Free Homeschooling Resources

Many high school aged children read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in high school. If you're looking for a free novel study so your high schooler can study themes in this Mark Twain classic, check out the following sites!

Book Rags -  Book rags has chapter summaries, discussion on 3 different themes throughout the book - conformity, humanity and picaresque - and information on the plot, characters and author. There are some discussion questions, but they're pulled from Yahoo answers, which you could do on your own.

SCORE - I like this site a little better, simply because they have a variety of different assignments to choose from. Combined with the summaries from Book Rags, this could be a good resource for a study guide.

Glencoe - Glencoe offers a PDF file complete with vocabulary, discussion questions organized by groups of chapter. I like the fact that there are questions and assignments for every few chapters, but I do think that they are at a somewhat lower level than we should expect from high schoolers. The questions, IMHO, are aimed at a much lower audience, and let's face it, younger kids are not going to be reading about Huck Finn!

Spark Notes - I have left the best for last (but of course you should check out each one, in case your preferences are different than mine!). Why do I like this site so much? Well, they have chapter summaries, discussion questions AND essay topics. They also cover the plot and character analysis, explanations for several quotes from the book, and a list of key facts about the book. I definitely recommend this resource!

Ashley (my ninth grader) is studying The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I wanted to share with you what I'm using for our The Grapes of Wrath novel study.

This Grapes of Wrath resource site has a lot of information useful for a The Grapes of Wrath novel study. The website is a mess, and isn't organized very well, but it does have a lot of information that you can use in your The Grapes of Wrath novel study.

I am using this novel study guide for her The Grapes of Wrath discussion questions. The pdf file has a LOT of questions, so you can pick and choose which ones you want to use in your novel study.

Cornell has a great list of Grapes of Wrath essay topics. Have your student write a one or two page essay on one or more of these The Grapes of Wrath discussion questions.

Also worth of note is Cornell's Grapes of Wrath blog and their Grapes of Wrath Reading Project. The Grapes of Wrath Reading Project includes valuable information on the Dust Bowl, Steinbeck, and more! You will find Cornell's Grapes of Wrath website very helpful in your high schooler's Grapes of Wrath novel study.

Need a copy of the book? Click the link to the right to purchase your copy of The Grapes of Wrath. Use it with the links I've provided above to broaden your homeschooler's horizons!

Kiara & I are doing a novel study on the book A Wrinkle in Time. I loved A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle when I was her age!

A Guide To Using A Wrinkle in Time in the Classroom will help give you ideas on how to incorporate different lesson plans from A Wrinkle in Time. Other resources for an A Wrinkle in Time novel study are outlined below.

In addition to the book described above, I am using Glencoe's A Wrinkle in Time novel study guide. It includes many discussion questions for use in your A Wrinkle in Time novel study. A GREAT resource.

Here is another great A Wrinkle in Time novel study guide. This site includes vocabulary words from the book, and some more discussion questions on each chapter.

Some more A Wrinkle in Time novel study guides that are great, but I'm not currently using include the following:

• Novel Guide's A Wrinkle in Time novel study


• Discussion Questions for A Wrinkle in Time novel study


• Fun Activities for A Wrinkle in Time novel study


• A Quiz for A Wrinkle in Time novel study