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Read Works: Helping Hands
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text written by ten-year-old Rose Brooks about her trip to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding...
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Read Works: Hispanic Population Soars
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text the population growth of Hispanics in the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understandig author's purpose.
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Read Works: It Is Apple Season
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about apple trees during each of the four seasons. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in determining the author's purpose.
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Read Works: Once Upon a Time
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Hans Christian Anderson who is also called the father of fairytales. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Vanishing Vultures
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the decreasing number of vultures in India and the problems it creates. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: When Lightning Strikes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read lightning: what causes it, when it is seen, and how to stay safe during a lightning storm. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: The Heat Is On
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives information about global warming and its threat to the polar bears in the Arctic. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: The Ivory Billed Woodpecker Returns
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that was once perceived to be extinct due to excessive logging. This passage is a stand-alone curricular...
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Read Works: Hot Topics
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the human body gets energy from food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Get Up and Go
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the importance of eating a good breakfast. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Goodbye to Lice
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction, informational text passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
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Read Works: Animal Instinct
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about animals that seem to instinctively know when a natural disaster is about to happen. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Turn It Off
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effects of watching too much television and the challenge of TV-Turnoff Week. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the television game show "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: China Under Attack
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a personal experience during the Japanese attach on China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Casey Saves the Play
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the story of a character who is able to particiapate . This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension...
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Read Works: Grown Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about growing up. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: They're Back
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the increasing population of the endangered gray wolf. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Be a Safe Sport
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text listing ways to prevent sports injuries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose: Reading Test 2
A ten-question quiz on identifying whether an author's purpose is to persuade, inform, or entertain the reader. Students are asked to type an explanation for each answer. Results can be printed, saved, or emailed.
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E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose: Reading Test 3
A ten-question quiz on identifying whether an author's purpose is to persuade, inform, or entertain the reader. Students are asked to type an explanation for each answer. Results can be printed, saved, or emailed.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Finding Themes in Literature
A slide show with forty slides with explanations, examples, and information on how to determine the theme of a text. RL.9-10.2 and RL.11-12.2 Analyzing Theme.
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Sophia: Referencing the Author's Purpose
This lesson explains how to reference an author's purpose when answering a reading comprehension question. This tutorial shares an audio version of the lesson's content. [3:14] RI.11-12.6 Eval Purpose, Rhetoric, Style
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Read Works: Author's Purpose 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on author's purpose. In the first lesson, students practice identifying the author's purpose as to entertain, to persuade, or to inform. In the second lesson, students use graphic...