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Read Works

Read Works: I'm Not Eating That

For Teachers 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about making new friends. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Phonograph

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Adam who finds a secret place to escape family tension. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Squeak the Skater Goes Surfing

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Squeak, a very good skateboarder, who decided to give surfing a try. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Jack's Lost Kite Passage & Question Set

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a boy named Jack who has lost his kite. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works

Read Works: "Jose and the Blue Crayons" Passage & Question Set

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a boy who listened to his teacher during a lesson about "sharing" and then shared a crayon with his classmate. This passage reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works

Read Works: Back Roads

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of two young men who decide to travel from New York City to Pittsburgh by taking back roads. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....
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Read Works

Read Works: Casey Saves the Play

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Casey who worked on the set for the school play but ended up doing a lot more. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Casey Saves the Play

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[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

Read Works: Caught in a Lie

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Alexis whose friend was not honest with her. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Sandwich Thief

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text that asks the reader to make predictions about a boy named Mike who decided to make himself a sandwich. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Time Machine

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Eric whose uncle built a time machine in his lab. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Lottery

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Maya who misunderstood when her mother said she won the lottery. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Knocked Down

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy Christopher who did not treat a friend very nicely. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Jenny's Move

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Sarah who was very upset that her friend Jenny was moving away. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Summer Vacation

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Jose who learned the importance of a weather forecast. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 24: Interactive Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, young scholars will listen to nonfiction books about items that sink and float. Students will participate in filling in words to fill in a teacher-created chart that is connected to the information. Young...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Literature: What Makes a Good Short Story?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive exhibit takes learners on a literary journey through the classic short story.
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Caro Clarke

Caro Clarke: Description: What's It For?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the twelfth article in a series that is designed to help the new novel writer. This article focuses on how to effectively use descriptions in any writing.
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Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Story Writing Frames [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Teachers will learn how to use story writing frames with their students. Teachers will learn how to implement story frames; measure progress with story frames; and find research to support using story frames. A reproducible story frame...
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Article
Caro Clarke

Writing Advice: Where to Start?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This writing tutorial focuses on helping the aspiring author find a good place to start on his or her fiction.
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Article
Caro Clarke

Caro Clarke: Pacing Anxiety, or How to Stop Padding and Plot!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the seventh installment of a series giving advice to the author who is new to writing novels. This article focuses on how to take your characters and use them and their conflicts to develop the plot of your story. W.9-10.3b...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Elenora

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Eleonora" 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Man of the Crowd

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Man of the Crowd" 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: That Evening Sun

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with William Faulkner's short story "That Evening Sun" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...