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BloomabilityBy Creech, Sharon: -Fic- 1998

When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers her world expanding.

Boarding schools Fiction.Switzerland Fiction.Schools Fiction.

RL:4.2 IL:3-6  AR: 5.2 

Reader’s Theatre http://staff.edmonds.wednet.edu/imd/bestbooks/bestboo ks01/Bloomability.htmReading Group Guide from Harper’s http://www.harperchildrens.com/rgg/rggbloom.htmTeaching Guide for Sharon Creech Novels http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/parents/teachingguides/creech.pdf

Creech Literature Circles

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Bridge to TerabithiaBy Paterson, Katherine.   -Fic- 1977

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

Friendship Fiction.Death Fiction.Virginia Fiction.Schools Fic

RL:6 IL:5-8  AR: 4.6 

Extension Activities with Cross-curriculular http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/teachingwithbooks/producthome.jhtml?productID=11831&collateralID=5644&displayName=Extension+Activity&displayName=Extension ActivityLiterature Circle Guide http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/bridgetoterabithia_t.pdfLiterature Circle Questions without answers http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/bridgetoterabithia_q.pdf

Read Aloud

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Student Study Guide Chapter by chapter http://nt.net/~torino/bridge.htmlLiterature Guide, includes graphic organizers http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/bridge_to_terebithia.pdf

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Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech –Fic- 1997

Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.

Aunts Fiction.Uncles Fiction.Death Fiction.Grief Fiction.Family life Fiction.Guilt Fiction.

RL: 5.2IL: 3-6AR: 5.0

Discussion Questions http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-chasing.htmlWork Packet –lots of activities http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/lit_units/chasing/chasing.pdfReaders Theatre http://staff.edmonds.wednet.edu/imd/bestbooks/BestBooks00/chasings.htmReading Group Guide http://www.harperchildrens.com/rgg/rggredbird.htmSharon Creech Teachers Guide http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/parents/teachingguides/creech.pdf

Creech Literature Circle

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Chasing Vermeer by Blue Baillett- Fic- 2004When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

Art Fiction.Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675 Fiction.Mystery and detective stories.

RL 5.4IL 3-6AR 5.4

Grade 6 Mystery Genre Literature Circle with Westing Game and Egypt Game WS 20V-10WC-20

The CayBy Taylor, Theodore,: -Fic- 1969

Philip, an adolescent white boy who is blinded in a torpedo attack at sea during World War II, acquires a new type of vision, courage, and love when he is stranded on a tiny Caribbean island with Timothy, a kind, elderly black man.

Survival Fiction.Friendship Fiction.Prejudices Fiction.Blacks Fiction.Shipwrecks Fiction.

RL:7.2 IL:5-8 AR: 5.3

Flashcards, matching games http://www.quia.com/jg/120852.htmlMore matching games, flashcards (different words) http://www.quia.com/jg/122957.htmlThird set of matching games and vocabulary http://www.quia.com/jg/219173.htmlQuestions and activities chapter by chapter http://www.mce.k12tn.net/survival/cay/cay.htmLiterature Guide chapter by chapter http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuides/cay.pdfStudy Guide http://www.ctcinc.org/Study

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Guides/The_Cay_Study_Guide.htmLesson Plans http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/dyford/Lessonplans/cay2.htmReading strategies by Novelinks http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/reading%20strategies/The%20Cay/The%20Cay.htmWebQuest http://www.clark-shawnee.k12.oh.us/rockway/thecay/thecay.htm

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Crispin : the Cross of LeadBy Avi,: -Fic- 2002

Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.

Identity Fiction.Orphans Fiction.Middle Ages Fiction.Great Britain History Edward III, 1327-1377 Fiction.Historical fiction

RL:5.3  IL:5-8  AR: 5.0

Book Discussion Guide http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-crispin.htmlCurriculum Guide http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/curriculumguides/cg04-05.htm#crispinExtension Ideas http://www.vpr.net/camelshump/library/season_4_pages/09_crispin.htmlLiterature Circle Guide http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/crispin_t.pdfLiterature Circle Questions without answers http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/crispin_q.pdf

Social Studies Link—MedievalTimes

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Teaching Guide http://hyperionbooksforchildren.com/data/books/tgpdf/0786808284147.pdf

Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles Fic 2005Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.

