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A Day's Wait
The story’s narrator notices one morning that his nine-year-old son is ill. A doctor visits the home and notes that the boy&rsquo…
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- 05/12/17
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African Savanna
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
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- 08/22/13
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Amigo Brothers
Seventeen-year-old best friends dream of becoming light-weight boxing champions of the world. They train together until they find out t…
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- 09/13/14
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An American Childhood
Seven-year old Annie Dillard enjoys playing football with the boys in her neighborhood because it requires her to play with concentrati…
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- 09/13/14
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Annabel Lee
This is a poem about love that Poe has written in memory of his wife, whom he calls Annabel Lee. Annabel Lee and the narrator were so i…
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- 04/10/13
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"As You Like It" by William Shakespeare
Two-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion ac…
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- 08/22/13
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Barrio Boy
In this excerpt from Galarza’s memoir he recants his experiences in a new school in a new country, the United States. He describe…
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- 10/30/14
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Bear Boy
In The Bear Boy, a man neglects his son and does not teach him the ways of Pueblo life and how to transition into manhood. One day, the…
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- 09/21/16
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Breathing Deep
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
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- 09/29/14
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Charles
As the narrator sends her son Laurie off to kindergarten, she fears that her sweet child has become a “swaggering character.&rdqu…
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- 03/20/15
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Chief Powhatan's Address to Captain John Smith
Includes: Primary source on colonial and Native American relations Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Writing…
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- 09/15/13
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Colorin Colorado
The Colorin Colorado website provides resources for educators, administrators and families of English Language Learners (ELLs). It incl…
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- 09/11/13
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Common Core-Aligned Materials from EngageNY
Free units plans, lesson plans, Core-aligned texts, and student materials for teaching evidence-based claims. Available for grades 6-12…
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- 08/15/15
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Desert Animals
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
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- 03/20/15
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Discourse on Women by Lucretia Mott
Includes: Primary source text on women's rights Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Writing prompt for writing…
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- 09/29/14
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Echo and Narcissus
Echo is a nymph that likes to gossips so a spell is cast upon her to only reiterate things that she has heard. Her spell became the cau…
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- 04/03/13
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Elements of Success For All With The CCSS: Grades 6-12
Outlines the key areas in which to support struggling readers. By educators David and Meredith Liben.
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- 09/29/14
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I is the biography of Queen Elizabeth who reigned in England for 45 years from 1558 to 1603. Milton Meltzer chronologically h…
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- 08/23/13
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Fluency Chart
Quick reference chart helps teachers identify readers who need fluency support, set goals, and track progress.
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- 12/04/13
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Fluency Packet for the 6 - 8 Grade Band
Forty-one passages to help students build fluency over the course of the school year.
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- 08/15/15
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Harlem Renaissance Artists
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
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- 09/29/14
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Heart and Hands
Two men are handcuffed together board a train. Miss Fairchild, a young and elegant woman, recognizes the younger of the two men, …
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- 10/30/14
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I am a Native of North America
In this reflective essay, Chief Dan George compares his native North American culture with that of white culture and expresses his view…
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- 08/13/15
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Immigration and Citizenship
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
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- 09/29/14
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In Response to Executive Order 9066
This is a poem was written in letter format, addressed to the U.S. authorities, in response to Executive Order 9066. Executive Order 90…
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- 02/19/20
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Increasing Reading Fluency for Middle and High School St…
This seven-step protocol outlines how to perform small group interventions for middle school and high school students reading below gra…
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- 09/29/14
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Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky is an epic poem told through nonsense words. The poem relates a father’s quest for his son that involves the slaying …
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- 09/13/14
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Knots in My Yo-Yo String
This autobiographical piece tells what a neat, tidy rule-follower this author was in his youth. Once he was unfairly given a dete…
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- 10/28/15
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Letters Between Abigail and John Adams
Includes: Primary source text on early American history Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Writing prompt for writ…
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- 10/30/14
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Life Without Gravity
"Life Without Gravity," a nonfiction selection, is designed to help students become familiar with the characteristics of an expository …
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- 09/13/14
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Long Walk to Freedom
In this essay, Mandela explains his shifting understandings of freedom based on different stages in his life. Mandela explain how his p…
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- 08/22/13
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Mongoose On The Loose
This article examines what happens when a sugar planter tries to save his sugar crops by importing a few mongooses to eat the rats. (Pr…
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- 09/13/14
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Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
When a sudden and inexplicable force causes everything to stop working on Maple Street, the people there begin to wonder who or what is…
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- 12/17/20
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Multimodal STEM Text Sets
A multimodal STEM text set is a coherent sequence of texts and materials pertaining to a specific STEM topic or line of inquiry that su…
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- 04/10/13
