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Royal Shakespeare Company

RSC Activity Toolkit: Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Is your head beating as if it would break into twenty pieces looking for activities to accompany a reading of the woeful tale of Juliet and her Romeo? Here's a weighty tool kit that won't hurt your back. The packet is divided into 20...
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K20 LEARN

Preparing for Othello - Frontloading Meaning (Part 2): Pre-reading Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The second lesson in a two-part series that prepares high schoolers for a study of Othello focuses on additional pre-reading strategies. Pupils reflect on what they have learned and consider what they would like to learn about the play....
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Royal Shakespeare Company

RSC Activity Toolkit: The Merchant of Venice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Mercy! It's a wise teacher that knows their own students and what they need to appreciate Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. A 28-page tool kit ensures that every scholar will play a part. The kit is divided into 20 sections, each of...
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Curated OER

Chicken Soup with Rice Extension Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
After reading Chicken Soup with Rice, by Maurice Sendak, incorporate some of these great extension activities into your lesson plan. Ideas include focusing on knowing the months of the year, or studying the illustrations and how...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature: Friend and Foe: Challenge Activities (Theme 6)

For Teachers 4th Standards
The teacher doesn't always have to be the expert in the classroom. The first in a series of three supplementary activities Nature: Friend or Foe uses hands-on research tasks and projects to enhance readers' understanding of non-fiction...
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Curated OER

Cloze Passage: Rain

For Students 1st - 2nd
It's no fun when it rains! Young readers apply twelve words from a bank to a short passage about rain. You could use this activity as a homework assignment or a class activity to reinforce context clues. An answer key is available for...
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Curated OER

Cloze Passage: Skateboard

For Students 1st - 3rd
Reinforce vocabulary and context clues with this Cloze activity. After reading a short passage about skateboarding, second graders fill in ten missing words. This worksheet contains an answer key. 
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Curated OER

Cloze Passage: The Sun

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Use this Cloze activity in your science lesson or reading unit. Second graders read two paragraphs about the sun and seasons, and fill in eleven missing vocabulary words. This worksheet contains an answer key. 
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Curated OER

Assumption Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Assumption reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to St. Mary's feast day and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.
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Curated OER

Motorcycle Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this motorcycle reading comprehension activity, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to motorcycles and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.
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Curated OER

Cotton Candy Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this cotton candy reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to cotton candy and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.
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Curated OER

Popcorn Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this popcorn reading comprehension activity, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to popcorn and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.
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Curated OER

Compass Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this compass reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to compass and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information
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Curated OER

Cloze Passage - New Puppy

For Students 1st - 3rd
Practice vocabulary and descriptive language with this worksheet. Young readers work on complete a cloze activity about a new puppy, using twleve words from a word bank. An answer key is available for teacher use.
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Curated OER

Cloze Procedure for Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

For Students 7th - 9th
Is your class ready to read Laurie Halse Anderson's Fever 1793? Before they begin this historical novel, have them complete this cloze procedure to determine if it is at the correct reading level. The directions for introducing a cloze...
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Curated OER

Open Cloze Worksheet 6

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL cloze worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. Students choose one word that best completes the sentence. There is no word bank.
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Curated OER

Open Cloze Worksheet 8

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL cloze worksheet, students read 8 sentences that contain missing words. Students choose any one word they wish to insert in each space to make the sentence complete.
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Curated OER

Canary Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this canary reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to canaries and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.
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Curated OER

Seismoscope Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this seismoscope reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to seismoscopes and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.
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Curated OER

New Year's Eve Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this New Year's Eve reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to New Year's Eve and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.
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Curated OER

"Playing in the Snow" - Reading Comprehension (Poem)

For Students 5th - 7th
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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EngageNY

Reading Closely to Expand Understanding of Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders work to determine the main idea, recall key details, and answer questions using an informational text on the topic of animal adaptations. Using the non-fiction text "Staying Alive: Animal Adaptations" (provided) the teacher...
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EngageNY

Continued Close Reading of Nasreen's Secret School: Discussions of Questions and Evidence

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders answer text-dependent questions of the story Nasreen's Secret School both independently and then collaboratively through using the carousel of questions strategy. This plan is the seventh instructional activity in a...
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EngageNY

Close Reading of That Book Woman: How Did People Access Books in Rural Areas of the United States?

For Teachers 3rd Standards
For this ninth lesson plan in a larger beginning-of-the-year unit, close reading skills are used independently to find the gist of the story That Book Woman. Rereading for important details is the targeted skill to unlock a deeper...

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