California Education Partners
Women
Alice Walker's poem "Women" provides ninth graders the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to identify how a writer's choice of syntax and diction contribute to the development of the theme of the work.
Fabius-Pompey School District
Paired Passage Practice and the Extended Response Question
How do pupils relate paired passages to each other? Here's a resource that helps! The lesson includes a short story and a poem as a set of paired reading passages, followed by some analysis questions. It also includes an essay template...
ELI Publishing
Whitman and the American ‘Romantic’ Nature
Pupils read a short biography of Walt Whitman and a portion of Whitman's epic poem "Song of Myself." Readers then respond to a series of comprehension questions.
Curated OER
The Kitchen Sink-N
Challenge your learners with this trivia learning exercise. They can use research techniques to find the answers to questions about famous poems, world history, and vocabulary terms.
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Reading Comprehension Too
In this reading comprehension activity, students write sentences with forty five given words. They think about what each conveys and when it could be used.
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The Belle of Amherst, Emily Dickinson
Review a variety of Emily Dickinson's poems in this quiz. Multiple-choice questions give you the first line of a poem and focus on reading comprehension. Appropriate for ending a unit on Emily Dickinson.
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Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay choice questions based on various Shakespearean sonnets. Students may also access an online quiz on the sonnets using...
Curated OER
Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2005)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read a memoir and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then compose an essay using ideas from both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2009)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read an excerpt from a novel and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then compose an essay response using information from...
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2008)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English worksheet, students read an excerpt from a memoir and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay using details and...
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Regents High School Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2007)
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination in English worksheet, learners read an essay and a poem and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay using ideas from both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2010)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, young scholars read passages and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay using ideas and examples from both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination Session Two (2009)
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, learners read a passage and answer multiple-choice questions based on reading comprehension. Students then write a unified essay using evidence from each passage.
Curated OER
Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2008)
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, pupils read a poem and an excerpt from an autobiography and answer comprehension questions. Students then write a unified essay based on both passages.
K12 Reader
The Road Not Taken
"The Road Not Taken," is the focus of an exercise that asks readers to identify the figurative meaning of Robert Frost's poem.
Curated OER
My Papa's Waltz Theme of Family
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on theme of family in "My Papa's Waltz." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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The Lady of Shalott Theme of Art and Culture
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes of art and culture in "The Lady of Shalott." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities...
Curated OER
Because I Could Not Stop for Death Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," by Emily Dickinson.
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The Day is Done Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "The Day is Done," by Longfellow.
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Dream-Land Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Dream-Land," by Edgar Allan Poe.
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci."
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Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape Questions
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape."
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In a Station of the Metro Questions
In this reading comprehension activity, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "In a Station of the Metro."
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Her Kind Questions
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on "Her Kind," by Anne Sexton.