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Dear Prestwick House: Which Victorian novels should every high school student read?
Looking for the best titles for a unit on Victorian literature? Here are ten books from our Literary Touchstone Classics line that will work!
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How to Teach Great Expectations
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens’s classic novel, conveys the journey of one ambitious orphan’s remarkable personal growth.
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How to Teach The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon's mystery is an engaging novel told through the perspective of a teenager on the autism spectrum.
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How to Teach Their Eyes Were Watching God
Your students will love exploring the rich themes and vivid imagery within this classroom favorite.
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How to Teach Brave New World
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has become an essential part of many high school curriculums.
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How to Teach Othello
The jealousy, betrayal, and manipulation in Shakespeare’s Othello make the play an excellent addition to any high school syllabus.
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Top 10 Books About High School
We’ve compiled a list of incredible books that feature a high school setting. From drama and dystopia to memoirs and nonfiction, you’re bound to find books high school students will love.
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Webinar: Vocabulary Power Plus Online Program Walk-Through
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4 Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary Program
When it comes to vocabulary, finding new ways to engage your students can be a challenge. Here are four ways to spruce up your current vocabulary program.
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Messages of Appreciation from the Prestwick House Team
Prestwick House staff members share their gratitude for teachers in this blog post for Teacher Appreciation Month.
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Dear Prestwick House: What are the best historical fiction books for middle school students?
See what books made our top 10 list of the best historical fiction for middle school readers.
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How to Teach A Raisin in the Sun
Find resources for teaching A Raisin in the Sun, a classic American play about one family's struggles to achieve despite discrimination.
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How to Teach Antigone
The third of Sophocles' Theban plays, Antigone is a tragedy that examines governmental authority and moral responsibility.
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How to Teach The Canterbury Tales
Learn more about Geoffrey Chaucer's timeless work, The Canterbury Tales, with this free teaching guide.
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Teacher Appreciation Month Freebies
Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Month by downloading free thank you cards, certificates of appreciation, and social media graphics at Prestwick House!
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How to Teach Julius Caesar
Based on true events in Roman history, William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a play that highlights the conflicting demands of honor, patriotism, and friendship.
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How to Teach Beowulf
Beowulf is great material to use to examine the traits of heroes and monsters and introduce students to Old English works.
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Dear Prestwick House: What are the best new young adult titles for a diverse audience?
See our top 10 diverse books that will make high school students of all backgrounds eager to read more.
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Teaching Domain-Specific Words
Teaching domain-specific words is important. Here are the best ways to introduce these types of vocabulary words to your students.
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How to Teach Of Mice and Men
Learn how to teach John Steinbeck’s famous naturalist novella Of Mice and Men with this free guide from Prestwick House.
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How to Teach Night
Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night will allow students to understand the horrors and moral issues of the Holocaust.
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How to Teach Hamlet
Hamlet is perhaps Shakespeare's finest tragedy. Find resources for teaching it here.
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[Webinar] Vocabulary Power Plus Online Overview
In this webinar recording, learn all the details about Vocabulary Power Plus Online, our new digital vocabulary program!
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Vocabulary Power Plus Online Explained in 30 Seconds
Check out the new Vocabulary Power Plus Online program by watching this quick video!
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5 Questions with the Editorial Team: Vocabulary Power Plus Online
Prestwick House is proud to present Vocabulary Power Plus Online, an innovative digital counterpart to our popular print series!
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How to Teach Monster
Take the guesswork out of teaching Walter Dean Myers’s Monster with our latest free guide.
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4 Methods of Teaching Vocabulary
Good vocabulary instruction combines these four indirect and direct teaching strategies to help students build stronger language skills.
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How to Teach The Handmaid's Tale
If you're in need of material for a lesson plan on dystopian societies or feminism, teach Atwood's novel in your classroom.
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How to Teach Macbeth
As one of Shakespeare's most visceral tragedies, Macbeth has been taught in English classrooms around the world.
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Top 10 Literary Lovebird Pairs
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here are our 10 favorite pairs of romantic—and not so romantic—literary lovebirds.
