New Releases by Novel Units

About the author -- Characters -- Background information -- Initiating activities -- Five sections -- Post-reading discussion questions -- Post-reading extension activities -- Assessment -- Scoring rubric -- Glossary.

Teacher''s guide for paperback book, "The contender."

Slowly, David opened his eyes and looked around the horizon, wincing again with the new movement. There was nothing sticking above the water as far as he could see. He was alone. Fourteen-year-old David Alspeth intended only to fulfill his uncle''s last wish when he set sail in the Frog, but when a savage storm slams the tiny sailboat, David is stranded. No wind. No radio. Little water. Seven cans of food. And the storm is just the first challenge David must face... An American Association Best Book for Young Adults Book jacket.

Paul and his sister Maureen''s determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Suggests activities to accompany the reading of The moves make the man.

Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Othello by William Shakespeare.

Provides student-centered activities for reading, teaching and writing, including comprehension quizzes, a final exam and answer keys.

Describes suggested activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Where the red fern grows.

Suggests actvities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Missing May by Cynthia Rylant.

Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of My Antonia by Willa Cather.