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Earth Day Reading Comprehension
Here is a really neat Earth Day reading passage that can be used online or printed. The initial passage provides learners with the opportunity to read a poem entitled, "Woodman, Spare That Tree!" It also includes comprehension questions...
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Jane Eyre Reading Guide
Use this list of questions as short daily reading quizzes. Two to five questions are provided for each chapter, and they focus on basic reading comprehension. Or consider providing your independent readers with a section of the questions...
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"Playing in the Snow" - Reading Comprehension (Poem)
Have your English language learners puzzle through this activity. Class members read the incomplete poem about playing in the snow and use the given words to complete poem. This is challenging since some of the spaces are ambiguous. Ask...
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Jump-Start the Reading of Authentic Latin
Are your advanced learners reading authentic Latin this year? Whether you're teaching Caesar, Cicero or Virgil, use some of these strategies to map out your unit. What do you focus on? Consider taking small passages and making that the...
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Katie's Diary--reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students take a look at page 68 in Katie's diary that shows what she is planning to do in the week ahead. Students then answer fifteen reading comprehension questions associated with the diary.
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Reading Comprehension Quiz: Where Should Turtle Be?
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz about the book Where Should Turtles Be?
Tell City Schools
The Cay
Support your instruction of The Cay by Theodore Taylor with this extensive unit of materials. Provided here are prereading activities, worksheets and discussion questions for the entire book, and reading quizzes that you can use to check...
Scholastic
I Survived Being Bullied
Listen, or read, to a first-hand account of how 15-year old Adama survived being bullied. Scholars gain insight into Adama's experience while reinforcing reading comprehension and vocabulary skills using context clues.
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Reading Comprehension 5 - Looking for a Job- Test Your Reading Skills
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a message that a young woman leaves on the answering machine of a job recruitment agency. They write answers to 20 questions based on their comprehension of the paragraph.
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Reading Comprehension 3 - A Lazy Holiday or an Exciting Holiday?- Test Your Reading Skills
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage about a young girl's plans for her summer holidays. They write the answer to 10 questions based on the reading.
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Reading Comprehension 4 - What Shall We Do Tomorrow?- Test Your Reading Skills
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 7th graders read a short passage in which one young lady talks to a young man about their holiday experience in Devon, UK. They answer 10 questions based on the passage.
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Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills: Lucky Dip 2
Sometimes your English language learners don't need structured speaking practice to build oral fluency. This fun trivia worksheet provides them several opportunities to talk. In groups, they must list three countries in Asia, three...
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Sign of the Beaver Chapter Questions
Helpful for your unit on Elizabeth George Speare's Sign of the Beaver, a list of reading questions are a good way to check for understanding after your class finishes a chapter. Each two chapters have three or four questions, and the...
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Tools of Persuasion
Ethos, pathos, and logos. After reading a passage about Aristotle's, three basic tools of persuasion, individuals answer a series of multiple choice comprehension questions and craft responses to three short-answer essay prompts.
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Reading Comprehension 8 – Checking Train Times
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read and analyze a short passage on "Checking Train Times," and then answer twenty reading comprehension questions associated with the passage.
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Reading Comprehension 2 – The Car Thief- Test Your Reading Skills
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage about a girl who witnesses a car theft, and the outcome of her actions. They fill in 20 blanks with short answers about the passage.
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Chapter 4: The Expansion of Greece
Looking for a comprehensive resource to accompany Western Civilizations, 16th edition? This site follows the text with online response tools such as chapter quizzes, interactive maps, focus questions, and flash cards. Chapter 4 focuses...
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Speaking and Listening Skills
Build oral fluency with your English language learners. They use the topic of vacations or holidays to practice posing questions and creating answers. A long list of subtopics is included here. Consider breaking your class into pairs and...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.8
It is no easy feat to wade through legal and political documents. And incorporating this type of informational text into a literature class can also be a challenge. Here’s a resource that includes suggestions for how to address this...
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Playground Signs-- Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students look at a photograph of 2 warning signs posted in Derbyshire, UK. Students read 10 questions about the information given in the signs and write "true," "false" or "we don't know" next to...
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Breaking News English - US Fat Cats Quizzed Over High Salaries
In this ESL/ELL reading comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article entitled, "US Fat Cats Quizzed Over High Salaries." They discuss the article and participate in both pre and post-reading activities. They fill in the...
Mr. Ambrose
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Good discussion questions, quizzes, and tests teach as well as assess. Readers of The Great Gatsby will learn much from the materials in a 36-page packet designed to help students prepare for the AP Literature exam. Included in the...
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Test Your Reading Skills: Famous Britons
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a chart with the names of 10 famous Britons, the dates of their life spans and the age when they died. Students answer 20 questions which they can figure out by using the chart.
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Easter Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about Easter, then complete 4 related questions. Students click on links to access questions and answers.