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Literature Resource Center: A comprehensive and reliable online literature database offering the broadest and most representative range of authors and their works including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis.
CommonLit: a free collection of fiction and nonfiction for 5th-12th grade classrooms. Search and filter the collection by lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or common core standard.
Contains information on over 260,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles. Features lists of award-winning books, book discussion guides, Read-a-Like recommendations, and complete series information. Also includes reader ratings and reviews.
My Shakespeare: full-text, interactive editions of his plays. myShakespeare replaces traditional footnotes with multimedia resources: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, and Julius Caesar. Each play has the following features:
- Audio recordings of the text
- Contemporary translations for better comprehension (line by line)
- Pop-up notes into Shakespeare's literary devices
- Animated videos that encourage discussion
- Performances of key scenes
- Interviews with characters as events unfold
These databases may require a password. See Ms. Szurek, Ms. Hill, or your teacher for the school's password.
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