Funeral homes Fiction.Death Fiction.Grief Fiction.Family life Fiction.Mississippi Fiction.

RL 4.0IL 4-6AR 4.5

The Egypt GameBy Snyder, Zilpha Keatley.   -Fic- 1967

A group of children, entranced with Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies,

Egypt Antiquities Fiction.Schools Fiction

RL:6.6 IL:3-6 AR: 6.4  

Various Activities http://boe.mars.k12.wv.us/reading/Egyptgameactpage.htmlhttp://boe.mars.k12.wv.us/reading/Egyptgameactpage.htmlLesson Plan Focusing on Writing http://www.ames.k12.ia.us/webstar4/district/curr/LA%20Webpage/egypt_game_lessonLiterature Circle Lessons http://www.ltl.appstate.edu/litcircleunits/litcirunits_Spring02/time_travel/group3/group3_index.htmTeachers Guide from Random House http://www.randomhouse.com

Mystery Genre Literature Circle with Westing Game and Chasing Vermeer.

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/teachers/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780440422259&view=tgWord Search http://www.wordsearchfun.com/sys/view/12937_The_EgyptGame.html

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Flush by Carl Hiaasen FIC c. 2005With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.

Environmental protection Fiction.River boats Fiction.Fathers Fiction.Florida Fiction.

RL 5.0IL 5-8AR

Heartbeat by Sharon Creech Fic c.2004Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.

Best friends Fiction.Friendship Fiction.Running Fiction.Pregnancy Fiction.Grandfathers Fiction

RL: 5.4IL: 5.-8AR: 5.0

Reading Guide from Harper Collins http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?isbn13=9780060540227&displayType=readingGuide

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HootBy Hiaasen, Carl.   -Fic- 2002

Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site

Burrowing owl Fiction.Owls Fiction.Environmental protection Fiction.Florida Fiction

RL:IL:YA  AR: 5.2,

Book Discussion Guide http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-hoot.htmlTeachers Guide from Random House http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375821813&view=tg

Persua-sion

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Readers Theatre (pg 21)http://www.oklibs.org/sequoyah/readers_theatre_scripts_2004.pdfLesson Plans (pg 25)http://www.ilfonline.org/Programs/YHBA/0506MIDDLEGRADESactbook.pdf

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Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd –Biography- c 2003Includes bibliographical references. Illustrations and text portray the life of Leonardo da Vinci, who gained fame as a artist through such works as the Mona Lisa, and as a scientist by studying various subjects including human anatomy and flight.

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.Artists.Scientists.

RL5.0IL3-6AR 8.0

Leonardo da Vinci WebQuesthttp ://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/ webquests/davinci/davinci.htmNote: the link for questions 3, 4,& 5 is dead. This is the archived link....http://web.archive.org/web/ 20021001212932/http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/da_vinci.htmTeacher's Guide for Leonardo da Vincihttp://www.cobblestonepub.com/resources/cal0203t.htmlLeonardo Home Pagehttp://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/List of his inventions with descriptionshttp://www.lib.stevens-tech.edu/collections/davinci/inventions/index.html

Library of Congress Teacher's

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Guidehttp://www.loc.gov/loc/kidslc/LGpdfs/leo-teacher.pdf

Letters from Rapunzel by Sara Lewis Holmes FIC 2007Through a series of letters written to a post office box, twelve-year-old Cadence describes her father's hospitalization for depression, her subsequent problems at school, and her hope that the mysterious recipient will help her find a happy ending.

Depression, Mental Fiction.Fathers and daughters Fiction.Schools Fiction.Gifted children Fiction.Fairy tales.Letters Fiction.

IL: MGRL 5.6AR 5.3

Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Fic c. 2005Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.

Gods Fiction.Camps Fiction.Voyages and travels Fiction.

RL: 4.9IL: 5-8AR: 4.7

Discussion Modulehttp://www.yourlibrary.ws/ya_webpage/ritba/ritba07/lightning.htmLinks for the book to do researchhttp://suzyred.com/2006lightningthief.html

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson- Fic- c.2003Inspired by his teacher, eleven-year-old Lonnie begins to write about his life in a series of poems in which he discusses his feelings about his friends, his foster mom, his little sister Lili, and the death of his parents.

Brothers and sisters Poetry.African Americans Poetry.Foster home care Poetry.Orphans Poetry.Schools Poetry.American poetry.

