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Active Reading: Finding a Conversation Voice
Learners practice reading for comprehension and understanding. In groups, students read, out loud, using a conversation voice. They predict and discuss the story as it unfolds.
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Reading and Study Guide: Lord of the Flies Chapter Three
In this reading and study guide for Lord of the Flies, students must define vocabulary words found in the reading, complete a plot diagram and answer reading comprehension questions.
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Reading and Study Guide: Lord of the Flies Chapter 8
In this reading and study guide for The Lord of the Flies, students must define vocabulary from the reading, define literary terms, and answer reading comprehension questions.
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Novel Study: The End of the Line
The End of the Line, Angela Cerrito's gripping novel about an adolescent murderer incarcerated in an unusual "school," is the subject of a comprehensive set of support materials. Chapter vocabulary and discussion questions are excerpted...
State Bar of Texas
Engel v. Vitale
Can you bow your head and pray in school? Scholars investigate the issue of school prayer with the Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale. A short video clip along with paired group work helps viewers form opinions on the matter. They answer...
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Request
Learners play a game of questioning with the teacher after reading silently a beginning passage of text. They and teacher request specific information from each other until students are able to summarize and predict the outcome of the...
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
Poetry Aloud/Poetry Out Loud
To appreciate the value of seeing and hearing a poetry performance, groups prepare readings of selected poems and then compare and critique their interpretations and videotaped versions of the same poem. Included in the resource are...
Prestwick House
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls' memoir, The Glass Castle, grapples with the idea that loving someone may or may not include forgiving them for their past behavior. Take a look at a crossword puzzle that reviews characters, plot points, and key details...
K12 Reader
Call of the Wild
Using a paragraph from Jack London's Call of the Wild, readers demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in a passage.
K12 Reader
Solar Eclipse
A passage about solar eclipses provides readers with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in an article.
K12 Reader
Major Art Periods
After examining a brief article about the major art periods, readers use the provided graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in the paragraph.
K12 Reader
The Magna Carta
A passage about the Magna Carta provides readers with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in an article.
K12 Reader
The Mississippi River
After examining a short passage about the Mississippi River system, readers use the provided graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in the article.
National Endowment for the Humanities
“House by the Railroad”: A Painting and a Poem for the Common Core
Introduce your class to ekphrastic poetry with an exercise that asks them to examine Edward Hooper's painting House by the Railroad and Edward Hirsch's poem "Edward Hopper and the House By the Railroad." After a close reading...
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Reading and Study Guide: Julius Caesar Act I
In this reading and study guide students define vocabulary and literary terms from Act I of Julius Caesar. Students give examples of literary terms found in the reading and answer comprehension questions.
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Reading Study Guide: Julius Caesar Act III
For this reading and study guide students define vocabulary and literary terms found in Act III of Julius Caesar. Students cite examples of literary terms and answer comprehension questions.
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Reading and Study Guide: Julius Caesar Act II
In this reading and study guide high schoolers define vocabulary and literary terms found in Act II of Julius Caesar. Students also answer comprehension questions and find examples of literary terms in the reading.
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Reading and Study Guide: Julius Caesar Act IV
In this reading and study guide students define vocabulary and literary terms from Act IV of Julius Caesar. Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Reading and Study Guide: Lord of the Flies Chapter 4
In this reading and study guide students define vocabulary and literary terms for chapter 4 of Lord of the Flies. Students answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Reading and Study Guide: Lord of the Flies Chapter 2
In this reading and study guide students define vocabulary and literary terms used in Lord of the Flies, Chapter 2. Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Reading and Study Guide: Lord of the Flies Chapter 1
For this reading and study guide students define vocabulary and literary terms found in Lord of the Flies, Chapter One. Students also find examples of literary terms and answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Reading and Study Guide: Of Mice and Men Chapter One
In this reading study guide, students define vocabulary and literary terms from the novel Of Mice and Men.Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Reading and Study Guide: Of Mice and Men Chapter 3
In this reading study guide, students define vocabulary words and literary terms found in chapter 3 of the novel Of Mice and Men. Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Reading Study Guide: Of Mice and Men Chapter 4
In this reading and study guide, students define vocabulary and literary terms found in the novel Of Mice and Men. Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.