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Common Lit: "Emma Watson's Un: "He for She: Gender Equality Is Your Issue, Too"

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Common Lit: Empowering the Black Power Movement

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Common Lit: East German Man Receives Contest Prize 45 Years Later

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Common Lit: Elephant's Child

For Students 5th - 6th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Common Lit: Duke Ellington

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Common Lit: "'Hope' Is the Thing With Feathers" (254) by Emily Dickinson

For Students 7th - 9th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. In this famous American novel we follow Ishmael as he documents Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of the infamous white whale, Moby Dick -...
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Common Lit: Book Pairings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching a book unit this year? It's a best practice to supplement book units with short passages from a variety of different genres. These 92 reading passages were handpicked by master teachers to supplement your book units. They...
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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

For Students 5th - 8th
Death narrates a poignant tale of collecting lives and stories through Nazi Germany while constantly circling back to Liesel, who survives because of the love she shares and her love of language. Selected (6) reading passages (grades...
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Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Eight Days: A Story of Haiti" by Edwidge Danticat

For Students 5th - 8th
In this tale, for young readers, award-winning Edwidge Danticat tells the story of Junior, a seven-year-old boy trapped beneath his house after the Port-au-Prince earthquake and his rescue. While trapped during the earthquake, Junior...
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Common Lit: Themes: Love: How Does Love Emerge?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How does love emerge?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required for...
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Common Lit: Themes: Love: How Are We Changed by Love?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How are we changed by love?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
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Common Lit: Themes: Loneliness & Isolation: What Does It Mean to Feel Alone?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What does it mean to feel alone?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Common Lit: Themes: Justice/freedom/equality: Freedom or Security More Important?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Which is more important: freedom or security?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...
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Common Lit: Themes: Justice, Freedom & Equality: What Is Fair?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, Justice, Freedom & Equality: What is fair?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...
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Common Lit: Themes: Identity: What Makes You Who You Are?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What makes you who you are?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
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Common Lit: Themes: Identity: Can You Change Your Identity?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Can you change your identity?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Common Lit: Themes: Honor & Courage: What Makes a Hero?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What makes a hero?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required for...
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Common Lit: Themes: Honor & Courage: What Does It Mean to Be Brave?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What does it mean to be brave?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Common Lit: Themes: Growing Up: Why Should We Value Our Youth?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Why should we value our youth?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Common Lit: Themes: Growing Up: What Does It Mean to Be Grown Up?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What does it mean to be grown up?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Common Lit: Themes: Friendship & Family: What Is a Friend?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What is a friend?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required for...
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Common Lit: Themes: Friendship & Family: What Makes a Family?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What makes a family?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required for...
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Common Lit: Themes: Fear & Paranoia: How Can Fear Be Used to Manipulate?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How can fear be used to manipulate?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...