Literature Study Guides

Literature Study Guides are an excellent means of supplementing your lesson plans when teaching the classics. Follett Educational Services (FES) is pleased to offer the complete line of literature study guides from Novel Units® and CliffsNotes™.

Novel Units® - It’s Like Buying Time!^SM

Novel Units® Teacher Guides and Student Packets have everything a teacher needs to teach a novel and uses the latest reading strategies, so students develop higher-level thinking skills with less emphasis on memorization. Aligning with our best-selling classroom literature, Novel Units® are available for classic, contemporary, award-winning, and Spanish-Language titles. Use the Teacher Guide and Student Packet together for the most comprehensive lesson planning!

View featured titles for Novel Units® literature study guides aligned with our best selling paperback novels.

Student Packets feature multiple-level reproducibles for direct student use. With an average of 44 pages, teachers can tailor activities and test pages for individual students. Student Packets include:
Pre-Reading Activities Study Questions Vocabulary Activities Literary Analyses	Writing Projects Critical and Creative Thinking Challenges Quizzes and Final Exams with Answer Keys
Teacher Guides feature everything a teacher needs to teach a novel. Inspiring lesson plans provide a comprehensive unit with an average of 32 pages. Teacher Guides include:
Story Summaries Author Backgrounds Pre-Reading Activities Vocabulary Builders Discussion Questions Graphic Organizers	Writing Ideas Literary Analyses Post-Reading Activities Cross-Curriculum Extension Activities Assessments Answer Keys

Novel Units® focus on the content of the novel and provide information, activities and discussion/test questions that develop critical thinking skills. Teachers who use Novel Units® have found that teaching a novel is easier and better.

CliffsNotes™ The Fastest Way to Learn

CliffsNotes™ provide the combined efforts of teachers, writers and editors who have studied, taught and analyzed what literary classics mean to literature as a whole. CliffsNotes™ serve as a practical resource for educators -- from refreshing their literature knowledge before teaching the classics to supplementing lesson plans with Q&A, essay questions and practice projects. CliffsNotes™ critical commentaries and essays can also help guard against student plagiarism.

CliffsNotes™ cover hundreds of literary classics, helping students establish a greater understanding and appreciation for literature with features including:

CliffsComplete™ is an expanded version of CliffsNotes™ that includes the original play or literature text along with a glossary and expert commentary in a unique, two-column format.

View featured titles for CliffsNotes™ literature study guides aligned with our best selling paperback novels.

PEARL / LIT GDE /TE (P)

CHARLOTTES WEB / LIT GDE (P)

CRASH / LIT GDE 5-6(P)

FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON / LIT GDE (P)

DEATH OF A SALESMAN / LIT GDE (P)