In this lesson, students complete two assessment tasks for The Catcher in the Rye. Students complete an essay test on the novel with a choice of prompts, assessing student knowledge of both the novel and informational writing.

Known as both a Southern and a Catholic writer, Flannery O'Connor wrote stories that explore the complexities of these two identities. In this lesson, students will challengethese dichotomieswhile closely reading and analyzing "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, discussion questions, author biography, and suggested reading list designed to enhance student reading of Jonathan Lethem’s acclaimed coming of age novel, The Fortress of Solitude.

This lesson has students compare the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's to the novella of the same name by Truman Capote. Students are introduced to the movie, watch it, compare the two, and test their knowledge of the content of the film.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, questions, and suggestions for further reading designed to enhance discussion of David Anthony Durham's Gabriel's Story, a novel that traces one boy's harrowing journey into manhood and offers a fresh perspective on both the dangers and opportunities presented by the Old West.

This Random House for High School Teachers teacher's guide includes an introduction and overview; discussion questions; suggested activities; vocabulary; author biography; and suggestions for further reading designed to enhance student discussion of Alan Drew's novel, Gardens of Water, a novel that calls into question how religious faith, sacrifice, and family loyalty come into play in the aftermath of a catastrophe.

This video contains a series of videos from Shakespeare Uncovered that highlight commonly held beliefs regarding gender roles and identity in society. As you view the videos and complete the activities, examine the ways in which women and men are presented in the plays and think about what motivates their actions--is it their individualism or their gender?

In this lesson, students consider whether the eponymous character in Toni Morrison's classic novel Beloved is a ghost. Students consider powerpoints with prompt questions about the book, discuss the novel, and create an argument about whether the novel should be considered a ghost story.

A teachers guide for A Girl Called Fearless by Catherine Linka, including discussion questions and writing prompts.

This page has a set of discussion questions for Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes discussion questions to enhance student understanding of The Good Thief, Hannah Tinti's richly imagined, gothically spooky, award winning novel.

Using the prolgue of Antigone, students will complete close textual reading questions aligned with Common Core shifts for literacy. Scroll to "ELA 9-10 Antigone Prologue" to access download.

Students will complete close textual reading questions aligned with Common Core shifts for literacy. Scroll to "ELA 11-12 Canterbury Tales" to access download.

Students will complete close textual reading questions aligned with Common Core shifts for literacy. Scroll to "ELA 11-12 Winter Dreams" to access download.

In this lesson, students will indicate personal preferences by voting on a novel for class study from a teacher-provided list, and then demonstrate understanding of the elements of fiction by creating a graffiti journal to guide their discussion. Students will work both individually and in cooperative groups and participate in whole-class discussion of the character development, plot line, themes, and symbolic structure developed in the novel. Assessment includes an individual essay on a topic related to their described literary element.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions to help students explore Charles Dickens' novel, Great Expectations, a tale of intrigue, unattainable love, and all of the happiness money can't buy.

This resource provides a lesson pertaining to characterization. Students are tasked with charting the development of significant characters within the novel The Great Gatsby. Afterwards, students will view the 1974 film adaptation to complete a new chart based solely on the same characters and their development in the film. Afterwards, students will complete a Venn-Diagram to examine the similarties and differences in characterization provided by both mediums.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions designed to enhance student discussion of Ana Castillo's novel, The Guardians, a suspenseful, moving book about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman.

This Random House for High School Teachers teacher's guide includes questions and discussion topics to aid students in exploring The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a novel written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The novel is composed of letters that tell the stories of Juliet Ashton, a young English author, and an eccentric group of readers on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands occupied by German forces during the war.

This Random House for High School Teachers teacher's guide includes questions, discussion topics, comparison to other texts, and an author biography designed to aid students in exploring The Guernsey
Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a novel written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The novel is
composed of letters that tell the stories of Juliet Ashton, a young English author, and an eccentric group of readers on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands occupied by German forces during the war.