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Read Works: The Story of the Three Little Pigs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the fairy tale of the Three Little Pigs. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Casey Saves the Play
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the story of a character who is able to particiapate . This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Washington Irving: Early Years
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature site provides biographical information and analysis of the works and literary contribution of Washington Irving. Use the forward arrows at the bottom of the web page to read a...
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Lecturas in Ingles Traducidas / English Readings
Great way to practice English with this beautiful selection of short excerpts from literature classics like the Jungle Book, Sherlock Holmes, or the Cask of the Amontillado. Each text includes comprehension exercises with answers and...
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Read Works: Jack's Lost Kite Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a boy named Jack who has lost his kite. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: "Jose and the Blue Crayons" Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a boy who listened to his teacher during a lesson about "sharing" and then shared a crayon with his classmate. This passage reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: Ant and Grasshopper
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...
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Read Works: Back Roads
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of two young men who decide to travel from New York City to Pittsburgh by taking back roads. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....
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Read Works: Alyssa Wears a Bow Tie
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a fictional narrative about a girl who chooses to show her creativity by wearing a bow tie on the first day of school. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Lazy Bear
Read along as you listen to an animated story about a bear who sleeps too long; then print words and some activities to do with the story.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: What's That Noise?
Listen to a cute story about animal sounds. If you like, you can read along with it.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child" by F. Jimenez
A collection of autobiographical short stories about a boy whose family moves from America to Mexico where they become migrant workers. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a...
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Read Works: Caught in a Lie
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the story of a girl who was caught in a lie. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: A Small Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short story shares a fictional account from the perspective of a hamster. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Kindergarten: Three Lesson Unit: Drawing Conclusions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Three lessons designed to introduce young learners and beginning readers to the concept of drawing conclusions based on actions performed in a charades game, on verbal cues given in a guessing game, and...
Quia
Quia: Compare and Contrast Stories
This interactive assessment engages students in comparing and contrasting two literary text passages. Students will read two short passages and answer five questions that require students to compare and contrast the content of each story.
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Read Works: A Man Who Liked Apples
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short biographical piece shares the story of Johnny Appleseed. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: First Steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths by Charles Foster
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book First steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths by Charles Foster (c1885). This collection of short reading passages about animals, Bible stories, Christian behavior,...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: First Steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths by Charles Foster
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book First steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths by Charles Foster (c1885). This collection of short reading passages about animals, Bible stories, Christian behavior,...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): A Life Saving Cow
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "A Life-Saving Cow" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed questions,...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Driver Loses Mabel, Finds Jail
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Driver Loses Mabel, Finds Jail" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed...
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Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Water Under the Sink (Continued)
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides a continuation of "Water Under the Sink" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords,...
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Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): A Festival of Books
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "A Festival of Books" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed questions,...
Rong-Chang ESL
Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Getting Older but Not Sitting Around
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Getting Older But Not Sitting Around" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords,...