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Read Works: My Three Sisters
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text in which a little girl named Tasha tells about her family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Pizza Problems
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the appropriateness of reading programs that reward students with unhealthy food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Sibling Face Off
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay about the complicated relationship between siblings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Homework Hubbub
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effectiveness of homework. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: School: How Has It Changed?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how much schools have changed throughout the years. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: One Big Family
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about a filmmaker's experience working with wild elephants. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Spring Is Coming [Pdf]
"Spring is Coming" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a family of settlers who had survived the winter, but needed food. Their Native American neighbors showed them onions growing and gave them new hope. It is followed by...
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Read Works: Surprise Encounter
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Grady who went on a camping trip with his family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Welcome Back!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares advice about how to make the first day of school a great one. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: The Weight Debate
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not schools should send reports home about students' body mass index (BMI). A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Give Thanks
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Thanksgiving traditions in a Native American family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Write Think: Storytelling in the Social Studies Classroom
People make the past come alive as students research and then share stories about famous Americans who promoted democratic ideals.
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Read Works: Letter From Camp
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text in which a boy named Alex writes a letter to his family to tell them about his experiences at summer camp. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Mama's Happy Christmas [Pdf]
"Mama's Happy Christmas" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about children creating a play for their sick mother on Christmas day. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Our Lemons [Pdf]
"Our Lemons" is a one page, fictional reading passage about lemons and a family in California who grow them. It is followed by open-ended questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining the...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Native Americans Potawatomi [Pdf]
"Native Americans--Potawatomi" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about what the prairie looked like during each of the seasons when the Potawatomi lived there. It is followed by questions which require students to provide...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Sociology: Social Institutions
Comprehensive learning module explores essential questions about the institutions of family and religion. Students read and listen to informational text and complete instructional activities and assignments. Includes a variety of links...
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Common Lit: "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault
French author Charles Perrault is often called the "father of the fairy tale" for his well known tales such as "Little Red Riding Hood," "Puss in Boots," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Cinderella." Cinderella is a famous folk tale, a story that...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Faulkner's as I Lay Dying: Form of a Funeral
William Faulkner's self-proclaimed masterpiece, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, is a fascinating exploration of the many voices found in a Southern family and community. Students will explore the use of multiple voices in...
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Classic Reader: With the Procession by Henry Blake Fuller
Read the full text of "With the Procession" about the Marshall family who struggles to keep their place in upper society Chicago during a time of great change.
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Classic Reader: What Can She Do by Edward Payson Roe
Read the full text of "What Can She Do" by Edward Payson Roe about the wealthy Allen family who suffers a devastating loss.
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Classic Reader: Bound to Rise by Horatio Alger
Read the full text of the coming of age story "Bound to Rise" by Horatio Alger about a young boy who leaves home in search of work to help his family through a financial hardship.
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Classic Reader: The Cabbage Patch by Alice Hegan Rice
Read the full text of the novel "The Cabbage Patch" by Alice Hegan Rice about a Kentucky family humorously coping with poverty.
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Classic Reader: Calvary Alley by Alice Hegan Rice
Read the full text of "Calvary Alley" by Alice Hegan Rice about a tomboy named Nancy who attempts to bring Christianity into her family.