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Active Reading with American History
Explore connections within and between informational texts with this lesson about encyclopedia articles. Middle schoolers write encyclopedia articles focusing on topics in American history. They discuss how to determine credibility...
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Using the Comprehension Strategies
High school learners review the six major reading comprehension strategies. They demonstrate the strategies by putting them into action using more complex reading. They finish by discussing a seventh strategy, monitoring comprehension.
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The Secret to Freedom Teacher’s Guide
Students read the story "The Secret to Freedom" and participate in active reading to personalize what they have read. In this reading lesson, students follow several writing activities and discuss their work . Students integrate their...
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Wild And Crazy Word Finder
This worksheet provides 10 blanks to record new or interesting vocabulary during any reading activity. The class follows up with a discussion of these words. This worksheet is not necessary, but if you want a uniform reading vocabulary...
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Active Reading
In this active reading worksheet, students develop strategies to make text relevant to their own lives and experiences. Students make a list of active reading objectives and then list strategies to use to reach the objectives.
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The Call of the Wild
In this The Call of the Wild worksheets, learners use questions to help them use them actively read and increase their reading comprehension for chapters one through seven in the book.
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School-Home Links: Book Links 6
In this reading and asking questions worksheet, students read a book with their family and write the title and author on the lines. Students then answers the questions about the story's ending and describe how they would change it....