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CommonLit

Common Lit: Snow White

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Snow White" by The Brothers Grimm, 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: Fourteen

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Fourteen" Alice Gerstenberg, 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: The Cold War

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with "The Cold War" by Jessica McBirney, 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: Stephen Hawking

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Stephen Hawking" by Jessica McBirney, 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: Salvador Dali

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Salvador Dali" by Jessica McBirney, 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: Stress for Success

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Stress for Success" by Alison Pearce Stevens, 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: At the Zoo by William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 3rd - 4th
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English writer who was best known for his stories about life in England. In this poem, a speaker describes animals at the zoo. It also offers guided reading, an assessment, and discussion...
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Common Lit: From Pit to Pond

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with "From Pit to Pond" by Wendy Hobday Haugh, 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: Summer With Papaji

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with the story "Summer With Papaji" by Jyoti Singh Visvanath, 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 Crocodile

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll, 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: Fame Is a Bee

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the "Fame is a Bee" by Emily Dickinson, 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 Farmer and the Viper

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Farmer and the Viper" by Aesop, 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: Manifest Destiny, I Do Believe

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Manifest Destiny, I Do Believe" by BirdBrain History, 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 Donkey, the Fox, and the Lion

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Donkey, The Fox, and the Lion" by Aesop, 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 Fox and the Lion

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Fox and the Lion" by Aesop, 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 Ant and the Dove

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Ant and the Dove" by Aesop, 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: Home

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Home" by Gwendolyn Brooks, 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: Sea Fever

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield, 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: Hamlet 1.3.78

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Hamlet 1.3.78" by Gary Soto 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: Capitalism

For Students 7th - 8th
An economic system refers to the way the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized. People often disagree about how economic systems around the world should work. Capitalism, the system used in the United States,...
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Common Lit: The Last Class: The Story of a Little Alsatian

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the short story "The Last Class: The Story of a Little Alsatian" by Alphonse Daudet, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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Common Lit: Benedict Arnold: Two Sides of a Bitter Coin by David White

For Students 7th - 8th
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) was an American general during the American Revolutionary War. He originally fought for the colonists' Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. Today, the name "Benedict Arnold" has become...
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Common Lit: The Golden Touch

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Golden Touch" 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 Griffin and the Minor Canon

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the short story "The Griffin and the Minor Canon" by Frank R. Stockton, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...