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Book Critic

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What better way to get kids excited about reading than by having them start a book club together? This lesson suggests many good books that kids should enjoy reading or listening to together. After reading a story, young readers keep a...
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Inspector Readers: The 002 Book Club

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
This unit introduces book clubs/literature circles to lower elementary classes, but could be adapted to higher grades. It outlines the anticipatory activity that includes a WebQuest, a discussion to clarify questions about the unit,...
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Fractions as Parts of a Whole

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Whether used to introduce learners to fractions or as a comprehension assessment, this two-part, cross-curricular worksheet will give readers a chance to test their understanding of fractions.
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Grammar On The Go

For Students 3rd
Help your learners understand the parts of speech with this color-coding activity. While reading a short passage, readers circle the nouns with blue, the verbs with red, and the adjectives with green. When they are done, scholars list...
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Identifying Adverbs IV

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What a mess! Read about Lilly-Ann's birthday cupcake surprise and work on grammar skills at the same time. Four lengthy paragraphs provide kids with many opportunities to find and circle adverbs. They note the ways that adverbs come in...
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The House of the Scorpion: Concept Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Considering using Nancy Taylor's award-winning science fiction novel The House of the Scorpion as an option for book circles or as a whole-class reading? Check out this packet that includes background information, information about the...
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Find the Abstract Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
A worksheet challenges scholars to read 20 words then identify and circle the 11 abstract nouns. 
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Literature Circles Planner

For Students 3rd - 6th
Here is a literature circle learning exercise for learners to plan an effective group meeting. Instructions are given to answer 10 questions. This form may be used for every book the group reads.
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Reading: Interviews by a TV Reporter

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this reading interviews worksheet, students read 2 interviews by a TV reporter and answer ten true and false statements about the interviews.
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Acting Up, A Melodrama: Performing Like Jo March and Her Sisters in Little Women

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Lights, Camera, Action! Pupils read Little Women and create, act, and direct a melodrama that Jo March and her sisters would enjoy. The lesson plan comes complete with resources for the educator on melodrama as well as examples...
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BBC Learning English, Speaking (Pronunciation of Similar Words)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this word pronunciation worksheet, students work in pairs to identify which word is said by the partner. Words provided are similar either in spelling or sound providing a challenge for English language learners.
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Worksheet 8: Reading: A Job Problem

For Students Higher Ed
This worksheet is an appropriate way to have adults learning English review the nuances of the vocabulary. Students have to read an email about a work-related scenario and answer 12 questions.
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On the Road

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Jack Kerouac's cult classic, On the Road, is the focus of this resource designed for teachers
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First Word: Tank

For Students 1st - 2nd
First and second graders read the word tank and then trace the word five times. They write the word on the lines and then circle the word.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session One (2008)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a first person account and answer comprehension questions.  Students then write a report for a social studies class using details and...
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Regents High School Examination in English Session One (2007)

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, young scholars listen to a passage and answer ten multiple choice questions to check comprehension.  Students then complete an essay response.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session One (2004)

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a passage and answer ten multiple choice questions to check comprehension.  Students then complete an essay response in which they write a feature...
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Reading: Youth In Ancient Greece

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading for information learning exercise, learners read a short passage written by an elder who is complaining about youth in ancient Greece. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
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Regents High School Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2005)

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Int this Regents High School English Comprehensive Examination students read passages from a short story and a poem and write an essay based on both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2008)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students read a poem and an excerpt from an autobiography and answer comprehension questions.  Students then write a unified essay  based on both passages.
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I Can Read Fast, Smooth, and Expressively!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen to the explanation of the words expressively, smoothly, and quickly as being keys to fluent reading. They review some of the vowel sounds and identify them in different words and listen to some passages from The Rainbow...
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Reading Log

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading log worksheet, students fill in a reading log, noting title, author, genre and rating on a scale of 1-5. Students then write, "telling about the book."
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Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 5th
In this similarities and differences worksheet, students identify the strategy of reading for similarities and differences. Students study a Venn diagram and then complete their own Venn diagram for similarities and differences in a text.
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Language Arts: Creative Reading, Predicting and Writing

For Students 4th
In this predictions worksheet, 4th graders guess what the book Black and White will be about based on the first line. Students answer questions related to the book's genre and story line. Students write and illustrate their own short...