanish) Poe Thinkport - Poe Modeling Reading & Analysis with the works of EAP ReadWriteThinki Youtube video - parody of "The Pit and the Pendulum" "The Life and Death of a Pumpkin" Youtube

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Big Read from NEA, reader, teacher and audio guides and Spanish NEA