RL 6.8IL 5-8AR 4.7

Curriculum Guide http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/curriculumguides/cg05-06.htm#locomotion

Poetry Bundle

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Love That Dog Poetry Fiction. Rl: 4.1 Activities (pg 42) Poetry

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By Sharon Creech- -Fic-

A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.

Diaries Authorship Fiction. IL: 3-6AR: 4.5

http://web.archive.org/web/20030610084902/http:/statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ld/youth/NCCBABooklet2003.pdfBook Discussion Guide http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-love.htmlLiterature Circle Guide http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/lovethatdog_t.pdfQuestions without answershttp://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/lovethatdog_q.pdfWebQuest http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/kramp/poetry.htm

Bundle

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PyramidBy Macaulay, David.   NF 1975

Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.

Pyramids.Egypt Civilization

IL:YA  AR: 7.5

Teachers Guide http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/pyram/pyramtg.html

Social Studies Link- Ancient Egypt

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The Ravenmaster’s Secret: Escape From the Tower of London by Elvira Woodruff- Fic- 2003The eleven-year-old son of the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London befriends a Jacobite rebel being held prisoner there.

Tower of London (London, England) History 18th century Fiction.Jacobites Fiction.Ravens Fiction.Prisoners Fiction.London (England) History 18th century Fiction.Historical fiction.

RL 6.0IL 3-6AR 5.2

Curriculum Guide http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/curriculumguides/cg05-06.htm#ravenmasterDiscussion Guide http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/teachingwithbooks/producthome.jsp?productID=13765&collateralID=11476&displayName=Discussion+GuideWorksheet focusing on Research http://members.cox.net/ayra/ravenmasters.pdf

Social Studies Link- Middle Ages

Ruby HollerBy Creech, Sharon.  -Fic- 2002  

Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.

Orphans Fiction.Twins Fiction.Brothers and sisters Fiction.Wood carvers Fiction.Country life Fiction.Voyages and travels Fiction

RL:6  IL:3-6  AR: 4.3

Activities Including Readers Theatre (see pg 11) http://www.oklibs.org/sequoyah/0405/2005_Ch_sampler.pdfLesson Plan (pg 9)http://www.firn.edu/doe/instmat/pdf/09cur3-5.pdfLiterature Circle Guidehttp://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/rubyholler_t.pdfQuestions Without Answershttp://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/rubyholler_q.pdfWord Search

Creech Literature Circle

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http://www.wordsearchfun.com/sys/view/8355_Ruby_Holler.htmlProjects for Multiple Intelligenceshttp://www.gips.org/SDGI/WestLawn/GS2004-05/ruby holler/template_proj.rubyholler.htm

Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You * by Barthe DeClements Fic 1985

Helen fears that lack of improvement in her reading may leave her stuck in the sixth grade forever, until a good teacher recognizes her reading problem

Schools Fiction.Reading Fiction.Teacher-student relationships Fiction

*This book is current Out of print.

4.05-8

Literature Unit http://www.webster.k12.mo.us/Schools/ComputerSchool/5th/SixthGradeAssignments.html

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Tangerine by Edward Bloor—Fic—1997Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

Soccer Fiction.Brothers Fiction.Florida Fiction.People with visual disabilities Fiction.Physically handicapped Fiction.Diaries Fiction.

AR 1.3IL YA

Treasure IslandBy Stevenson, Robert Louis,.   -Fic- 1883

An English boy, Jim Hawkins, must find

Pirates Fiction.Buried treasure Fiction.Adventure and adventurers Fiction

RL:6.5  IL:5-8  AR: 8.3

Treasure Map for book http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/Discussion Questionshttp://www.clas.ufl.edu/

Honors

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a buried pirate treasure before Long John Silver and then try to escape and return home safely.

users/pcraddoc/tiqys.htmLesson Plans- includes chapter summaries http://bcms-schoolnews.org/readingweb/Xavier/Questions to Deterimine if you’re a Pirate http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/projects/quiz.htmStudy Guide from CliffsNotes http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-175.htmlTeacher Notes from Penguin Publisher http://www.penguinreaders.com/downloads/0582416787.pdfVocabulary by Chapterhttp://www.vocabulary.com/VUcttreasure.html

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The View from SaturdayBy Konigsburg, E. L: -Fic- 1996

Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.

