Week of 01-04-04
Literature for All Ages
Literature drives our creativity, our understanding of words, and our knowledge of the world around us—both real and fantasy. This week, join HLN in taking flight into the realm of words and worlds, and set your students up for a semester—and lifetime—of reading enjoyment!
Join HLN to have access to 4 complete thematic units, or use the following links will help you study these topics:
Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By
Web site that features fairy tales and folktales from around the world, plus teaching activities.
First Fairy Tales
Links to classic fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales and legends from around the world, plus activities.
Teaching With Folklore
Resources for teaching fairy tales, myths, legends and fables.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Online texts for 209 tales collected by the Grimm brothers.
Harry Potter & J.K. Rowling Online Resources Scholastic
The company that publishes the Potter series in America has information, games, ideas, recommendations and resources on this diverse Web site for teachers, parents and children.
Absolute Shakespeare
This essential Shakespeare resource contains Shakespeare's biography and a timeline of his life, a complete collection of his works, a history of the Globe Theater, information on the authorship debate, Shakespeare trivia, a Shakespeare quiz, and much more.
Everything Shakespeare
Shakespeare's complete works, summaries of his work, essays about his work, a biography, a message board, and links to other Shakespeare resources.
A Shakespeare Biography Quiz
After studying the life of Shakespeare, take this quiz!
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
A Website with a list of links to many, if not all of the works of Edgar Allan Poe available online.
Millennium Mystery Madness
Are you interested in learning about mysteries? Millennium Mystery Madness is the place for you! At this site, you will find a brief history, the anatomy of a mystery, mystery favorites from around the world, author tips, vocabulary and writing exercises, puzzles, and a mystery scavenger hunt.
Edgar Allan Poe Father of Horror
A WebQuest for 8th Grade Language Arts