Study guides for novels and plays
Subtitle: multicultural connections.
Contributors: Paterson, Katherine.; Guy, Rosa.; L'Engle, Madeleine.; Yep, Laurence.; Hamilton, Virginia.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Ho, Minfong.; Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.; Highwater, Jamake.; Forbes, Esther.; Peck, Robert Newton.; Mohr, Nicholasa.; Taylor, Mildre D.; Cleaver, Vera.; Cleaver, Bill.; Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.; Rivera, Tomás, 1935-; Lee, Harper.; Anaya, Rudolfo A.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.; Azuela, Mariano, 1873-1952.; Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.; Hurston, Zora Neale.; Miller, Arthur, 1915-; Wilson, August.; Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-; Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900.; Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.; Markandaya, Kamala, 1924-; Achebe, Chinua.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; McDougal, Littell & Co.
Publisher: McDougal, Littell & Company
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Evanston, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Literature -- Study and teaching.; English literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary); English literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Language arts.; Literature -- Collections.; English drama.; English fiction.
Other titles: Multicultural connections
Description: Each Study guide contains a complete teaching plan with strategies for presenting and comparing two novels or plays. Each pair of works includes a traditional title and a significant work by a multicultural writer.
Notes: 15 Study guides covering 30 novels and plays.

Titles include a wide range of popular works that appeal to both middle school and high school students.

Includes bibliographical references.

Grades 6-12.
Table of contents: value: Middle school: v.1. Bridge to Terabithia / by Katherine Paterson. The Friends / by Rosa Guy; value: v.2. A wrinkle in time / by Madeleine L'engle. Sweetwater / by Laurence Yep; value: v.3. The house of dies drear / by Virginia Hamilton. The adventures of Tom Sawyer / by Mark Twain; value: v.4. The clay marble / by Minfong Ho. The red pony / by John Steinbeck; value: v.5. Eyes of darkness / by Jamake Highwater. Johnny Tremain / by Esther Forbes; value: v.6. A day no pigs would die / by Robert Newton Peck. Nilda / by Nicholasa Mohr; value: v.6. Roll of thunder, hear my cry / by Mildred D. Taylor. Where the lilies bloom / by Vera and Bill Cleaver.; value: High school: v.8. Of mice and men / by John Steinbeck. ...And the earth did not devour him / by Tomás Rivera; value: v.9. To kill a mockingbird / by Harper Lee. Bless me, Ultima / by Rudolfo Anaya; value: v.10. A tale of two cities / by Charles Dickens. The underdogs / by Mariano Azuela; value: v.11. Ethan Frome / by Edith Wharton. Their eyes were watching God / by Zora Neale Hurston; value: v.12. Death of a salesman / by Arthur Miller. Fences / by August Wilson; value: v.13. Fallen angels / by Walter Dean Myers. The red badge of courage / by Stephen Crane; value: v.14. Tess of the d'Urbervilles / by Thomas Hardy. Nectar in a sieve / by Kamala Markandaya; value: v.15. Things fall apart / by Chinua Achebe. Hamlet / by William Shakespeare.