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Lib.ru: Classic Russian Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Great resource for finding online text for classic Russian literature in Russian. Features the most popular writers and their works. Valuable resource for students studying Russian. Russian-speaking ELL students might translate passages...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Hyperbole and Understatement (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to recognize hyperbole and understatement in nonfiction. Good examples also appear in other forms of writing such as fiction and poetry, but we...
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Read Works

Read Works: Fourth Grade: Three Lesson Unit: Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan unit on comparing and contrasting through which young scholars compare and contrast two non-fiction articles and two editorials, and write a compare and contrast essay. With free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: Teaching Units

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Complete teaching units (12) by grade level. CommonLit units are crafted to be both engaging and rigorous, featuring a variety of literary and informational texts from diverse sources. Reading, writing, and discussion are prioritized in...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Out of Proportion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are asked to explain how natural disasters affect environmental health.
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Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"

For Students 6th - 8th
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Work & Welfare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Gender, Behaviour & Etiquette

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow learners to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: After the Chicago Fire [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
"After the Chicago Fire" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about how Chicago was rebuilt after the great fire. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: American Explorers [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
"American Explorers" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They traveled from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean with the help of Native Americans and made maps along the way. It is followed by...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Animal Studies [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about studying the behaviors of animals including the sawfly and the poppy-bee. They learn about animals by observing them. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: A Garden in Lawndale [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"A Garden in Lawndale" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about an eighth grade class who planted a garden in a vacant lot by their school and maintained it to improve their neighborhood. It is followed by constructed-response...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Animal Studies [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about scientists learning about animal behaviors by observing them. They discuss the sawfly and poppy-bees specifically. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
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Read Works

Read Works: Paired Text Questions: "We Are Americans" and "Whoever You Are"

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will compare information from the non-fiction book "We are Americans" and the book "Whoever You Are" to write or speak more knowledgeably about what large groups of people have in common.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dewey Decimal Classification System Mural

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will select a book from an assigned section in the non-fiction area of the library. After reading the books, students will write a paragraph that summarizes the content area of the book. Students will illustrate the book that...
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EL Education

El Education: Into the Woods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
7th grade students created this field guide to the trees, plants, and birds of Baxter Woods. Students did fieldwork visits to the park and each student was responsible for one tree that was located in Baxter Woods. Students worked with...
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: The Book Review or Article Critique

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site presents a series of questions to ask yourself before writing a book review or article critique. Most appropriate for non-fiction works.
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Civil War Book Reviews

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides good examples of critical book reviews of Civil War literature.
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EL Education

El Education: Molly Sanchez

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Students learn about Deaf Culture through presentations, cultural experts, fieldwork, and reading fiction and non-fiction books. Then students use the information they have learned to create a realistic character and write a character...
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EL Education

El Education: Insect Bookmarks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
These bookmarks were created by 2nd graders at the Alice B. Beal Elementary School in Springfield, Massachusetts, as part of a two-month Learning expedition on insects. The learning expedition included field observation and collection,...
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EL Education

El Education: Insect Cards

For Teachers 1st - 5th
These local insect note cards were created by 2nd graders from the Alice B. Beal Elementary Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The project included field observation and collection, classroom experimentation and research,...
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EL Education

El Education: In the Zone: Where the Land Meets the Water

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This field guide to the marine organisms of the intertidal zone of Casco Bay was created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine, as part of a Learning Expedition called, "In the Zone." Students were engaged in scientific research at...

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