Reading

Free Reading and Literature Templates for Google Docs

Perfect for independent reading assignments or class-wide literature units, these free Google Docs templates are ready to use for distance learning.

Literature

An Antiracist Reading List for Students

Help students understand the effects of racism and what it means to be antiracist with these 15 books.

Literature

How to Prepare to Teach a Book for the First Time

Are you teaching a new book next year? Get tips on building a great literature unit here!

Vocabulary

Teaching Advanced Vocabulary from Literature

Developing a strategy for teaching advanced vocabulary using literary texts is easy with these tips!

Literature

20 Books to Support Conversations on Race in the Classroom

Literature can help you facilitate discussions about race and other sensitive issues and can give students a safe outlet to examine their thoughts.

Literature

Going Beyond Literal Meaning in Literature

To understand what they’re reading, students must be able to dig deeper than the surface-level literal meanings of words.

Teaching Tips

How to #TeachLivingPoets with Melissa Alter Smith

To learn more about the #TeachLivingPoets movement, we invited Melissa Alter Smith to share her thoughts about poetry in the classroom.

Literature

Top Books About Sports and Athletics for Grades 4-12

From dramatic fiction stories to real-life accounts of athletic achievements, these books about sports are sure to be a slam dunk!

Literature

Diverse and Inclusive Books for Grades 4-12

These 20 books offer diverse perspectives through characters and stories we know readers will enjoy.

Literature

Thrilling and Mysterious Must-Read Books for Grades 4-12

Add a layer of intrigue to your literature unit with these thrilling and mysterious books that’ll keep students in grades 4-12 hooked until the end!

Literature

Why You Should Teach Multicultural Literature

Multicultural and diverse literature can help your students understand and learn about people from other cultures. It can also help them learn about themselves.

Literature

How Yoda Helps Students Master Shakespeare

Learn how the speech patterns of Yoda the Jedi master can help students get past the biggest obstacle in studying Shakespeare: the syntax.

Literature

Top Creepy Books for All Grade Levels

There’s no spookier time than October for students to read books that are equal parts terrifying and enchanting.

Literature

How to Introduce Literary Theory to Your Students

Most students can benefit from learning literary theory, and giving them the tools to do so can boost student engagement.

Literature

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!

Literature

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.

Literature

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.

Literature

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.

Literature

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.

Literature

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.

Literature

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.

Literature

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.

Literature

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.

Literature

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.

Literature

12 Must-Read Memoirs for Teachers and Students

A list of compelling memoirs you and your students will love, featuring a wide variety of experiences: trials, triumphs, life lessons, and much more.

Literature

10 Books Your Reluctant Readers Will Love

If you have students who are reluctant to read, consider adding these high-interest titles to your syllabus.

Literature

Ten Teachers We Love in Literature

Within the pages of these books, discover some of the greatest teachers and mentors ever written.

Vocabulary

10 Books with Great Vocabulary

This month, we've celebrated all things vocabulary; we're now happy to share our top ten books with great vocabulary.

Literature

Top Ten Books for African American History Month

This February we're celebrating African American History Month with our favorite authors and literary titles.

Literature

The Ten Most Popular Books of 2017

What were the most popular books in English classrooms in 2017?

Free Library

A Christmas Carol Free Teaching Resources

There's no better time to teach A Christmas Carol. From paperbacks to posters, to activities and eLessons, we have everything you need to teach this classic.

Literature

Short Stories To Pair With The Novels You Teach

Short stories are a great fill-in for your 2- to 3-day sub plan, but they also provide a great supplementary resource when paired with the novel you're teaching.

Literature

5 Questions with the Author: Instant Short Story Packs

To get an inside look of Instant Short Story Packs, we sat down with New Product Development Specialist, Doug Grudzina, for a question and answer session.

Literature

Prestwick House Staff Picks

This month, we want to share our favorite books with you. Though we love writing about books, we also love reading them, and we hope you enjoy our picks!

Literature

Top Nonfiction Books

Each of our top nonfiction titles provides a more personal perspective on significant points in history.

Literature

Top 10 British Literature Classics

With over 1,000 years of literary tradition, we expected more variety in pulling our most popular books from British Literature. Instead, we found...

Literature

Top Ten Dystopian Novels for High School Students

Dystopian literature, especially for young adult readers, continues to be popular among students. See our top ten dystopian book recommendations.

Literature

Top Ten Books of 2016

In 2016, we shipped over half a million paperbacks to schools around the country. That's more than 106 million pages or a stack of books almost 2 miles high!

Reading

Orphan Train - Discussion Questions

Join the discussion on the third book in our Summer Reading Book Club, Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline.

Literature

Me Before You - Discussion Questions

Thanks for joining us as we start the second book of our Summer Reading Book Club, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes.

Literature

I Am Malala - Discussion Questions

Join the discussion with the Prestwick House Summer Reading Book Club! Updated with week 3 discussion questions!

Literature

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story for the Ages

Our resident Dickens expert and Christmas junkie, Doug Grudzina takes a look at why A Christmas Carol is so beloved.

Reading

Pairing Informational Texts with Romeo and Juliet

Looking for informational texts for your students to read alongside Romeo and Juliet? Give some of these a try!

Literature

3 Benefits of Pairing Informational Texts with Novels

Pairing nonfiction texts with literature can help your students become better readers of fiction.

Literature

Why Teach Dystopian Literature?

What are some of the benefits of teaching dystopian literature in middle and high school? And what makes these books so appealing to students? Let's explore.

Literature

Top 10 Literary Mothers

Sunday is Mother's Day -- Celebrate all the great moms of literature out there with us.

Free Library

Get Every Free National Poetry Month Poster

National Poetry Month may be over, but you can celebrate poetry all year long with these free downloadable posters.

Literature

What are the Best Film Versions of Shakespeare's Plays?

Thinking about showing your class a film of one of Shakespeare's plays? Read on to see which ones are best for your classroom.

Literature

Exploring Rhetorical Devices in Macbeth's Final Soliloquy

Shakespeare was a master rhetorician, and Macbeth's final soliloquy shows us the Bard at his best.

Literature

Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!

Celebrate Shakespeare's birthday with us.