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How to Teach The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky's novel is epistolary, making it both a fun, interesting read and a great opportunity for exploring alternative formats of literature.
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How to Teach Romeo and Juliet
This classic tragedy about two star-crossed lovers is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare’s works.
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How to Teach The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros’s novel is a coming-of-age story that will spark discussion on themes such as race, poverty, and gender roles.
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How to Teach Fahrenheit 451
Filled with stunning figurative language, symbolism, and imagery, Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian classic that warns against the danger of censorship.
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How to Teach The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Looking for resources to help you teach The Boy in the Striped Pajamas? Read on.
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The 10 Best Discovering Literature Books of 2018
In 2018, we added over 35 new books to our Discovering Literature collection! Here are our top 10 picks that we believe your students will love.
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How to Teach The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton's simple but powerful coming-of-age novel The Outsiders portrays rivalry between social classes and the bonds of friendship.
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How to Teach I Am Malala
Use Malala Yousafzai’s gripping memoir as a gateway to helping your students grapple with issues like political injustice, gender inequality, and silenced voices.
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Top 10 Short Books
Whether you’re looking for a quick story to teach or want to squeeze in one last novel before the semester ends, consider reading one of these 10 short books.
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How to Teach A Christmas Carol
Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is a wonderfully appropriate novella for the holidays or for Victorian historical context.
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How to Teach My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt's award-winning novel features relatable, popular themes involving acceptance, self-esteem, and family.
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Top 10 Books From Around the World
Take your students on an international journey with these 10 stories written by authors from around the world.
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How to Teach The Giver
Lois Lowry's unforgettable novel, The Giver, is perfect for introducing middle-school aged readers to dystopian fiction.
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How to Teach Mockingjay
Find information about teaching Mockingjay, the thrilling conclusion to Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games trilogy!
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How to Teach Beloved
Toni Morrison's Beloved tackles themes of home, slavery, dominance, and the importance of family. For more information about teaching this classic, read on!
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How to Teach The Best of Poe
Poe's classic tales of horror are beloved by students and teachers alike. This Literary Touchstone Classics edition is great for teaching his works.
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How to Teach The Old Man and the Sea
Short but sweet, Ernest Hemingway's classic novella The Old Man and the Sea is as approachable as it is significant to English literature.
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How to Teach Maus I
Learn more about teaching Maus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel on the Holocaust, to your students.
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10 Successful Literature Pairings (Modern Books and Classic Works)
Pairing modern books with classic works helps you bridge the gap between required reading that’s not always fun and fun reading that’s not always required.
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How to Teach And Then There Were None
Key facts, learning objectives, useful teaching resources, and more within this guide on how to teach And Then There Were None.
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Teaching The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
To explore Michael Lewis’s book, we sat down with the Prestwick House President to learn about how this book can be used in the classroom.
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How to Teach The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Discover what makes The Last Lecture a great choice for your nonfiction unit by exploring our summary of the book, teaching objectives, key facts, and more.
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How to Teach Cry, the Beloved Country
This worldwide bestseller is an insightful story about fathers and sons, societal problems that led to apartheid, and human nature.
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How to Teach The Road
If you’re thinking of adding this novel to your dystopian unit, explore its most valuable components: major themes, literary elements, narrative style, and more.
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How to Teach In Cold Blood
Discover why Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood would be a great addition to your syllabus by examining learning objectives and more with this guide.
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How to Teach Fast Food Nation
Examine Eric Schlosser’s bestselling exposé and read up on learning objectives, literary elements, key facts, and more.
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How to Teach A Lesson Before Dying
Race, inequality, and the importance of education are just some of the themes students will encounter in A Lesson Before Dying.
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How to Teach Things Fall Apart
Identify essential objectives and examine themes, motifs, and literary elements within Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart.
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How to Teach The Things They Carried
Explore deeper meanings, new perspectives, and important literary elements in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried with this essential guide.
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How to Teach The Metamorphosis
It won’t be difficult for The Metamorphosis to capture students’ interest; after all, the main character wakes up one morning transformed into a bug.