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 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.
Marjane Satrapi
Lesson plans for Persepolis.
Eric Schlosser
Lesson plans and teaching resources for Fast Food Nation.
Walter Scott, "The Two Drovers"
Twelve questions for analysis.
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.
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary, 1939–1944 and Grace in the Wilderness: After the Liberation, 1945–1948 by Aranka Siegal
Questions to help students understand their reading in historical and cultural context. Scroll down to find questions comparing the two books and an author interview. This 8-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.
Leslie Marmon Silko
Lesson plans, background information, and criticism for teaching Ceremony.
"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" by Alan Sillitoe
This comprehensive guide offers background information, analysis, questions for discussion, and suggestions for responding to reading.
Upton Sinclair
Lesson plans and resources for teaching The Jungle.
"Zlateh the Goat" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
"An interview with Zlateh," vocabulary, and editing practice. Access requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.
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.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Lesson plans and teaching resources One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
The Edmund Spenser Home Page
Biography, e-texts, criticism.
Art Spiegelman
Lesson plans for Maus and Maus II.
Supersizing Literacy: Teaching Documentary Film in the Secondary Classroom
This thorough unit plan uses Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock to teach elements of documentary film and media literacy. It provides background information on the genre and activities to support study of this particular film.
Deogratias by J. P. Stassen
Vocabulary, reflection questions, and teaching strategies. Includes a caveat about classroom use.
John Steinbeck
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, The Pearl, and other works.
The Death and Life of Superman by Roger Stern
A variety of reading activities, including analyzing real modern heroes.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The Help by Katherine Stockett
Book club guide.
"The Lady or the Tiger?" by Frank Stockton
Compare and contrast two justice systems.
Bram Stoker, Dracula
Lesson plans, resources, and activities.
The Ultimate Gift
Click on the link "F.I.L.M. Curriculum" for a 36-page discussion guide that supports the 2007 movie based upon the book by Jim Stovall. Adobe Reader or compatible application required for access.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lesson plans and teaching resources for Uncle Tom's Cabin.
"Chemistry" by Graham Swift
Summary, extensive analysis, and suggestions for responding to reading.
Jonathan Swift
Lesson plans and activities for Gulliver's Travels and "A Modest Proposal."
