Curriculum Guides
Teachers and Parents!
Short on time and need help preparing before your next discussion? Simply read the book and then let my 15 years experience teaching advanced literature classes do the work for you!
For a one-time download fee of $9.99, simply click “Buy Now” to download your complete literature guide (or click on the title to buy the actual novel). Please scroll down to find 20 titles available! Each guide is a word document so you are welcome and encouraged to modify and customize it to your specific needs and classroom. Download TODAY:
- Discussion questions / Writing prompts
- Author background
- A book mark with character descriptions and when they are first introduced
- Menu ideas specific to setting, mood or time period
- Warm-up suggestions / Writing prompts specific to novel
- Literary terms specific to novel
- Fast Facts
- Film information
- Great links to reviews (if available)
Like to see an example? Check out: To Kill A Mockingbird Sample Guide
For a one-time download fee of $9.99, simply click “Buy Now” to download your complete literature guide (or click on the title to read why you may or may not enjoy the novel).
British Beauties:
Wuthering Heights Guide by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre Guide by Charlotte Bronte
Frankenstein Guide by Mary Shelley
David Copperfield Guide by Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice Guide by Jane Austen
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Mrs. Dalloway Guide by Virginia Woolf
Heart of Darkness Guide by Joseph Conrad
Middlemarch Guide by George Eliot
Tess of the d’Urbervilles Guide by Thomas Hardy
Vanity Fair Guide by William Makepeace Thackeray
American Classics available too for only $9.99…
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The Color Purple Guide by Alice Walker
The Great Gatsby Guide by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Guide by Mark Twain
My Antonia Guide by Willa Cather
The Awakening Guide by Kate Chopin
A Farewell To Arms Guide by Ernest Hemingway
The Scarlet Letter Guide by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Grapes of Wrath Guide by John Steinbeck
Barn Burning Guide by William Faulkner (short story)
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Interested in contemporary fiction? The following kits are for book clubs, but could easily be adapted for classroom use. Only $15.00!
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A Thousand Splendid Suns Kit by Khaled Hosseini (Best Selling Kit!)
Can’t find what you’re looking for?
In addition to the pre-made “Standard Kits,” I also offer kits customized to whatever titles your students are planning to read. The cost for these kits is $50.00 and requires two weeks advance notice.
If you are interested in ordering a kit customized to your specific needs, please email me at: kgalles@msn.com.
If you would like to buy one of the standard kits, simply click the “Buy Now” link next to the title. You will be sent to Pay Pal’s secure server and will have the option of paying with a credit card or an echeck. If you would prefer to pay another way, simply email me at kgalles@msn.com and I will email the kit to you.
- Feel free to suggest titles for future guides, too — whether classic or contemporary.
- Fiction — specifically past and future classics — is my passion, but I love all types of books!
- Any questions? Please email me at: kgalles@msn.com.
Need more information? Here are answers to Frequently Asked Questions:
What does a guide contain?
- A kit contains information about a work of fiction or non-fiction including discussion questions, author information, historical context, bookmarks, warm-up activities, interesting links to reviews, menu ideas, recommended reading, and anything else that might add to the enjoyment of the book.
- Many customers prefer to forward the guide to every member of their group so students can use the information as they are reading the work. Guides customized to your specific needs cost $50.00. Standard guides are either $15.00 (contemporary works) or $9.99 (classics).
Why should I BUY a guide, rather than use questions in the back of my book?
- After 15 years encouraging and moderating discussions with reluctant readers, I think writing engaging discussion questions is one of my particular strengths.
- Plus, most people are busy, busy, busy! It can be hard enough to find the time to read the work, nevermind prepare for the discussion. So, let me do the work for you — I will make sure you have everything you need in order to have the experience possible. Past customers have particularly liked the menu suggestions and warm-up ideas, too.
Most of my customers have come back for more! Here are a couple of quotes from past customers:
“I am excited to have found your website. In the past, we have used reading group guides, but have found most lacking, containing a few questions and little else.”
“It inspired us to to talk longer — and more deeply — about the book.”
“The group really loves it. It helps to organize the discussion, especially since we have a number of ‘talkers.’”
How do I pay for it?
- Once you click “Buy Now,” you will be taken to PayPal and will have the chance to use your credit card or an echeck. You will then be given a link to download the document. The link is time-sensitive, so be sure to download it within a week! If you would prefer to pay another way, simply email me at kgalles@msn.com and I will email or snail mail the kit to you.
Any questions I haven’t answered?
- Please email me at kgalles@msn.com.
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. ~ Samuel Butler ~
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