E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Theme Worksheets
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying themes in short stories and in fables. Nine different worksheets and a PowerPoint lesson are available to help reinforce the concept of theme.
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What Is a Short Story?
An essay that attempts to answer that question. The author is an author and teacher, and is understandably troubled with the idea of defining exactly what a "short story" is.
TES Global
Tes: Julius Caesar Revision
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PowerPoint lesson contains a series of Wordles that will help test students' knowledge of quotes in Act II of Julius Caesar. Teachers can use this to link Act II of Julius Caesar to its themes and...
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Prezi: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Defines and provides examples of the main idea of a paragraph and also explores the meaning of key details.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Melody
Learn about one of the basic elements in music, melody. Discover the ideas of melodic shapes and phrases as well as motifs and themes, and how to present these topics to children.
Caro Clarke
Historical Fiction: Who Rules?
This is the fifteenth article in a series designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on the genre of historical fiction and the role of the author. Is the author a researcher or a story-teller?
Read Works
Read Works: Stop the Rock!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about animals that work together to help each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Tricky Monkey
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little monkey who tells stories to get attention and then learns the importance of being honest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding theme.
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Read Works: Eyewitness to History: I'm American No Matter What
[Free Registration/Login Required] TThis passasge contains a first person account of a child who was rounded up and placed in a Japanese internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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Read Works: Oh Nuts!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two little squirrels. One collected nuts to prepare for winter, but the other decided to have fun playing instead. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
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Read Works: A Clean Park
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Tyler who realized that he needed to pitch-in and help keep the park clean. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Lottery
[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: Little Red Wagon
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Clay who thought about all the fun times he had in the red wagon he was preparing to sell. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: The High Dive
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the story of a girl who gets the courage to go off of the high dive. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Grown Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about a child who is not so eager to grow up. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Shortcut
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two friends who learn that a short cut isn't always the best choice. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Wise Choice
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Peter whose wise decision earned a reward from the queen. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Knocked Down
[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: Jenny's Move
[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: What Did You Say?
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Claire who had to learn some new words when she went to visit her British cousins. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Strength of Three
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a father who taught his three sons that they would be stronger if they learned to work together. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: All in a Week
[Free Registration/Login Required] This poem discusses the adventures taken while reading during a single week. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Jenna and the Black Cat
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Jenna who was very superstitious. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Children of War
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares an interview of a World War II-era native German whose family fled Berlin. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...