Poetry is a written piece that emphasizes ideas or feelings. It often uses imagery, emotion, figurative language, rhythm, and rhyme. Some poems, like a sonnet or haiku, have a prescribed form. Others, such as free verse, have no specific format.
Baseball is the national pastime in the U.S. This well-loved game teaches participants and spectators so many lessons, includin...
Reading Set: 5 Passages
Teaching poetry can be made easy with a little wit, a splash of humor, and a dash of fun. This reading set has all that and mor...
Reading Set: 12 Passages
Primary sources take the reader to major historic moments as they are happening. This reading set has newspaper articles contem...
Reading Set: 8 Passages
While a young man's fancy may turn to love in the spring, it's on everyone's mind as February 14th, a.k.a. St. Valentine's Day,...
Reading Set: 6 Passages
Older students will enjoy these Christmas reading passages from classic literature. From the poetry of “A Visit From St. Nichol...
Many children are already familiar with the Mother Goose nursery rhymes, which makes them easier to read for beginning reader...
It’s hard to believe that the same person who wrote “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” could write charming children’s poetry, but Rob...
Reading Set: 7 Passages
Forty-four men have served as President of the United States. They have lead the country through wars, economic depressions, ...
Reading Set: 10 Passages
Macabre, dark, foreboding; these adjectives are often used to describe the works of Edgar Allan Poe. While this is true of ma...
by Katharine Pyle from Mother’s Nursery Tales
Young children love silly jokes and always have, as ...
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