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How to find the topic sentence in a reading #1 (basic)

How to find the topic sentence in a reading #1 (basic) icon

Reading tutorial/demonstration about how to find the topic sentence of a paragraph, where the main idea lives. This is a... see more

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Author:
Alice Warner
Date Created:
October 12, 2012
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May 10, 2022
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Alfre Woodard reads Sojourner Truth

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A video clip of actress Alfre Woodard reading Sojourner Truth's Ain't I a Woman?

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June 19, 2011
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April 12, 2023
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Celt: Database for Irish History, Literature, and Politics

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Celt (a.k.a. as the Corpus of Electronic Texts) provides educators, schloars, and students with a free online humanities... see more

Material Type:
Reference Material
Author:
Dr. Hiram Morgan and Celt Editorial Staff
Date Created:
August 9, 2014
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February 14, 2023
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Old Mens TEARS For their own DECLENSIONS, Mixed with FEARS Of their and Posterities further falling off from New-England’s PRIMI

Old Mens TEARS For their own DECLENSIONS, Mixed with FEARS Of their and Posterities further falling off from New-England’s PRIMI icon

This is an online edition of Scottow’s popular tract, published in Boston in 1691, based on the first edition. Later... see more

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Author:
Joshua Scottow
Date Created:
February 28, 2006
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June 12, 2018
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5-Day Unit Plan for Introduction Nonfiction

5-Day Unit Plan for Introduction Nonfiction icon

By learning to how to use information presented in various types of nonfiction material, students will prepare to use the... see more

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Author:
Scholastic Inc.
Date Created:
March 14, 2010
Date Modified:
August 11, 2021
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Stopping a Toppling Tower: Nonfiction Text

Stopping a Toppling Tower: Nonfiction Text icon

Appropriate for middle school, this activity explains how to read nonfiction and then requires that the student apply... see more

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Assignment
Author:
Scholastic Inc
Date Created:
March 14, 2010
Date Modified:
August 11, 2021
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Crosscurrents of Children's Literature: An Anthology of Texts and Criticism

Crosscurrents of Children's Literature: An Anthology of Texts and Criticism icon

Companion web site for Crosscurrents, a thematic anthology that combines important critical essays with carefully... see more

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Reference Material
Author:
J. D. Stahl; Tina Hanlon; Elizabeth Lennox Keyser
Date Created:
September 3, 2010
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November 23, 2020
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Maptia · Home to a World of Stories

Maptia · Home to a World of Stories icon

Bringing you a world of inspiring and thought-provoking stories, Maptia is a collaborative project with photographers,... see more

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Collection
Author:
Dorothy Sanders; Dean Fischer; Jonny Miller and Tyler Tringas
Date Created:
July 3, 2018
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February 20, 2022
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Teaching Literature: Fiction and Nonfiction

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This web site contains units for teaching facets of literature analysis and appreciation for both fiction and non-fiction... see more

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Author:
Leif Danielson
Date Created:
March 13, 2010
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November 25, 2017
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10 Common Core Essentials: Nonfiction: Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School

10 Common Core Essentials: Nonfiction: Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School icon

This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Author:
Harper Perennial
Date Created:
January 13, 2014
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August 28, 2020
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21W.731-2 Writing and Experience: Crossing Borders (MIT)

21W.731-2 Writing and Experience: Crossing Borders (MIT) icon

In this era of globalization, many of us have multi- or bi-cultural, multilingual or bilingual backgrounds, and even if... see more

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Author:
Dr. Rebecca Blevins Faery
Date Created:
August 6, 2014
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July 8, 2022
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The Ethics of Aristotle

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Aristotle
Date Created:
October 22, 2013
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May 10, 2017
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The Story of my [Helen Keller's] life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her ...

The Story of my [Helen Keller's] life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her ... icon

This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Author:
Helen Keller; Annie Sullivan
Date Created:
November 22, 2013
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September 7, 2018
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Up from Slavery: an autobiography

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Booker T. Washington
Date Created:
October 22, 2013
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September 7, 2018
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Walden

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This is a free, online book, Walden, by Henry Thoreau.

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Author:
Henry Thoreau
Date Created:
February 24, 2010
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July 27, 2020
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Mr. Emerson's Revolution

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This volume traces the life, thought and work of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a giant of American intellectual history, whose... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Jean McClure Mudge (ed.)
Date Created:
September 11, 2017
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April 22, 2021
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Nature

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Author:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Date Created:
October 21, 2013
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Author:
Benjamin Franklin
Date Created:
October 22, 2013
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July 27, 2020
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The Republic

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Plato
Date Created:
October 21, 2013
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February 24, 2015
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The Republic

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Plato
Date Created:
October 16, 2013
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February 24, 2015
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Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Theodore Roosevelt
Date Created:
October 23, 2013
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February 24, 2015
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Walden

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

Material Type:
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Author:
Henry David Thoreau
Date Created:
October 16, 2013
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July 27, 2020
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21L.310 Bestsellers: The Memoir (MIT)

21L.310 Bestsellers: The Memoir (MIT) icon

What is a "life" when it's written down? How does memory inform the present? Why are memoirs so popular? This course will... see more

Material Type:
Online Course
Author:
Dr. Wyn Kelley
Date Created:
August 6, 2014
Date Modified:
April 22, 2021
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21W.035 Science Writing and New Media: Elements of Science Writing for the Public (MIT)

21W.035 Science Writing and New Media: Elements of Science Writing for the Public (MIT) icon

This class is an introduction to writing about science–including nature, medicine, and technology–for general readers. In... see more

Material Type:
Online Course
Author:
Dr. Karen Boiko
Date Created:
August 6, 2014
Date Modified:
September 22, 2021
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