Grades 6-8: Text Deep-Dive Concrete Found Poems Standards Met: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1; R.2; R.3 What You Need: Fiction, dramatic, or nonfiction texts; Concrete Found Poem reproducible; drawing or construction paper; pens, markers, and crayons What to Do: One novel way to go deeper into a prose text is through poetry. By combining two poetic forms—the concrete, or shaped, poem and the “found” poem, which is composed solely of words from another text—you can push students’ thinking and analysis to a higher level. Students will first decide what type of concrete found poem they’d like to create: character, setting, conflict, or theme. Chain of Events Standards Met: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1; R.3 What You Need: Fiction or nonfiction texts; Chain of Events reproducible; precut strips of different--colored construction paper; stapler; markers What to Do: Middle schoolers will create an actual chain of events to come to a deeper understanding of a story by working in pairs or groups to summarize key points or events.
The Best Story Ever „The Body“ by Stephen King: The Body by Stephen King The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them--words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were In your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. I was twelve going on thirteen when I first saw a dead human being. We had a treehouse in a big elm which overhung a vacant lot in Castle Rock. Nobody's garden had done doodly-squat that year, and the big displays of canning stuff in the Castle Rock Red & White were still there, gathering dust. 'Who goes?'
K-12 Passages to Build Reading Stamina Skip to main content <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension Search form ReadWorks K-12 Passages to Build Reading Stamina Share now! Print Note: For read-aloud, it is appropriate to use passages at higher levels than your students' independent reading levels Kindergarten "Cats Need Care" Word Count: 128 Lexile: 410 "Stay Safe in the Sun" Word Count: 131 Lexile: 360 "Drink Water" Word Count: 127 Lexile: 340 "Be Ready for Dust Storms" Word Count: 115 Lexile: 550 1st Grade "The Moon Journal" Word Count: 158 Lexile: 470 "Safer Sidewalks" Word Count: 145 Lexile: 570 "Making Streets Safer" Word Count: 140 Lexile: 470 "Singing 'God Bless America'" Word Count: 132 Lexile: 840 2nd Grade "A Lion in the Bedroom Word Count: 1013 Lexile: 570 "Painting a Bus" Word Count: 802 Lexile: 380 "Making Piano Fun" Word Count: 1231 Lexile: 560 "How Rocks Are Like Dessert" Word Count: 803 Lexile: 610 3rd Grade
The Lady, or the Tiger? (Frank R. Stockton) Text & MP3 File www.manythings.org/voa/stories Download MP3 Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. We present the short story "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. One of the king's ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. All the people would gather in this building. If the accused man opened one door, out came a hungry tiger, the fiercest in the land. Iron bells rang sadly. But, if the accused opened the other door, there came forth from it a woman, chosen especially for the person. Another door opened under the king, and a clergyman, singers, dancers and musicians joined the man and the lady. This was the king's method of carrying out justice. Sometimes the fierce animal came out of one door. This method was a popular one. The king had a beautiful daughter who was like him in many ways. One day, the king discovered the relationship between his daughter and the young man.
English Short Stories – Simple and Illustrated Improve your English with English short stories. This is the fun way! Important Note Make sure you start with stories at your level, and go gradually up. Do not start with difficult stories that you can't really understand, OK? You can also check out the Learn English Video section. Click Here for Step-by-Step Rules, Stories and Exercises to Practice All English Tenses Level 01 – Beginners Introduction Story – a very basic story for beginners. Winter Story for Beginners in Easy English – practice winter vocabulary and basic sentence structure (positive sentences, negative sentences and yes/no questions) Click here for more English stories for complete beginners Level 02 – Beginners Plus – Easy English Stories Angela and Tom Series Story 01 – Angela and Tom meet Story 02 – Getting ready Story 03 – Flying to Texas Story 04 – Meeting Camilla Story 05 – Living in Texas Story 06 – I'm Hungry Story 07 – A Pen, a Bag and a Fan Level 03 – Elementary Story 01 – Daniel loves the beach Story 02 – April's month
Enjoy Your English: Poison by Roald Dahl Read Dahl's short story then answer the questions. POISON by Roald Dahl It must have been around when I drove home. Coming up the drive I noticed Harry’s light was still on, so he was awake anyway. I parked the car and went up to the balcony and went across to the door of Harry's room, opened it quietly, and looked in. He was lying on the bed and I could see he was awake. 'Don't touch the bed! 'What is it, Harry?’ “A krait! 'I haven't been bitten,' he whispered, 'Not yet. 'You don't really mean there's a krait lying on your stomach now?' 'I was reading lying on my back and I felt something on my chest. Harry paused and was silent for a few moments. 'How long ago?' 'Hours,' he whispered. As a matter of fact it wasn't a surprising thing for a krait to do. 'Don't be a damn fool.' 'Why not?’ 'The light would frighten him. 'Why don't you get a doctor?' ‘A doctor. 'Dr Ganderbai,' I said. 'Hello, Mr Woods. Ganderbai said, 'Tell him to keep quite still. I went back to the bedroom. 'No.'
