Other
Kidoons: Brementown Musicians
The story is read aloud page by page. The illustrations are simple and colorful. The vocabulary is for advanced English language learners, or native speakers. Click on the French flag or Italian flag to hear and read the story in those...
Other
North pole.com: "Bud's Wild Ride"
Listen and read to Bud the Elf's bike-testing tale. A great way to develop elementary-aged reading and listening comprehension. Links to other "Christmas-time" games and stories.
British Council
Learn English Kids: The Lucky Envelope
After reading along and listening to this story, you can print off activities that check your comprehension. Practice story sequencing and other comprehension skills and write a message.
Read Works
Read Works: Chemistry: Atoms & Molecules
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the difference between atoms an molecules. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Voa Special English: Listen & Read About Louisa Alcott
The Special English broadcasts of Voice of American give non-native English speakers help in comprehending American English while they also learn about American life and culture. This listening comprehension segment tells the story of...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Check Your Understanding of a Text by Teaching Others
In this lesson, you will learn how to check for understanding by teaching what you've learned to others. Login gives access to an additional video. [2:51]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Prior Knowledge
This lesson explains how to apply prior knowledge to a reading. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [4:57] with the lesson's content.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understanding Figurative Language: "The Pot Calling the Kettle Black"
In this video, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "the pot calling the kettle black" by using context clues. [4:58]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understanding Figurative Language: "Swallow Hook, Line, and Sinker"
In this video, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "to swallow hook, line, and sinker" by using context clues. [4:54]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Keep Track of New Information by Retelling'
In this lesson, you will learn how to keep track of new information in an article by stopping at the end of a section and retelling the main ideas. [6:10]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Have a Conversation in Your Head as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand what you are reading by having conversations in your head. Login gives access to an additional video. [2:33]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Text Structure to Organize and Comprehend New Information
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize information by using text structure clues. [3:13]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea of Paragraphs as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to keep track of what you read by using your palm for the main idea and your fingers for details. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:02]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Check Your Understanding of an Article by Teaching Others
In this lesson, you will be able to check for understanding by teaching others what you have learned by sharing "this text teaches me.." [7:02]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Vocabulary in a Text to Deepen Your Understanding
In this lesson, you will learn how to speed up your understanding of a text by paying close attention to the vocabulary. Login gives access to an additional video. [3:14]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise Your Thinking as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to revise your thinking as you read by pausing at the end of each section and asking, "How has my thinking changed?" Login gives access to an additional video. [5:20]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Information From Text and Illustrations to Understand a Topic
In this lesson students will learn how to understand a topic by combining information from the words and illustrations in the text. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [9:15]
EL Education
El Education: Citing Evidence From Complex Text (Vimeo)
During this 10th grade reading lesson, students in Julia St. Martin's Springfield Renaissance School class in Springfield, MA engage in a structured, evidence-based discussion about Shakespeare's Macbeth. Students engage in close...
EL Education
El Education: Grappling With Complex Informational Text (Vimeo)
In this video, Andrew Hossack at the Tapestry Charter School in Buffalo, NY, involves his students in using close reading strategies of a complex text to determine the main idea and important details. In this lesson, his complex text is...
Other
Corwin Connect: How to Select Complex Texts [Video]
This video clip features Douglas Fisher explaining how to select complex texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Mc Graw Hill: How to Help Students Understand
During this instructional session, students engage in close readings of a complex text. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10
Jack Hartmann
Jack Hartmann: Parts of a Story
Story retelling is a critical skill for reading comprehension. Sing along with Jack and increase your reading comprehension and story retelling skills. Learn about the parts of a story or elements of a story. [2:38]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Weaken Worked Example
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. Watch a demonstration of one way to approach Weaken questions on the LSAT.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Weaken Video Lesson
Watch one way to approach a question that asks you to identify a choice that weakens an argument on the logical reasoning section of the LSAT.