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Common Lit: Puerto Rican Obituary

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Puerto Rican Obituary" by Pedro Pietri accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: Plate Tectonics: Moving and Shaking

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Plate Tectonics: Moving and Shaking," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman

For Students 7th - 9th
A learning module that begins with the poem "O Captain! My Captain" by Walt Whitman, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: On the Reverence Due Father and Mother in Law

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "On the Reverence Due Father- and Mother-In-Law" by Zhao Ban, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Common Lit: On Reverencing the Husband

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "On Reverencing the Husband" by Zhao Ban, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: On the Cultivation of Virtue, Woman's Work, and Politeness

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "On the Cultivation of Virtue, Woman's Work, and Politeness" by Zhao Ban, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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Common Lit: "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Putting Good Deeds in Headlines May Not Be So Good

For Students 6th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Putting Good Deeds in Headlines May Not Be So Good" by Tovia Smith, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: "Steve Jobs' Stanford University Commencement Speech" by Steve Jobs

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Steve Jobs' Stanford University Commencement Speech" by Steve Jobs, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: Stanley Williams

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Stanley Williams," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: Petition From the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery" by Benjamin Franklin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Common Lit: "Little Red Riding Hood" by the Brothers Grimm

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Little Red Riding Hood" by The Brothers Grimm, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Master Jacob

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Master Jacob" by Howard Pyle, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Common Lit: On Broadway

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "On Broadway" by Claude McKay accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor Dies; Pianist Was 110

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor Dies; Pianist was 110" by Mark Memmot, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Common Lit: Out Where the West Begins

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Out Where the West Begins" by Arthur Chapman, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: On Reverence for Parents

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "On Reverence for Parents" by Zhao Ban, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Nursing Home

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Nursing Home" by Hayes Davis, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: Orpheus and Eurydice

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Orpheus and Eurydice" by Ovid, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Common Lit: Ode on a Grecian Urn

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Online Identity

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Online Identity," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student accounts....
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Common Lit: "Math Isn't Just for Boys" by Rachel Crowell

For Students 7th - 8th
This learning module "Math Isn't Just for Boys" focuses on the disproportionately large number of boys who participate in math competitions and pursue math-related careers later on in life. Where are all the girls? In this informational...
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Common Lit: Learning About the Solar System

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with "Learning About the Solar System" by Barbara Radner, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: "Life of a Slave on a Southern Plantation" by Bird Brain History

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Life of a Slave on A Southern Plantation" by BirdBrain History, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...