New Releases by Novel Units

Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Missing May by Cynthia Rylant.

From the author of the number one "New York Times "bestseller "Tuesdays with Morrie "comes this long-awaited follow-up. Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It s a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie s five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his meaningless life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: Why was I here? A moving and profound contemporary fable, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is an important reminder of the interconnectedness of us all.

Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Othello by William Shakespeare.

About the author -- Characters -- Background information -- Initiating activities -- Five sections -- Post-reading discussion questions -- Post-reading extension activities -- Assessment -- Scoring rubric -- Glossary.

Provides student-centered activities for reading, teaching and writing, including comprehension quizzes, a final exam and answer keys.

Paul and his sister Maureen''s determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of My Antonia by Willa Cather.

"The longest day in the life of a 14-year-old girl--the summer day her loved, mentally retarded brother is lost, the day she discovers compassion is a friend. A compelling story".--Publishers Weekly. Newbery Award Book. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Teacher''s guide for paperback book, "The contender."

Describes suggested activities to accompany the reading of My side of the mountain.

Describes suggested activities to accompany the reading of The black stallion by Walter Farley.