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Read Works: A Clean Park
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Tyler who decides to do his part to help keep his community park clean. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Lottery
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Maya who misunderstood when her mother said she won the lottery. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Little Red Wagon
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Clay who thought about all the fun times he had in the red wagon he was preparing to sell. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: The Shortcut
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two friends who learn that a short cut isn't always the best choice. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Knocked Down
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy Christopher who did not treat a friend very nicely. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Jenny's Move
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Sarah who is upset when she finds out her best friend is moving away. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Summer Vacation
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Jose who learned the importance of a weather forecast. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparing and Contrasting Texts
Two PowerPoint presentations and a video [2:57] on comparing and contrasting literary and informational texts as well as how to write a literary analysis. Includes links to external resources.
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Sophia: Selecting Topics for Literary Analysis
A series of three PDF documents providing definitions of commonly used terms when preparing to write a literary analysis, explaining how to comment on a literary text, and demonstrating the process of analyzing the literary text "Hills...
Birmingham Grid for Learning (UK)
Birmingham Grid for Learning: Story Telling: Cinderella
Click through a book to read and view illustrations of the story "Cinderella." Click the links below the book to open word documents with additional activities focusing on the characters, setting, sequencing, illustrations, line...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpt From Swann's Way
A learning module that begins with an "Excerpt from Swann's Way" by Marcel Proust accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Elenora
A learning module that begins with Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Eleonora" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
A learning module that begins with a literary text called "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" by Oscar Wilde accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: Hermann the Irascible
A learning module that begins with a literary text called "Hermann the Irascible" by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Common Lit: Excerpt From "The Grasshopper"
A learning module that begins with Anton Chekhov's literary text "Excerpt from 'The Grasshopper'" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: The Wives of the Dead
A learning module that begins with "The Wives of the Dead" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: The Machine Stops
A learning module that begins with "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forester, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: The Star
A learning module that begins with "The Star" by H. G. Wells, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: Excerpt From "Where Lovers Dream"
A learning module that begins with an "Excerpt from 'Where Lovers Dream'" by Anzia Yezierska, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Excerpts From Roughing It
A learning module that begins with Mark Twain's literary text "Excerpts from Roughing It" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: The Man of the Crowd
A learning module that begins with Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Man of the Crowd" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: That Evening Sun
A learning module that begins with William Faulkner's short story "That Evening Sun" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: The War Prayer
A learning module that begins with "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Common Lit: Federigo's Falcon
A learning module that begins with "Federigo's Falcon" by Giovanni Boccaccio, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...