Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 3 (English Ii Reading)
Doing the exercises in this lesson will help students comprehend the poet's meaning by giving them practice in finding imagery, metaphors, symbolism, and allusions. RL.9-10.9 alllusions to other works.
Read Works
Read Works: Forms of Art Watercolor
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains the process of watercolor painting. It includes comprehension questions and a teacher guide and can be used as both a read-aloud exercise and an individual practice tool.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hair Dye Chemicals and Cancer
Read the passage Hair Dye Chemicals and Cancer and answer the five-question quiz that follows.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Finding the Main Idea & Inferences
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help student find the main idea in writing as well as make inferences while reading. There are 2 web quests embedded that has numerous exercises with sound. There is an Activote...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Compound Words
Check out this extensive website focused on compound words. Find out how they are used in writing. Don't miss out on this informative site.