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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robison

 Poetry

 Kiss the Dust...Understanding the Kurds

 Children of the River...Understanding Cambodia

Anne Frank

Exploring Fairy Tales
   
   
Online Atlas
Do you need to know what the climate is like in Australia? What language they speak in Bangladesh? What money they use in Botswana? Find the answers here. 
  Electronic Encyclopedia
The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition, is on the web and available for you to use! Look up anything on any topic you can think of -- the Encyclopedia is bound to have an answer. 
  WWWebster Dictionary
Type in a word and you can easily find the definition with this online dictionary. 
   
ABC's of the Writing Process
"There are many different stages of the writing process. Different students and teachers use different approaches to meet their needs." This page shows you the steps in the writing process: Prewriting, writing, revising, editing, and publishing. For each step, you'll find suggestions for how to complete the step and links for more ideas.

The Mystery Story
Want to write a mystery story? Wonder what things you might need to include? Like to read mystery stories? Check out this web quest for all the info you will need to get started!

 NOVEL STUDIES
  In the Year and the Boar...by: Bao Lord

Activities to help you understand the novel

   Children of the River

Understanding Cambodia.  This will help you with the background knowledge for the novel.

Kiss the Dust

Understanding Kurdish People. Culture, religion and history are all important topics that are covered.

  Anne Frank Web Quest

A study of the novel and the history revolving around the holocaust.

 POETRY
   Sheets Collection of poetry links
FAIRY TALES  

Thumbelina by Margaret Tarrant

Exploring Fairy Tales

A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies featuring 35 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, and over 1,200 illustrations.