The Hitchhiker: Reading Comprehension As Andrea turned off the motorway onto the road to Brockbourne, the small village in which she lived, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, but already the sun was falling behind the hills. At this time in December, it would be completely dark by five o'clock. Andrea shivered. MDH 1994 -- From a common urban legend Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers get in touch © 2015 Orca Book Publishers. All Rights Reserved. 14 Mr Willy Wonka - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mr Wonka was standing all alone just inside the open gates of the factory. And what an extraordinary little man he was! He had a black top hat on his head. He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-coloured velvet. His trousers were bottle green. His gloves were pearly grey. And in one hand he carried a fine gold-topped walking cane. Covering his chin, there was a small, neat, pointed black beard – a goatee. And oh, how clever he looked! Suddenly, he did a funny little skipping dance in the snow, and he spread his arms wide, and he smiled at the five children who were clustered near the gates, and he called out, 'Welcome, my little friends! His voice was high and flutey. The big fat boy stepped up. 'Augustus!' Mr Wonka was clearly just as excited as everybody else. 'My dear Veruca! The next two children, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee, came forward to have their tickets examined and then to have their arms practically pumped off their shoulders by the energetic Mr Wonka. 'Charlie!'
Reading Skills: A compilation of games created by devoted teachers and organizations. Language Arts and Reading Skills Mixed: Literacy Games and Activities More Spelling Games Reading Comprehension Many Reading Comprehension Games on One Page! Main Idea and Details The Mixed-Up Chameleon Yippee Yay! What's the Big Idea? Helping Out Sleep is for Everyone Ants: Choose the Clues Fun With Fish Where Do Frogs Come From? Making Observations Making Observations Drawing Conclusions Show What You Know More Practice Inferences Based on Characters Practice Pen Pals Reading Rockets Making Inferences 1 - These are fun! Reading Rockets Making Inferences 2 Reading Rockets Making Inferences 3 Reading Rockets Making Inferences 4 Cause and Effect Flippy's Adventures Cause and Effect Detective Cause and Effect Matching Game Reading Skills Rocket Cause and Effect 1 Reading Skills Rocket Cause and Effect 2 Cause and Effect Test Tutor 1 Cause and Effect Test Tutor 2 Cause Building Background Reality and Make-Believe (Fantasy) Paul Bunyan The Secret Life of Trees - Fact and Fiction Monitor and Fix Up Strategy Predicting Nouns Verbs
40+ Best Books for Boys Ages 8-14 40+ of the absolute BEST books for boys in their pre-tween, tween and teenage years. Let me start by saying that my now-teenage boys are not avid bookworms. They’re decent readers, but my sons don’t just hunker down with a book whenever they’re bored. They’d just rather be doing something rather than reading – like throwing a baseball or watching hockey game. My boys, however, always loved it when I read to them, and I did, every night, from the time they were babies until they were far too old for bedtime stories. I won’t tell you how old. They’d never forgive me. Want to know a secret though? Boy Reading/Shutterstock As much as I adored reading to them when they were toddlers and little boys, for me, it got better and better as they got older! We would dive into these great chapter books, and tackle trilogies and series’, and just get lost in them for an hour or more every night. It took us the better part of a year to get through the Lemony Snicket series. Big Nate Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Extensive reading: why it is good for our students… and for us. What is Extensive Reading (ER)?Extensive Reading is often referred to but it is worth checking on what it actually involves. Richard Day has provided a list of key characteristics of ER (Day 2002). This is complemented by Philip Prowse (2002). Students read a lot and read often.There is a wide variety of text types and topics to choose from.The texts are not just interesting: they are engaging/ compelling.Students choose what to read.Reading purposes focus on: pleasure, information and general understanding.Reading is its own reward.There are no tests, no exercises, no questions and no dictionaries.Materials are within the language competence of the students.Reading is individual, and silent.Speed is faster, not deliberate and slow.The teacher explains the goals and procedures clearly, then monitors and guides the students.The teacher is a role model…a reader, who participates along with the students. The model is very much like that for L1 reading proposed by Atwell (2006). References.
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