Literature
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Saki
Ideas for teaching "The Open Window" and "The Interlopers."

J.D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye
Lesson plans and other teaching resources.

Winter Thunder and The Christmas of the Phonograph Records by Mari Sandoz
Biography, background, writing prompts, everything you need to teach these books. This document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access.

Esmeralda Santiago
Lesson plans for When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman.

The Human Comedy by William Saroyan, Part I and Part II
Prereading activities, including practice with allusions, anticipation guide, and a poem. Extensive story-by-story study questions, writing prompts, and test questions.

The Human Comedy by William Saroyan
This 8-page document addresses 33 vocabulary words drawn from the book. Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application required for access.

Eric Schlosser
Lesson plans and teaching resources for Fast Food Nation.

"Love is a Fallacy"
This short story by Max Shulman serves as a great introduction to logical fallacies.

Walter Scott, "The Two Drovers"
Twelve questions for analysis.

Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott
This 22-page document addresses 156 vocabulary words drawn from the novel. Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application required for access.

Betsey Brown, novel by Ntozake Shange
Extensive questions for discussion and writing. This 20-page teacher's guide requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for access.

Mary Shelley
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Frankenstein.

A Town like Alice, novel by Nevil Shute
This study guide offers questions from each chapter.

Notes on A Town Like Alice
Author Nevil Shute discusses the process he used in writing the novel.

On The Beach by Nevil Shute
Themes, motifs, and symbols in the novel.

Leslie Marmon Silko
Lesson plans, background information, and criticism for teaching Ceremony.

Upton Sinclair
Lesson plans and resources for teaching The Jungle.

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Eighteen discussion questions for this novel, King Lear set in rural America.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, novel by Betty Smith
Eight discussion questions and links to author biography and plot summary.

I Capture the Castle, novel by Dodie Smith
Nine discussion questions.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
This 7-page document addresses 14 vocabulary words drawn from the book. Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application required for access.

The Edmund Spenser Home Page
Biography, e-texts, criticism.

Maus by Art Spiegelman
Activities to support study of graphic novels in general and Maus in particular. Access requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application.

Maus I
This teacher's guide includes background, questions for discussion and writing, and ideas for follow-up activities.

John Steinbeck
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, The Pearl, and other works.

Robert Louis Stevenson
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

"The Lady or the Tiger?" by Frank Stockton
Compare and contrast two justice systems.

"The Lady or the Tiger?"
Text of the story. MS-Word or compatible application required for access.

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary, focus questions, additional links, classroom activities.

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Scroll down to find a list of post-reading activities.

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture, novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
A wealth of both primary and secondary sources: texts, images, songs, 3-D objects, film clips, an interactive timeline, virtual exhibits, and more.

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Three lessons with handouts and assessment ideas. This 15-page document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access.

Jonathan Swift
Lesson plans and activities for Gulliver's Travels and "A Modest Proposal."