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Curated OER

The Tell-Tale Heart

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Readers listen and critically read fictional prose to answer prediction questions at designated stopping points, and then they give a summary of the short story. This lesson is ideal for English language learners developing English...
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Activity
Shmoop

ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Determining the meaning of a word based on context clues or marking how the meaning of a term evolves in the course of a document can be a challenge in more complex text. Give your pupils an opportunity to practice this skill with a...
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Writing
Curated OER

The Learning Network: More Like Disney

For Students 7th - 12th
A great source of high-interest reading for the language arts classroom! Meant to be used with an article also available on the New York Times website, this worksheet provides 10 comprehension questions about the reading as well as one...
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

What Can You Infer?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Perhaps one of the most famous and illustrative stories featuring irony, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry provides many opportunities for learners to make inferences about its characters. After reading a short introductory passage from...
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Worksheet
Teach-nology

Making My Swimming Pool

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
If you'd always wanted an expensive swimming pool, how would you make the money to build it? Kids read a short passage about a quest to create a dream swimming pool, and use a list of words to fill in eight spaces throughout the reading.
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Channel Islands Film

Dark Water: Lesson Plan 3 - Grades 6-12

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
After watching the documentary Dark Water about a traditional Chumash ceremony and reading a Chumash origin story, viewers are asked to create a coat of arms and to craft an essay that details a family tradition or their own origin story.
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Curated OER

Identifying Implications

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read a variety of reading passages and articles. They investigate how to make implications and assumptions using the information provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cloze Passage: Destruction of the Earth

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this destruction of the earth cloze procedure worksheet, students fill in the 12 missing words in the passage to help identify their reading level.
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Curated OER

Applying Character and Setting to Play Readings

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Read Ira Sleeps Over, then identify elements of plays that are also common to books. Learners analyze character and setting, consider how these elements relate to a play, then write a one-paragraph skit using the characters from Ira...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Directed Reading Thinking Activity: Cold Sassy Tree

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lots of questions arise when reading Cold Sassy Tree. As your class encounters the twentieth chapter, encourage a rich discussion with some of the questions provided here. Then, either independently, or for homework, ask your readers to...
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Lesson Plan
Prestwick House

Vocabulary in Context: Inside the World of Wizards

For Teachers 8th Standards
Enter the world of Harry Potter and learn new vocabulary at the same time. A high-interest reading passage provides insight into the history of Harry Potter. Follow-up activities incorporate key vocabulary strategies, such as using...
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Lesson Plan
US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Thanksgiving 3—Traditions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Thanksgiving is a treasured national holiday, but it can look different from table to table. Through a reading passage, real-world images, and class discussion, scholars take a look into Thanksgiving's importance to the United States of...
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Worksheet
K5 Learning

The Music Concert

For Students 2nd Standards
Second graders read an informational text passage on music concerts and then answer questions based on what they read.
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Worksheet
K5 Learning

Fight for Equality: Thurgood Marshall

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Students read an informational text passage on Thurgood Marshall and his contribution to African Americans' rights, and then answer questions based on what they read.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Robo-Lobster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Introduce environmental science or engineering explorers to different forms of sampling. They read an article about "Robo-lobsters," lobsters being studied to help design robots that can used to sniff out pollution in ocean waters. The...
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Scholastic

Midnight Magic Discussion Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This discussion guide accompanies the fiction book Midnight Magic written by Avi, enforces story elements, inferences, and theme/plot. Have the class work on it over time, it will engage even your reluctant readers. 
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Curated OER

Getting the Most Nutrition from Your Food

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Healthy eating is a habit that one can never start too early. Learners in grades five through seven, work through a series of activities and informational reading to understand how to make good food choices. You'll find a full...
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Worksheet
Student Handouts

Foreign Affairs

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Inform your class about foreign policy during the Reagan administration. The resource includes a reading passage that gives an overview of foreign policy decisions made during the Reagan administration and nine questions for pupils to...
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Lesson Plan
US Holocaust Museum

Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Imagine being a child forced from your home and into a concentration camp during World War II. Scholars prepare for a visit to the United States Holocaust Museum by researching the children of the horrible event. They analyze...
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Curated OER

Easy to Read

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners compare reading passages in paragraph form to book form. They determine that the reading passages on the state assessments are no more difficult than the books they choose to read. They turn their favorite books into reading...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read passages and look online to discover the history and important people, culture, and icons of Wales. In this Wales lesson plan, students participate in a jigsaw reading and learn a few phrases in Welsh.
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Novelinks

The Crucible: Questioning Strategies Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Enrich your unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible with a list of reading questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy. Kids answer questions and provide context for the knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Melbourne - Reading Comprehension Podcards Worksheet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one page passage about Melbourne, Australia. They complete approximately 30 fill in the blank questions dealing with the passage. Students also identify seven synonyms. The...
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Curated OER

What's Wrong - Intensive Reading

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the different types of reading and when to use each type. They read passages and try to find the mistake in each sentence.