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Myths, Legends & Fables

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Fact or Opinion Game

Reading with Garfield

Connections to Literature

Poetry

Computer Hangman  
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Silly Story

Primary Reading Games

Plurals Game

Read along Story:

Pumpkin,Pumpkin

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What is the difference between myths, legends and fables?

Myths to Read
Legends to Read
Fables to Read
Greek Myths

Aesop's Fables
Greek Gods

Who was Aesop?
Greek Heroes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aesop (620-560 BC), known only for the genre of fables attributed to him, was by tradition a slave in the mid-sixth century BC in ancient Greece.

 

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Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

The Fighting Ground by Avi

Lisa's War by Carol Matas

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Holes by Louis Sachar

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel

Call of the Wild by Jack London

Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

The Cay 2

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The Holocaust - related links

Books by Carol Matas

POEMS

Yiddish Dictionary

Passover

Timeline of the Holocaust

Forgive, but Never Forget

Other Holocaust Links

Personal Stories from Survivors of the Holocaust

Assignments

Museum of Tolerance Online

Author's Web Site- Jane Yolen- The Devil's Arithmetic

WEBQUEST

More readings about the Holocaust

Non-Fiction

Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust by Jacob Boas

Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer

Hiding to Survive: Stories of Jewish Children Rescued from the Holocaust by Maxine B. Rosenberg

 

Fiction

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Lisa's War by Carol Matas

Kris's War by Carol Matas

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

 

 

 

 

The Fighting Ground by AVI

  

What gave Avi the idea to write The Fighting Ground?

Revolutionary War Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Connections

JASON'S GOLD

By WILL HOBBS  

Links to:

Will Hobbs

Will Hobbs movie clip

The Trails to Gold

The "Golden Staircase": Chilkoot Pass

The "Dead Horse Trail": White Pass

The towns of Dyea, Skagway

Supplies needed by the "Stampeders"

Stories from the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska

A Real Life Author and Prospector Jack London

Poems by Robert Service (Jamie's father, Homer Dunavant, is loosely based on the famous poet, Robert W. Service)

 

 

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 I never saw a purple cow

I hope I never see one

But I can tell you this right now

I'd rather see than be one....

~Ogden Nash

How to write a Cinquain

Memorable Poems to Memorize

Who is Ogden Nash?

How to write a Diamante Poem

Giggle Poetry - Poems to write

More poems by Ogden Nash

How to write a Limerick

Giggle Poetry- Poems to read

Poems you can write right now!

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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