Young readers test their comprehension skills with an interactive practice. Pupils read a brief informational text about money then answer five questions. A detailed page appears at the end to showcase participants' work.

How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...

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A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Man Injured at Fast Food Place" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Freeway Chase Ends at Newsstand" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Food Fight Erupted in Prison" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Pulling Out Nine Tons of Trash" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Rentals at the Oceanside Community" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Pier Collapses" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students can...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Man Gets 12 Years for Fraud" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

This reading resource discusses the strategy of identifying an author's viewpoint. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they analyze the author's viewpoint.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to investigate the photographs of 19th-century progressive...

Learn about platonic solids, a special type of polyhedra. Read a definition, make three-dimensional models using printouts, and play with an interactive animation, which will show you the faces, vertices, and edges on platonic solids:...

Reflect on a medieval tapestry and write a story about what you think is going on. Read stories that other site visitors have written about the tapestry.

Print this short mystery story for your advanced English language learners to illustrate. The story gives preterit and pluperfect tense practice.

A printable graphic organizer students can use to organize their thoughts when a new concept is introduced. Seed Discussion categories include things the learner does not understand, things that are surprising or interesting, new...

This lesson models an information-gathering process for primary learners as they listen to and look at resources, seeking information pertinent to the questions on an information wheel. Guiding the listening, looking, and learning...

Philip Armour, an industry titan in the meat industry, made his money by exploiting the need of his workers for jobs. Read about the deplorable conditions the workers endured in the packinghouses and in the shanty towns in which they...

English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...

A brief article explaining the basics about savings accounts and two kinds of interest: simple and compound. Also learn about managing your credit and credit card debt. Click on "Know the Terms: How to Manage Your Credit Cards" to read...

Pre-reading activities can engage student interest, activate prior knowledge, or pre-teach potentially difficult concepts and vocabulary. They also offer a great opportunity to introduce comprehension components such as cause and effect,...

This resource includes a 45-minute webcast with George Mason University education professor Dr. Lorraine Valdez Pierce, discussion questions, sample assessment tools, and other resources. Sample assessment tools are available as...

Use these brief explanations to help you determine the narrator and point of view in any piece of literature. W.11-12.3a Narratives

Designed for adult learners, this literacy instructional activity could easily be used in the high school or middle school classroom. Some handouts are included, but some material must be found in a newspaper or magazine.