Penguin Books
An Educator's Guide to the Works of Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson tackles challenging topics for teens. An educator's guide shares activities for many of her novels such as Prom, Shout, and Wintergirls. Questions, perfect to use as either discussion or as essay prompts, accompany...
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Comprehension Activity: Canadian Pair Skaters
In this comprehension worksheet, students read about the 2002 Winter Olympic Canadian pair skaters, then answer 2 short answer and 6 multiple choice questions.
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ESL/EFL Worksheet - Kyoto Protocol Heated Bra Developed
In this ESL/EFL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Kyoto Protocol Heated Bra Developed." They participate in discussion activities, and written ones including true or false, matching, and short...
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Listening Exercises: "London" by William Blake
In this poetry and listening skills online worksheet, students watch a YouTube video reading of the poem, "London" by William Blake. They enter the correct words in a cloze activity. They read an excerpt about the poem and answer the...
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Breaking News English - Gap Inc. Launches Sweatshop Enquiry
In this ESL/ELL lesson, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Gap Inc. Launches Sweatshop Enquiry." They complete a variety of reading and discussion activities based on the article. They discuss clothing, childhood, and...
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Ghost Town at Sundown
In this reading literature comprehension worksheet, learners complete 35 questions about the book, Ghost Town at Sundown. There are a variety of activities and puzzles about this book.
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BBC Learning English -working abroad: listening
In this listening worksheet, students will complete a chart identifying which of 5 speakers communicated each of the 18 statements. The corresponding radio broadcast can be found...
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ESL/EFL Comprehension: Water Supply Returns to Chinese City
In this ESL/EFL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Water Supply returns to Chinese City." They participate in discussion activities, and written exercises. They complete fill in the blank, true or...
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Phrase Card Reading
Fourth graders, after reading and discussing the book, "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," by Judy Bloom, complete a vocabulary worksheet and read sections from the book fluently and accurately. They utilize dictionaries and thesauruses...
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Intermediate Guided Reading Lesson Plan for: Corn is Maize The Gift of the Indians
A lovely guided reading lesson awaits you and your students. They read the book,Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians, by Aliki, summarize the important events of the story, and describe how corn has helped develop culture in America.
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My First Biography: Christopher Columbus Storia Teaching Guide | Scholastic.com
Sail with Christopher Columbus on a biographical reading adventure. Young explorers learn about the life of Sir Columbus as they hone their comprehension skills through guiding questions, shared reading, and fluency practice. Included in...
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Making Evidence-Based Claims: Grade 6
In order to make evidence-based claims, one must be able to draw explicit information from text. From here, learners take that information, analyze the text to develop a deeper understanding, and connect with the information in order to...
Scholastic
Reading Success Mini Books: Word Families
Engage children in learning about rhyming words with this printable book on the -ing word family. Including six words with supporting pictures, young learners practice reading and writing the words before adding their own word and...
iCivics
Washington’s Water
It's easy to forget about something as simple as water, a substance that is easily available to many in the world. However, understanding water management and the importance of a renewable resource system becomes clear in an informative,...
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English Exercises: Reading Comprehension
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, learners read a 2-paragraph selection and then respond to 6 true or false questions about the selection.
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Reading Comprehension
Eleventh graders analyze an advertisement. In this advertisement analysis lesson, 11th graders work in learning tiers to complete an analysis of the structure of the advertisement when compared to other text. Students complete a...
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Applying Reading Strategies to Aid Comprehension
Students practice their reading skills. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read articles about fast food topics using the wordstorming strategy described to prepare for reading the text.
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Reading About the Journey: The Odyssey
Young scholars practice their reading skills. In this reading fluency and comprehension lesson, students read instructor-selected passages from The Odyssey following the provided steps for the reading class activity that requires them to...
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Reading Retake Practice: Lego
In this worksheet about an article from The New Yorker magazine titled, "Lego" students read the article and then answer 7 comprehension questions.
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Email - reading comprehension
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students label pictures, fill in the blanks to sentences, answer yes or no questions, and more having to do with email. Students complete 8 activities.
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Active Reading
In this active reading worksheet, students develop strategies to make text relevant to their own lives and experiences. Students make a list of active reading objectives and then list strategies to use to reach the objectives.
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Reading Comprehension
Eighth graders choose a product to purchase and research it in Consumer Reports. In this consumer report lesson, 8th graders work in tiered learning groups to research a product using Consumer Reports. Students complete comprehension...
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Religious Themes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on religious themes in Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Comprehension: The Greedy boy
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage about a greedy boy and then complete 5 short answer questions based on the reading