9th Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Questions Before, During, and After Reading
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionGrammar -
WORKSHEETS
Independent Reading Guide: Short Story
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of short stories,…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionLiteratureReading -
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Analyze a Jose Garcia Villa Poem
Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.Subjects:PoetryReading ComprehensionLiterature -
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Independent Reading Guide: Poetry
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of poetry, their…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionLiteraturePoetry -
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Denotation/Connotation
The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionLiteraturePoetry -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Research Paper: Take Notes
How to identify important information and take useful notes for a research…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionNonfiction LiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
ASSESSMENT
Scoring Rubric: Literary Analysis/Interpretation
The organization, elements of literary analysis/interpretation writing, grammar,…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
ACTIVITIES
The Great Gatsby Journal
Use the journal to help students focus on literary elements as they read, or in…Subjects:Teaching The Great GatsbyBooksLiterature -
BOOK GUIDES
Heart of Darkness Discussion Guide
Joseph Conrad's classic novel of social criticism, Heart of Darkness, focuses on…Subjects:Banned Books and CensorshipLiteratureReading and Literature -
WORKSHEETS
Civil and Human Rights Discussion Guide
Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers suggestions for talking…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionCulture and DiversityTeaching about Racism, Prejudice & Discrimination in America -
LESSON PLANS
Gatsby Art
A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and…Subjects:Teaching The Great GatsbyMain Idea and Supporting DetailsVisual Arts -
WORKSHEETS
Independent Reading Guide: Myths and Folk Tales
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of myths and…Subjects:LiteratureFolk TalesWorld History -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Kubla Khan
The text of Samuel Coleridge's Kubla Khan.Subjects:PoetryReading ComprehensionLiterature -
WORKSHEETS
How to Read a Poem
This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write…Subjects:PoetryReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
LESSON PLANS
Summarizing an O. Henry Short Story
During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally…SubjectsReading ComprehensionReadingReading and Literature -
ACTIVITIES
The Black Cat Vocabulary Definitions
Definitions for "The Black Cat" vocabulary words.Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingReading and Literature -
BOOK GUIDES
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Teacher's Guide
Enhance students' understanding of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with the…Subjects:LiteratureAmerican History/U.S. HistoryU.S. Elections -
REFERENCE
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to…Subjects:PoetryLiterary BiographiesSuffrage and Women's Rights -
BOOK GUIDES
A Doll's House Teacher's Guide
Build background knowledge in 19th-century history and culture with the lesson…Subjects:LiteratureSuffrage and Women's RightsDrama and Performing Arts -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web
Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students…Subjects:Reading InstructionReading ComprehensionReading -
LESSON PLANS
Summarizing a John F. Kennedy Speech
During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally…SubjectsReading ComprehensionReadingReading and Literature -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Reading Textbooks
Tips for reading and retaining information from textbooks.Subjects:Silent ReadingReading ComprehensionReading -
REFERENCE
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World Discussion Guide
Discover how Temple Grandin's world-changing career revolutionized the livestock…Subjects:Nonfiction LiteratureLiterary BiographiesLiterature -
LESSON PLANS
Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web
Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a…SubjectsReading InstructionReading ComprehensionReading