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A Reading Passage or Context Story further clarifies the meanings of vocabulary and aids in the correct word pronunciation. Click on the character icon to hear Lesson Plans #1 - #6 story.
  • ESL, LEP and ELL especially benefit from the AUDIO passages. Stories emphasize grade level word content and subject specific vocabulary.
  • Common Core alignment to a Reading Passage is to 3 key phrases: "Grade Level", "Particular Topic" and "Grade-Relevant Text or Subject Area". CCSS Alignment Strand for Specific Grades:
    Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4
    Particular Topic: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 4.6. 5.6, 6.6, 7.6, 8.6, 9-10.6, 11-12.6
    Grade & Subject-Relevant Text: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers:
    (Reading: Informational Text) RI.2.4, RI.3.4, RI.4.4. RI.5.4, RI.6.4, RI.7.4, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.4, RI.11-12.4
    (Reading: Literature) RL.2.4, RL.3.4, RL.4.4. RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, RL.11-12.4
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    1) Geography Reading Passage

    Paul had traveled to five CONTINENTS and appreciated the TOPOGRAPHY in each HEMISPHERE. He liked the heat from the LATITUDE of the EQUATOR but also enjoyed the beauty of the GLACIERS in POLAR regions. Weary from his adventures, he now wanted a change. He bought TERRAIN on a PENINSULA near an ALLUVIAL plain. A river, located by the property, MEANDERS for a mile where not too much EROSION had occurred along its bank.
    Create your own reading passage story using some of these 52 Geography-related vocabulary words:
    Abrasion, Alluvial, Archipelago, Atmosphere, Bayou, Butte, Canyon, Cartography, Continent, Equator, Equatorial, Erosion, Exploration, Geological, Glacial, Glacier, Globe, Gravitation, Harbor, Hemisphere, Isthmus, Latitude, Longitude, Meander, Meridian, Mesa, Migrate, Mountains, Peninsula, Permafrost, Permafrost, Permeable, Piedmont, Piedmont, Planet, Polar, Rain Forest, Reclamation, Reservoir, Rivers, Rotation, Saturation, Sediment, Solar, Stratosphere, Swamp, Terrain, Territory, Topography, Tributary, Tropical, Volcano. (Bold words are from the story above.)