Read Works
Read Works: Making Cents
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how coins are minted. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Elllo: English Language Listening Lab Online
This is an extremely useful place for the improving listening skills of English language learners. Contains numerous listening exercises, such as dialogues, games, interviews, songs, news broadcasts, and more. Each activity has a number...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "At the Head of Her Class, and Homeless" by Npr Staff
In June 2014, NPR published this story about Rashema Melson. At the time, Melson was a homeless high school senior at Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C. She is now a student at Georgetown University. As you read, identify what...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Pizza Parlor Makes a Difference
Read how a pizza parlor in Philadelphia has embraced the concept of giving in a way that helps feed the homeless. Includes a video and a list of comprehension questions.
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English for Kids (For Native Speakers of Russian)
Offers the latest news on learning English in Russia. Contains useful links to English language learning resources: tales, songs, games, riddles, lesson plans, proverbs, and a pen pal club.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: See Our Progress [Pdf]
"See Our Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students planting a prairie garden in a vacant lot close to the school. TV reporters interviewed the students and took pictures of the garden for the news that evening....
CommonLit
Common Lit: Can We Cultivate Our Own Happiness
Martin Seligman coined the term "positive psychology" to describe his exploration of how people can improve their own happiness. In this report from 2002, ABC News explains Seligman's research and findings in the field of positive...
Read Works
Read Works: Be a Safe Sport
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text listing ways to prevent sports injuries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Newsela
[Free Registration/Login Required] Newsela offers new current events articles daily in areas ranging from the arts to war and peace. Each article is available at five different reading levels; grade level and word count are displayed for...
Read Works
Read Works: Don't Know Much About Liberty
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Khmer Rouge Leaders Face Trial
Students read and discuss this article (dated March 27, 2009) on the trial of Khmer Rouge leaders and answer comprehension questions. An essay assignment is also suggested and students are encouraged to submit theirs for possible...
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St Online / Japan Times Ell Newspaper
The companion site for Weekly ST, which the Japan Times publishes to help young audiences learn English. You can read articles, some in English, some in Japanese, and listen to the audio version. The English article comes with online...
Languages Online
Languages Online: El Horario Retrasa Los Relojes
Learn and practice vocabulary in a news article that deals with daylight savings time in Europe. Provide the correct vocabulary for two exercises that cover the same news article. Then check your answers after you have finished each...
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Hong Kong Education City: English Campus
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...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Cyber Crime and Spying Threaten National Security
Students read and discuss this article on cyber crime (dated April 10, 2009) and answer comprehension questions. An essay assignment is also suggested and students are encouraged to submit theirs for possible publication on the site.
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Joy English
This website includes a mix of news headlines (Voice of America), classic fables, and tales written in English or Simplified Chinese. Some stories provide audio so that you can listen and read along in English or Chinese. There is also a...
Phil Tulga
Phil Tulga: Inference Riddles: Inference Riddle Game
In this game, students are asked to infer what is being described. They click on "Press to Show a Clue" revealing a line of the riddle until they have an idea of what is being described; next, they type their guess into the "Make a...
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Advanced Studio Classroom
English language learning site for Chinese speakers -- online companion site to a magazine by the same name. Provides summaries and downloadable copies of some of the articles that appear in the printed magazine, along with access to...
Languages Online
Languages Online: La Feria De Sevilla
Learn and practice vocabulary from news articles that cover the April fair in Seville, Spain. Four different exercises practice vocabulary that covers the history and activities of this annual event. Answers may be checked after every...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 30: The Reagan Bush Years
The Republican era of Ronald Reagan and George Bush had to deal with difficult foreign affair events. Reagan dealt with terrorism, including hostage taking and gundowns, particularly from Libya. Bush dealt with aggression on the part of...