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Free Literature & Author Quizzes | ||
| Reviewed by Diane Flynn Keith | ||
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| Resource: | Free Literature & Author Quizzes | ||
| Provider: | Literature Network | ||
| Summary: | Age Range: 11-18 (About Middle & High School) This ad-supported website provides free biographies and literature including stories, books, and articles by a variety of authors from Aesop to Zola. You'll find a searchable collection of prominent works, along with fun quizzes that test your biographical knowledge of your favorite authors |
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| Description: | When you get to the site, you'll see an alphabetical list of authors names including: • Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) • Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice) • James M. Barrie (Peter Pan) • Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) • F. Scott Fizgerald (The Great Gatsby) • Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows) • Homer (The Odyssey) • Herman Melville (Moby Dick) • Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Peter Rabbit) • William Shakespeare • Henry David Thoreau (Walden) • Mark Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) • Jules Vern (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea) Click on any name and a new page opens with the author's biography, a collection of their works (many that you can read online), and a challenging interactive quiz. In some cases, visitors to the site have posted comments and it wasn't clear if they are moderated. Therefore, parents are cautioned (as always) to preview the site. Enjoy! |
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| Contributed by: | Diane Flynn Keith, ©Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. Diane Flynn Keith publishes the rave-reviewed ClickSchooling® daily ezine with 12,000+ subscribers. If you're ready to jump-start your homeschooling, save time and money, and have more fun learning with your children, get your FREE subscription to ClickSchooling® now at http://www.homefires.com/free.asp. | ||
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| Orientation: | General | ||
| Subjects: | Literature, Reading | ||
| Teaching Methods: | Online Interactive | ||
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| Ages: | 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 | ||
| Grades: | 6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | ||
| F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N | |||
| Web Site: | http://www.online-literature.com/author_index.php | ||
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