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Song of Solomon By Toni Morrison

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 14 essay and short answer questions about Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. Students may also use the provided link at the bottom of the page to access a...
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Interactive
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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions based on The Three Musketeers. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the bottom of the...
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Worksheet
North Clackamas School District

Context Clues: Synonyms

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
What do you do when you find a word that's not familiar to you? Help readers use context clues when encountering unfamiliar words with a grammar activity. They note the parts of the sentences that show the meaning of the word, write how...
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Regarding the Fountain: Questioning Strategy—Cubing

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Look deeper into the text with a reading strategy based on asking critical thinking questions. While reading Reading the Fountain by Kate Klise, learners think of questions that help them describe, compare, associate, analyze, apply, and...
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Activity
Scholastic

Dr. Seuss Extension Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Extend the exhilarating learning experience of Dr. Seuss with five activities designed to reinforce literacy skills—site word reading, dialogue writing, story mapping, and more! Featured stories include The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, The...
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Website
News For Kids

News For Kids.net

For Students 3rd - 12th Standards
Media lovers read articles on a variety of current events with a website made especially for kids. The website is easy to navigate and includes sections about everything from science to sports.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Tales of the Supernatural

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Scary stuff! Whether approached as the first horror story or a "serious imaginative exploration of the human condition," Frankenstein continues to engage readers. Here's a packet of activities that uses Mary Shelley's gothic novel to...
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Printables
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Suspense Writing Prompts

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
"I don't know what to write about!" How often have you heard that lament? Here's a list of 10 prompts that provide a starting place for suspense stories.
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A Hidden Beauty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Expose the beautiful mystery of bulbs as young botanists learn all about these fascinating plants. They glean information from a short text before observing actual bulbs (consider an onion), and comparing their findings with predictions....
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It's Time to Open Wide for O

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and decoding activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students match the phoneme and letter in words they read on index...
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What if Amelia Earhart had Turned Around?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discuss an article in USA Today in which Gregg Zoroya proposes his theory about what happened to Amelia Earhart.  In this reading comprehension and Amelia Earhart lesson, students read an article in USA Today that proposes a...
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Pizzazz!...Chain Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners compose a short story working with partners. They create a beginning, middle, and an ending. Students brainstorm with their partners and create a creative short story.
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You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover

For Students 4th
In this prediction activity, 4th graders answer questions telling what they think the book Tarzan will be about based on the first sentence of the book. Students use that sentence to write a short story of their own.
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Worksheet
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Predicting From the First Line 2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Predicting From the First Line 2 worksheet, students answer 6 questions by predicting the rest of a story from the first line. Students also write a short story, using the first line given.
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Predicting From the First Line 3

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Predicting From the First Line A, learners answer 6 questions by predicting the rest of a story given the first line. Students also write a short story, using the first line given.
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Predicting From the First Line B

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Predicting From the First Line B worksheet, students answer 6 questions by predicting the rest of a story given the first line. Students also write a short story, using the first line given.
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Worksheet
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The Westing Game: Chapter 17-20

For Students 10th - 11th
In The Westing Game chapter questions learning exercise, students complete a series of short answer questions for chapters seventeen through twenty to advance their understanding of the text.
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Interjections

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this interjection worksheet, students brainstorm interjections showing given emotions, and add interjections to 5 sentences. Students can also complete a short writing challenge activity.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Questions

For Students 8th - 12th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer questions about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Kinds of Sentences

For Students 6th - 10th
For this sentence structure worksheet, students respond to 22 short answer questions that require them to write and identify sentences as declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.  
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Ode on a Grecian Urn

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn."
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Worksheet
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The Wolf's Tale--Post Reading

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners four short answer questions based on the book, Wolf Story. The questions include prediction questions, as well as comprehension questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

JUDY DREWDY DETECTIVE KIT CHECKLIST

For Students 3rd
In this literature worksheet, 3rd graders work with the character Judy Drewdy. Students use the given worksheet to create their own detective kits and respond to 7 short answer questions including a puzzle with given clues.
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Worksheet
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"The Padlocked Chest"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing scenario worksheet, students read a short introduction to a story about a padlocked chest and then finish the mystery of the story on the lines provided.

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