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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) Word Roots 4: GRAD, MOT, CAD Intermediate-Context-Story 2 -- myVocabulary.com
    The following story will further clarify the meanings of the vocabulary words and aid in their pronuncation in Session #4 Level 2. Click on the Auntie Nym character image below to hear an AUDIO of the current level story. Hit the "back" button on your browser to return to the page of all puzzles.

    The PROGRESSIVE CONGRESSMAN had a tendency to DIGRESS. The CADENCE of speech lulled some listeners to ACCIDENTALLY fall asleep. Others disliked his philosophy so much that it was no COINCIDENCE that many showed AGGRESSION towards him. In a MOMENTOUS decision party members planned to MUTINY, even if it meant not getting a PROMOTION. After all, didnt politics rather than ethics MOTIVATE him? No one, however, wanted a battle where there would be the chance of someone ending up as a CADAVER!