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Reading Comprehension Assessment: "A Streetcar Named Desire" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read Theory provides a free reading comprehension assessment that is designed for middle grade students. Five multiple choice questions and two extended inquiries are included on this nonfiction reading assessment that addresses two...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for one 60-minute lesson plan that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Deeper Reading Response a Template for Teachers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students to express and perform responses to reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as...
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International Reading Association

Reading Online: Teaching Vocabulary to Adolescents to Improve Comprehension

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
An article highlighting the improvements of middle and high school students' reading comprehension through a sixteen-week program. Includes introduction, overview of the intervention, course structure, sample activities, assessments, and...
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Finding Salinger"

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Taken by Surprise" and "Finding Salinger" share the common theme of change. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Ad lit.org: What Should an Assessment System Look Like?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The developmental nature of reading means that diagnosing the reading comprehension ability of adolescents is more challenging than diagnosing reading comprehension among third graders. In particular, assessments should not only capture...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Assessing Cultural Relevance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for six 50-minute lessons that ask students to evaluate a text for its cultural relevance. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading Comprehension Through Math Problem Solving

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for two lessons designed to help primary young scholars' reading comprehension with mathematical story problems. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Finding Poetry in Prose Reading and Writing Love Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons about love poetry that ask students to review the genre before writing their own. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: W. Somerset Maugham

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A complete multi-day lesson plan comparing a Maugham short story to one of the same name by Jeffrey Archer. Referenced to IRA/NCTE standards, it includes links to assessment sheets and handouts.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Family Ties Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that teach students to make authentic connections to reading selections. Lessons use books such as "Bigmama?s" by Donald Crews, "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats, and "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners begin this lesson by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
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Academic Reading: Sample Task [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Academic Reading task provides a practice assessment for identifying headings and subheadings. In the task, students must read the selection and then determine the best subheading for each of the sections.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative: A Character?s Letter to the Editor

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for four 50-minute lessons that ask young scholars to write letters to the editor from the points of view of characters in books they have read. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Z: Learning About the Alphabet Book Genre

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for at least seven 20- to 30-minute sessions about alphabet books. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction With Little Red Riding Hood

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for nine 50-minute lessons that center around different versions of "Little Red Riding Hood." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Junk Mail: Negotiating Critical Literacy at the Mailbox

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students to examine junk mail critically. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: First Grade

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders write many times a day to express their interests - they are writing with a purpose through stories, letters, and lists. In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip...
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Daily Teaching Tools: Test 9: Ben's Harmonica

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a reading assessment passage. This passage contains a brief biography about Ben Franklin and a few of his inventions.
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Auburn University

Auburn University: Assessing Phoneme Awareness and Decoding

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can you assess phoneme awareness and decoding skills in your students? Teachers can benefit from this informative resource that takes you through this intricate path of phonemic awareness.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Assessing Theme

For Teachers 6th Standards
This is an introductory lesson on the concept of theme. Students choose two words that sum up the theme of the novel "So B. It" by Sarah Weeks. They then analyze a passage to find evidence of their choices and create a theme map. They...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Lunchroom to Classroom: Authentic Assessment & the Brown Bag Exam

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Brown Bag Exam uses found objects and images to help students activate prior knowledge and creates a framework for students to express their understanding. Students work individually and in collaboration to create concrete connections...
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Act, Inc.: Work Keys Assessments: Teamwork

For Students 9th - 10th
Take tests online to determine your teamwork abilities in work and professional settings. This website describes 4 levels of teamwork, which expand upon "The traditional 3 Rs of reading, writing, and arithmetic by becoming one of the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Technical Reading and Writing Using Board Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for a game that helps teach technical reading and writing while reviewing a novel that students have read. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...

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