Nightmare on Joe's Street

Read the short story "The Mission" by Ben Miller and use this teacher's guide to focus on point of view and plot. Before you begin the reading, encourage a connection between your class and the text with the pre-reading worksheet...

Who likes scary stories? If your young readers are fans of R.L. Stine's scary books, they will enjoy this nonfiction article about the author and his newest work. The article is short at one page, allowing readers to polish reading...

Do your pupils love horror movies? This Times for Kids article on different types of scary films is sure to get their attention - and not just on Halloween. After reading the short nonfiction article, three "reader's response" questions...

In this pronoun instructional activity, students explore the definition of a pronoun. They read sentences, identify the nouns in the sentence, and write a pronoun that can take the place of the noun. A list of six pronouns is listed...

Do members of your class need extra work on pronoun reference? The 20 sentences included on this worksheet ask pupils to fix the underlined pronoun reference errors. The address for an interactive version of the exercise is included.

Go over how to read complex sentences. Learners work on identifying key ideas, examining sentence structure, looking up new vocabulary, and paraphrasing. An overview of methods to help class members read difficult texts, half of the...

Does history really repeat itself? Encourage your middle and high schoolers to answer this age-old question by reading the attached articles on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the Iraq Crisis of 2002. How similar or different are...

It can be tough waking up in the morning, especially for a young girl named Natalie. Follow along with a 15-minute audiobook to discover the lesson Natalie learned after one late morning caused her to miss Christmas. 

Young scholars read and discuss the article "10 Are Dead in Minnesota After Rampage at School." students explore their reactions to school violence and interventions to prevent its occurance.

All is fair in motivating readers. And something wickedly wonderful comes from using a short introductory video to double readers' enjoyment of Shakespeare's tragedy about the ambitious Thane of Glamis. It is a tale told by a genius.