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Free Online Reading Resources
By combining real-time assessments with differentiated content from premier daily news sources Newsela makes reading-to-learn relevant, interesting, and effective regardless of interest or ability.
A nonprofit education technology organization dedicated to ensuring that all students graduate with the reading, writing, communication, and problem-solving skills they need to be successful in college and beyond.
An online reading comprehension assessment tool for students. It allows students to read narrative, informative, or informational literary passages and answer corresponding comprehension questions, while tracking student performance and reporting progress to teachers.
The largest, highest-quality library of curated nonfiction and literary articles in the country, with supporting research-based curriculum and formative assessments.
Book Recommendations
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood up for Education and Changed the World
By Malala YousafzaiLearn the story of the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner ever, who risked her life to fight for the rights of girls in Pakistan to attend school. Malala was a young girl who would not be denied an education, despite being threatened by the Taliban, who shot her in the head. She lives in exile and continues to speak out for justice and human rights. In 2014, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Audacity
By Melanie CrowderThis novel in verse is inspired by the real story of Clara Lemlich, an immigrant who fought for factory workers’ rights in turn-of-the-century New York.
Ms. Marvel, Volume 1
By G. Willow WilsonVolume one of the new Ms. Marvel series follows Kamala Khan as she acquires superpowers and takes up the Ms. Marvel mantle. Kamala is simultaneously shocked by and pumped about becoming a freaking superhero, but it comes with a lot of sudden responsibility. With the help of her friends, family, and faith, she’ll have to learn to navigate her new life—while taking down the bad guys, of course.
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
By Margarita EngleNineteenth-century Cuban poet Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda escaped two arranged marriages as a teenager and went on to fight for women's equality and the end of slavery. This fictionalized novel tells her story in gorgeous, lyrical verse.