Odle, Monica L

Provides resources for teaching Susan Campbell Bartoletti's "The Boy Who Dared" in seventh and eighth-grade classrooms, with a plot summary, biographical information on the author, comprehension activities, vocabulary exercises, discussion questions, and more.

A study guide to Sharon Creech's "Ruby Holler" for fifth and sixth graders that includes fill-in-the-blank prereading, vocabulary, comprehension, critical thinking, and writing activities; quizzes; a unit test; and an answer key.

Presents a teacher's guide to Laura Amy Schlitz's collection of short one-person plays featuring young people from a medieval manor; and includes summaries, vocabulary and comprehension exercises, literary analysis and assessments, graphic organizers, and writing and art ideas.

Presents reproducible pages for use in teaching Laura Amy Schlitz's "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village" to fifth and sixth grade students, including a study guide, quizzes, a novel test and answer key, and pre-reading, vocabulary, literary and character analysis, critical thinking, comprehension, and creative writing activities.

Offers teachers activities, exercises, discussion questions, art and writing ideas, graphic organizers, and assessment tools for use with the story "Olive's Ocean" by Kevin Henkes.