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TES Global

Tes: Lord of the Flies by William Golding

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students' understanding of literary concepts related to William Golding's Lord of the Flies is reinforced with this card sort activity.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Using a Number Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This WebMath site provides an interactive number line "solver." Content includes helpful hint and a full explanation of the mathematical solution.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Graph a Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input information about a circle, in one of four forms, and gives you the graph of the circle.
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Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Plot of a Mathematical Expression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This WebMath site provides an interactive 'solvers' to plot x and y coordinates on a graph.
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Article
Caro Clarke

Writing Advice: Don't Get It Right the First Time

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How much of your novel have you written? Do you keep starting it and never finishing it? Learn the answers to these questions in this novel-writing advice piece.
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Article
Caro Clarke

Not Stopping the Reader: How to Avoid Stumbling Blocks

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the eighth article in a series that focuses on helping the new novel author. This article looks at how the author can avoid creating stumbling blocks that disrupt the flow of the novel.
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Article
Caro Clarke

A, B, and C Characters

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This is the ninth article in a series that focuses on helping the new novel author. This article focuses on what the author calls "A, B, and C Characters," used to describe the different levels of characters.
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Article
Caro Clarke

Rewriting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the 17th article in a series that helps the new fiction author with the final step--revision.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Story of the First Thanksgiving

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the first Thanksgiving. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding plot.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Alex's Discovery

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Alex who meets a man from outer space in need of some help. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding plot.
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Read Works

Read Works: Puppies, Puppies, Puppies

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kamil whose dog had puppies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: My Favorite Alley Cat

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Requires free membership. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
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Read Works

Read Works: World's Greatest Robot

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about brothers who work together to plan the perfect robot. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Amra and the Skateboard

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction passage addresses a plot of a girl who wants to try skateboarding like her male peers were doing. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Up in the Air

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kurt and his first trip on an airplane. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: I'm Not Eating That

For Teachers 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about making new friends. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Planet Y

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Zack who is traveling to a new planet with his family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Sophie who went on a musical scavenger hunt with a team from her troop. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Save the Whales

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Jake who watched a rescue squad save a beached whale. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Leaping Birthday

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Catherine who was born on February 29th. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Park

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about girl named Julie who had an odd dream. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Hiking Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the story of three characters who prepared and then went on a hiking trip. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: An Upset

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This narrative passage tells the story of an "upset" in a sporting event. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Casey Saves the Play

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Casey who worked on the set for the school play but ended up doing a lot more. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.