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Fiction: Short Fiction. Up one level Short fiction published on the EServer. The Adventures of Aladdin The Brothers Grimm One day, as he was looking for wild figs in a grove some way from the town, Aladdin met a mysterious stranger. This smartly dressed dark-eyed man with a trim black beard and a splendid sapphire in his turban, asked Aladdin an unusual question: "Come here, boy," he ordered. Free Reading Comprehension Worksheets. "Your reading comprehension materials are the best I've found on the web.

Free Reading Comprehension Worksheets

They are so thorough and comprehensive! My students and I have learned a lot from them. Free Online Literature and Study Guides. Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus. Www.emints.org. More Ideas Than You’ll Ever Use for Book Reports. Submitted by Teacher-2-Teacher contributor Kim Robb of Summerland, BC Create life-sized models of two of your favorite characters and dress them as they are dressed in the book.

More Ideas Than You’ll Ever Use for Book Reports

Crouch down behind your character and describe yourself as the character. Tell what your role is in the book and how you relate to the other character you have made. Create a sculpture of a character. Story Starters. Ten Reading Comprehension Activities. Posted to ACW-L, WCenter, NCTE-Talk, and TEACH on 01/10/99.

Ten Reading Comprehension Activities

After an extended holiday break, I'm back with another list. These reading comprehension activities focus students' attention on the various ways of reading a text, with an eye toward helping them differentiate among skills such as comprehension, summary, interpretation, and analysis.