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"1984" by George Orwell with Mini-assessment ©
Two-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activiti…
Lessons designed to highlight the ELA/literacy Shifts and expectations of college- and career-ready standards
Lessons specifically designed to highlight the ELA/literacy Shifts and expectations of college- and career-ready standards
Two-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activiti…
In response to Harriet Tubman’s request for a letter of commendation, Fredrick Douglas wrote a testimony of her character, hard w…
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
Includes: Secondary source text on US and Native Americans relations Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Writi…
José feels he is destined to a life filled with physical labor. Both of his parents work hard. His mother works at a sewing mach…
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
In “Broken Chain,” Alfonso, a seventh grader, dislikes his appearance. He meets a girl named Sandra, whom he admires,…
The main character is unhappy about her family’s move to Cincinnati and spends most of her time in her room, miserable. Then one …
The Colorin Colorado website provides resources for educators, administrators and families of English Language Learners (ELLs). It incl…
Free units plans, lesson plans, Core-aligned texts, and student materials for teaching evidence-based claims. Available for grades 6-12…
One day sample lesson includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activities V…
Outlines the key areas in which to support struggling readers. By educators David and Meredith Liben.
A mentally challenged man is presented with an opportunity to have an operation that will triple his intelligence. The story chronicles…
Quick reference chart helps teachers identify readers who need fluency support, set goals, and track progress.
Forty-one passages to help students build fluency over the course of the school year.
In this personal essay by Isaac Asimov, the author relates his journey of becoming a science fiction writer. Asimov explains disc…
This selection provides an overview of two laws dealing with fugitives from slavery. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 establishes monetar…
Harriet Tubman’s first journey to Canada on the Underground Railroad is fraught with danger, harsh conditions, and uncertainty. I…
These excerpts from Maya Angelou’s autobiography describe important points in her childhood. First Angelou describes the im…
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
In this autobiographical text, Gary Paulson narrates experiences he had in the bitter cold of the North which taught him to respect all…
This seven-step protocol outlines how to perform small group interventions for middle school and high school students reading below gra…
In “Invocation” from John Brown’s Body Stephen Vincent Benet calls on the muse of America to inspire him. He invokes …
In Mrs. Flowers, an excerpt from the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the author, Maya Angelou, describes a significant e…
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…
Two-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activiti…
The poem describes the victorious homecoming of a ship. The Captain responsible for the safe return of his ship and crew has died befor…
“The sonnet begins with the speaker stating that the earth’s poetry never dies. In summer, the grasshopper runs among the h…
In this speech, Rudolfo Anaya celebrates the purchase of the 1 millionth library volume by the University of New Mexico. He begin…
The poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto is about the bittersweet experience of a first date. They walk together to the drug store a…
A narrator recounts the story of Paul Revere’s ride, which took place in Massachusetts on April 18, 1775. On that night, Re…
Lesson guides for Cat!, Silver and Your World. (Prentice Hall Literature, 2010) This lesson was created as part of the Anthology …
Lesson guides for Concrete, Harlem Night Song and The City is So Big. (Prentice Hall Literature, 2010) This lesson was created as par…
Lesson guides for Old Man, Runagate Runagate and Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind. (Prentice Hall Literature, 2010) This lesson was create…
The story “Raymond’s Run” is told through the eyes of Hazel ‘Squeaky” Parker, who is the fastest runner i…
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
Collection of social studies texts and text-dependent questions. Organized by grade (K-8) and lexile.
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resourc…
Each text set: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…
Each expert pack: Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resour…
Primary sources, secondary sources, and lesson materials from the National Humanities Center (NHC) to teach American History through hi…
This culturally relevant text set focuses on building student understanding of the limbic system in the brain and how it’s connec…
This story is set in a Tennessee peach orchard on the night before the Civil War battle of Shiloh. A young drummer briefly consid…
This speech, presented as an address in 1927 to the mayor of Chicago, William Hale Thompson, sought to reform the stereotypical image o…
Johnny, the narrator, and McDunn, the lighthouse keeper (Johnny’s boss), are working in a lighthouse on a November evening. McDun…
In this short story, a boy named Billy Weaver needs to find lodging in Bath, England. He goes to a boardinghouse. The landlady is an od…
Five-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activit…
Using the supernatural powers of “The Monkey’s Paw”, the Whites make a wish for money, receive the money after their …
The text begins with a poor fisherman, Kino, his wife, Juana, their baby Coyotito, and the great pearl. When Coyotito is stung by a sco…
Bill and Sam decide that the best way to finance their upcoming land swindle is to kidnap the child of a wealthy citizen and hold him f…
The speaker reflects on the risks and responsibilities of making choices and deciding which road to take. (Prentice Hall Timeless Voice…
“The Secret” tells the story of Henry Cooper, a reporter, returning for the second time to report on the colonies now exist…
In the magazine article, “The Story of an Eyewitness,” Jack London describes the effects of the San Francisco Earthquake of…
In “The Trouble With Television,” former broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil presents a persuasive case that television has…
The narrator of The White Umbrella is a Chinese American girl who struggles with feelings of embarrassment and longing to be like other…
“The Wreck of the Hesperus” is a narrative poem about an arrogant ship captain (skipper) who takes his daughter on an ill-f…
Four-to-five day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion…
This module consists of three units. In Unit 1, students build background knowledge about the central role that water plays in all life…
The activities in this weekly reading routine are designed to support growth in all three areas of reading fluency (accuracy, rate, and…
Frederick Douglass, a freed slave, is asked to give a speech to a group of Americans on the 4th of July. Douglass uses the occasion to …
Brian Aldiss describes a futuristic world in which machines are capable of thinking based on the tasks they have been designed to perfo…
Diane Ackerman describes fall foliage and explains the natural processes that cause the leaves of deciduous trees to turn each year. Al…
The wind and water are personified as two women talking about their children. Mrs. Wind brags about her children, which annoys Mrs. Wat…
One-day sample lesson includes: Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and syntax tasks An…
This grades 6-8 culturally relevant text set is about World War II and the impacts on varied experiences by identity groups, both civil…