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About the Author

Name: Rudyard Kipling Born: 30 December 1865 in Bombay, India First book of short stories: Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) Most famous book: The Jungle Book (1894) Other books: The Second Jungle Book…

About the Author

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Sir William Wilde, was an important surgeon, and his mother was an Irish nationalist poet. He studied at…

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Pen Name: Lewis Carroll Real Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Born: 27 January 1832 First book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) Other Book: Through the Looking-Glass (1871) Hobby: Photography…

About the Author

Pen Name: Lewis Carroll Real Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Born: 27 January 1832 First book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) Other Book: Through the Looking-Glass (1871) Hobby: Photography…

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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, a town in central England, on or near 23 April (we are not sure of the date, but we celebrate his birthday on the 23rd). His father, John…

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Robert Louis Stevenson wrote* two of the most famous books in English: Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He also wrote many other popular stories, such as Kidnapped and…

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Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on 30 November 1835 in Florida, Missouri, but when he was four years old, he moved with his family to Hannibal, Missouri, a town on…

All about Thanksgiving

This SMART notebook lesson is an overview of Thanksgiving. There are links to the "Scholastic.com" website about Thanksgiving.

About my family

This is an example of the modern letter: the email. It's a reading and a writing activity to improve reading and comprehension skills.