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Tes: Character Profile
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Tes: Character Analysis
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Caro Clarke
Not Stopping the Reader: How to Avoid Stumbling Blocks
This is the eighth article in a series that focuses on helping the new novel author. This article looks at how the author can avoid creating stumbling blocks that disrupt the flow of the novel.
Caro Clarke
Explaining Too Much: Why More Is Less
This is the eleventh article in a series that is designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on how to eliminate needless information in your novel. The key is to not explain too much about the action.
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?
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Read Works: Helping a Friend
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Zoe who knows that helping a friend is more important than winning. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: My Favorite Alley Cat
[Free Registration/Login Required] Requires free membership. This 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: I Need Quiet!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kahlil who figured out a way to eliminate noisy distractions so he could read. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: My Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the Quabbin Lake Singers who share their Native American culture through song. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Instrumental Talent
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Ruby Jane Smith, a 12-year-old who plays 11 different instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Boys' Choir of Harlem
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the Boys Choir of Harlem. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Native American
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Native American daily life. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Massive Monument: The Crazy Horse Memorial
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a sculpture in memory of Crazy Horse. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Kid Ambassadors
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about two ten-year-old boys who learn to be ambassadors through the People to People Student Ambassador Program. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension...
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Read Works: A Rally Against Poverty
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes a world-wide social movement called "Make Poverty History," an idea that Nelson Mandela helped promote at an international meeting. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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Read Works: Meerkat Lessons
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about an African mammal called a meerkat. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: The Chimps Champ
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Jane Goodall, scientist, researcher, and environmentalist. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Protecting the Platypus
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about protesters who are trying to protect the habitat of the platypus in Australia. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Kwan's Crusade
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Michelle Kwan becoming a public diplomat for the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Big Dreams
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a disabled man from Ghana who became a triathlete. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: African American Leaders
[Free Registration/Login Required] Mini-biographical information is shared about the following African American leaders in this passage: Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and Condoleeza Rice. This passage is a...
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Read Works: Deep Sea Search
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Amelia Earhart and the search after her disappearance. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: In the Enemy's Grip
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a prisoner of war and his escape from Vietnam. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Eyewitness to History
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about a man who fought for the Soviet Union during World War II. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...