Other Skills: Character Traits Compare and Contrast Context Clues Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Main / Central Idea Point of View Rhythm & Rhyme Story Elements Summary Theme
Symbolism is the use of an object to represent an idea, quality, or emotion. Writers often use symbolism to provide a mood or express a deeper meaning in the text. Storms, water, fire, and light are common literary symbols.
From haughty house dogs to precocious puppies, this reading set is full of delightful stories about dogs. Younger students will...
In a celebration of peace, athleticism, and friendly competition, nations from around the world gather every four years to comp...
Women’s History Month is traditionally held in March, but the study of women’s history is valuable all twelve months of the yea...
With a little fairy dust, we can all fly to Neverland by reading J. M. Barrie’s wonderful fantasy “Peter Pan.” This Reading S...
A fable is a story with a moral, or lesson, at the end. Aesop, a Greek author in the 6th century B.C.E., is perhaps the most fa...
Many have seen the movie, "The Wizard of Oz," based on L. Frank Baum's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." While it is a great ...
by J.M. Barrie from Peter Pan
Chapter 6 Passage: J.M. Barrie's 1911 classic novel ...
by Aesop from The Aesop for Children
Although Aesop's fables were written thousands of ye...
by Laura E. Richards from Florence Nightingale: The Angel of the Crimea
Chapter XI passage: Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)...
by L. Frank Baum from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Chapter 3 Passage: J. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wi...