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Unit Plan
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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Earth 2072

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about what school might be like in the future. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Casey Saves the Play

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a person who fills in at the last minute to fill a role in a play. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Kim's Hungry Pet

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of fictional diary entries about a girl named Kim who get a new pet goat. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Finders Keepers?

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two kids who find a wallet with a lot of money and a driver's license. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Out With the Old

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Michaela who moved with her family to America from an unsafe country. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Welcome Home

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two kids who are at the airport with their father waiting for their mother, Sergeant Green, to come home. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Her Own Room

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Isabel whose big sister is leaving for college. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Oh Nuts!

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about one little squirrel who gathers nuts for winter and another little squirrel who does not. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Jenny's Move

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Sarah who is upset when she finds out her best friend is moving away. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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eBook
Birmingham Grid for Learning (UK)

Birmingham Grid for Learning: Story Telling: Cinderella

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Click through a book to read and view illustrations of the story "Cinderella." Click the links below the book to open word documents with additional activities focusing on the characters, setting, sequencing, illustrations, line...
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Characters

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Learn about the different types of characters in Cinderella, and determine which traits belong to the hero and villain. Click on the "Character" button.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From Swann's Way

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with an "Excerpt from Swann's Way" by Marcel Proust 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with a literary text called "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" by Oscar Wilde accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Hermann the Irascible

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with a literary text called "Hermann the Irascible" by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "The Grasshopper"

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with Anton Chekhov's literary text "Excerpt from 'The Grasshopper'" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Herman Melville's literary text "Excerpt from "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Wives of the Dead

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Wives of the Dead" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Machine Stops

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forester, 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 Star

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Star" by H. G. Wells, 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "Where Lovers Dream"

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with an "Excerpt from 'Where Lovers Dream'" by Anzia Yezierska, 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpts From Roughing It

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with Mark Twain's literary text "Excerpts from Roughing It" 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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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The War Prayer

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain, 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...