Mr. Nussbaum
Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Middle Years (Part 2)
Abraham Lincoln's face may only be worth one cent, but the online reading passage and questions about his life are an invaluable resource. Pupils read a passage about Lincoln's experience with the Illinois Legislature, earning his law...
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Allusion (English III Reading)
An interactive lesson introduces readers to allusions, the literary device writers use to add depth to their work. Users record notes on the provided graphic organizer as they identify the allusions in poems by Walt Whitman, Langston...
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Archetypes, Motifs, and Plot in Drama (English II Reading)
The second interactive in a series of 10 introduces young scholars to character archetypes, archetypal plot patterns, and archetypal motifs, including the use of color. Learners read passages explaining the term and study examples from...
Mr. Nussbaum
Starfish Story
Young scholars show what they know about starfish with an interactive practice that challenges them to read or listen to a short informational text then answer five multiple-choice questions—an organized progress report details results.
Curated OER
Representing Text in an Outline
For this outlines worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about the function of an outline in a text. Students complete 10 questions.
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Comparative Religions: Islam
Engage theologians through online text resources during this comparative religions activity. Designed to interact with the online Glencoe text World History, there are many free tools on this site that stand alone. Scholars read the...
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Representing Text Story Web: Pretest
In this story web worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about how to make and use a story web. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Representing Text Story Web: Post Test
In this story web activity, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions, clicking on an answer link to view correct answers.
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Digestive System (Online Interactive)
In this digestive system instructional activity, students read a 7 paragraph text to learn the functions of the digestive system. Students then answer 10 multiple choice questions. This is an online interactive instructional activity.
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Breaking News English
In this ESL learning exercise, students read a news article about bird flu spreading to Europe. Students complete all or chose from 100 activities and exercises pertaining to the text. Included are vocabulary, grammar, comprehension and...
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Verb Tenses and Sentence Order
In this verb tenses and sentence order worksheet, learners read the text with paragraphs about the World Wide Web. Some of the sentences are in the wrong order. Using the verb tenses and time clues, students number the sentences in their...