Teacher-student relationships Fiction.Friendship Fiction.Schools Fiction.Contests Fiction.People with disabilities Fiction

RL:4.8IL:3-6AR: 5.9

Book Discussion Guide http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-view.htmlCrossword puzzle http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/6/3/xword6_3.htmlLiterature Learning Ladders Links http://eduscapes.com/newbery/97a.htmlOnline Trivia Questions http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=69096&origin=4262Simon and Schuster Teaching Guide

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http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=407414&agid=21Reader’s Theatrehttp://staff.edmonds.wednet.edu/imd/bestbooks/BestBooks99/view.htmWebQuest http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/saturwq.html

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The WandererBy Creech, Sharon.   -Fic- 2000Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.

Sailboats Fiction.Sailing Fiction.Ocean travel Fiction.Family life Fiction.Grandfathers Fiction.Sea stories

RL:5.7 IL:3-6 AR: 5.2

  Trumpet Club Ideas for book http://trumpetclub.com/intermediate/activities/wanderer.htmBook Discussion Guide http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-wanderer.htmlLiterature Circle Guide http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/wanderer_t.pdfQuestions without Answershttp://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/wanderer_q.pdf

Creech Literature Circle

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The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt FIC c. 2007During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.

Coming of age Fiction.Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays Fiction.Junior high schools Fiction.Schools Fiction.Family life New York (State) Long Island Fiction.Long Island (N.Y.) History 20th century Fiction.

RL 5.6IL 5-8AR

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The Westing GameBy Raskin, Ellen.  Dewey: -Fic-1978

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

Inheritance and succession Fiction.Mystery and detective stories

RL:7  IL:5-8  

The Westing Heirs game http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0214945/Westing Game Character game http://www.quia.com/mc/130575.htmlLesson Plan http://www.geocities.com/mscognato/books/booksites/westinggame/westinggame.htmlLiterature Circle Questions http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/westinggame_q.pdfNovel-links includes reading strategies http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/reading%20strategies/WestingGame/The%20Westing%20Game.htmlMore Novel-links Reading strategies http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/reading%20strategies/WestingGame(2)/Westing%20Game%202.htmWebQuest http://www.nycsd.k12.pa.us/tchr/webquests/westing/westing_game.htm

Mystery Genre- Literature Circle with Chasing Vermeer and Egypt Game.

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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead FIC 2009

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

Space and time Fiction.New York (N.Y.) History 1951- Fiction.

RL 5.6IL 5-8

When Zachary Beaver Came to TownBy Holt, Kimberly Willis.   -Fic- 1999  

During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world.

Best friends Fiction.Friendship Fiction.Overweight persons Fiction.City and town life Texas Fiction.Texas Fiction

RL:5  IL:5-8  AR: 4.5

Book Discussion Guide http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-zachary.htmlReader’s Theatre for Chapter 1 http://suzyred.com/2001zachtheater.htmlTeaching plan from Scholastic http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/teachingwithbooks/producthome.jhtml?productID=12922&collateralID=10361&displayName=Teaching+PlanTeacher Guide from Kimberly Willis Holt http://www.kimberlywillisholt.com/teachersguide.htmlTeachers Guide from

Theme- Figura-tive Lang-uagePlot

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Random House http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780440238416&view=tg

The Whipping Boy by Fleischman, Sid –Fic- 1986

A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

Robbers and outlaws Fiction.Adventure and adventurers Fiction

RL: 4.8IL: 3-6AR: 3.9

Activity Pagehttp://boe.mars.k12.wv.us/reading/whippboyactpage.htmlChapter by Chapter Book Unit http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading8/whipping_boy.htmLiterature Circle Guide http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/whippingboy_t.pdfLiterature Circle Guide Questions without Answers http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/whippingboy_q.pdfReader’s Theatre http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3145.htmlTeacher’s Guide from Harper Publishers http://www.harperchildrens.com/webcontent/teachers_guides/pdf/0688108865.pdf

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William Shakespeare & the GlobeBy Aliki.  NF 1999

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.Authors, English.

RL:4.8  IL:3-6  AR: 5.5

Internet Resources http://suzyred.com/shakespeare.html

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Tells the story of the well-known playwright, William Shakespeare, and of the famous Globe Theatre in which many of his works were performed.

Globe Theatre (Southwark, London, England)Theaters England London WS