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"My Mother, the Scientist" by Charles Hirshberg ©
Three-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activi…
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- 08/22/13
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Names/Nombres
Julia Alvarez recalls her family’s early years as Dominican immigrants in America. She describes her reactions to the mispronunci…
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- 09/13/14
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One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts
The main character, Mr. Johnson, embarks upon quite the opposite of an ordinary day. This day he spends as a do-gooder, wandering the s…
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- 10/30/14
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Papa's Parrot
Harry Tillian’s father owns a candy and nut shop. Harry used to visit the shop with his friends every day, but his priorities cha…
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- 03/20/15
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President Andrew Jackson's Speech on Indian Removal
Includes: 2 primary source texts on U.S. and Native American relations Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Wri…
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- 10/30/14
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Real Story of a Cowboy's Life
“The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life” describes a cattle drive from the perspective of real cowboys who rode on one. (P…
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- 08/22/13
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Rice Sandwich
The main character, Esperanza, desperately wants to eat in the lunchroom at school, with the other boys and girls who do not go home fo…
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- 08/22/13
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Rikki Tikki Tavi
A mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi, comes to live with an English family in their bungalow in colonial India. Two cobras—Nag and Nagain…
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- 08/22/13
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Sarah Cynthia
A young girl, Sarah Stout, despite her father’s request, chooses not to take out the garbage, and soon realizes that there are se…
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- 10/30/14
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Seventh Grade
On the first day of seventh grade, Victor and his friend Michael try to hide their insecurities and impress the girls in their class. &…
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- 09/29/14
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Sir Gawin and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a legend about King Arthur’s court and the Knights of the Round Table. During a New Years cele…
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- 07/07/14
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Social Studies Passages and Questions from ReadWorks
Collection of social studies texts and text-dependent questions. Organized by grade (K-8) and lexile.
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- 08/15/15
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Spies of the Revolutionary War
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resourc…
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- 08/15/15
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Standing up for Civil Rights
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
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- 09/21/16
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States of Matter
Each expert pack: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resour…
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- 07/16/14
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Teaching American History with Primary Sources
Primary sources, secondary sources, and lesson materials from the National Humanities Center (NHC) to teach American History through hi…
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- 03/29/23
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Text Set: You & Your Brain - The Limbic Brain
This culturally relevant text set focuses on building student understanding of the limbic system in the brain and how it’s connec…
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- 04/10/13
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"The Digestive Process" with Mini-assessment
To request access to this lesson, please click "Send Feedback". Three-to-four day series of sample lessons includes: Text dep…
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- 04/10/13
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"The Glorious Whitewasher" from The Adventures of Tom Sa…
One-day sample lesson includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activities Vocabul…
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- 09/29/14
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The Highwayman
The highwayman is an eighteenth century thief, who promises to return to his love Bess, the landlord’s daughter. Tim is a s…
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- 08/22/13
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The Noble Experiment
This excerpt from Jackie Robinson’s autobiography, "I Never Had It Made," begins with the history behind Branch Rickey’s pl…
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- 04/10/13
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"The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat…
Two-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and syntax task…
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- 08/22/13
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The Smallest Dragonboy
This fantasy takes place on the planet Pern, an imaginary world where dragons help protect the inhabitants from the dangerous Red Star,…
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- 08/22/13
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The Third Wish
Almost every culture has a traditional tale about character who is granted three wishes. Two are usually used unwisely, and then the th…
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- 10/30/14
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The Three Century Woman
Megan’s Great-grandmother Breckenridge has lived in three centuries. She was born in 1899 and now it is 2001. On the …
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- 08/22/13
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Three Skeleton Keys
This horror story begins when three lighthouse keepers realize that a derelict ship heading for their tiny island is filled with thousa…
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- 08/22/13
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Treasure of Lemon Brown
Fourteen year-old Greg Ridley gets into an argument with his father over his bad grades and his father forbids him to play basketball. …
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- 09/29/14
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Two Kinds
This is a story of an American-born Chinese daughter, her immigrant mother and their very different beliefs and hopes. The daughter str…
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- 09/27/13
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Voices From Little Rock Module
This module is comprised of fifteen 90-minute lessons and addresses U.S. History content standards relating to the Civil Rights Movem…
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- 09/27/13
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Water is Life: The Earth’s Hydrosphere and Its Impact on…
This module consists of three units. In Unit 1, students build background knowledge about the central role that water plays in all life…
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- 04/15/20
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Weekly Reading Practice Routine
The activities in this weekly reading routine are designed to support growth in all three areas of reading fluency (accuracy, rate, and…
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- 09/29/14
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What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?
A sixth grade boy lives with his mother. The mother maintains their livelihood with a blue collar job. In the story, William wants to f…
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- 06/14/22
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World War II Text Set
This grades 6-8 culturally relevant text set is about World War II and the impacts on varied experiences by identity groups, both civil…