Secondary Reading

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Students and Parents

Please check your Reading teacher's or campus website for instructional materials first. The following resources supplement your Reading teacher's or campus website.  

 

SECONDARY READING

Log onto the following web page.

http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/

 

6th GRADE READING

I. Click on the 6th grade radio button and then

                                      

 Choose Collection #1 radio button.  Scroll down to Informational Text and click on READING WORKSHOP tab.

 

Reading Assignment #1 

a) Read  SMASH HITS  by Charles Downey

 

**Complete the My Responses questions  to Smash Hits and e-mail to your Reading Teacher.*

 

Now click Grade 6 radio button.  Click Choose Colledtion #1 button.

 

b) Scroll down to Vocabulary and complete WORD WATCH exercises.

 

Now click Grade 6 radio button.  Click Choose Colledtion #1 button.

 

 c) Scroll down to Media Workshop and select one activity from Media Scope.

 

II. Click on the 6th grade radio button and then click on the READING tab above it. 

 Reading Assignment #2

Read the selection and follow the directions as you read.

from National Geographic World, December 1999

The Day of Disaster

by Michael Burgan

 

Reading Assignment #3

Read the selection and follow the directions as you read.

from National Geographic World, August 2001

DOLPHINSPEAK

The incredible ways dolphins communicate with each other—and with us

by Aline Alexander Newman

 

Reading Assignment #4

Read the selection and follow the directions as you read.

from Junior Scholastic, March 6, 2000

Homeless in America

by Alexandra Hanson-Harding

 

 

 

 

7th GRADE READING

 I. Click on the 7th grade radio button and then

 

Choose Collection #1 radio button.  Scroll down to Informational Text and click on READING WORKSHOP tab.

 

Reading Assignment #1 

a) Read     How to Read Your Wildlife Cards and King Cobra from Wildlife Fact File.

 

 **Complete the My Responses questions  to the reading and e-mail to your Reading Teacher.**

 

Now click the Grade 7  radio button.  Click Choose Collection #1  button.

 

b) Scroll down to Vocabulary and complete WORD WATCH exercises.

 

Now click the Grade 7  radio button.  Click Choose Collection #1  button 

 

c) Scroll down to Media Workshop and select one activity from Media Scope.

 

 II.  Click on the 7th grade radio button and then click on the READING tab above it. 

 

Reading Assignment #2

Read the selection and follow the directions as you read.

 from Zillions, May/June 2000

Bike Checkup: A do-it-yourself guide to getting your bike ready to ride.   

 

Reading Assignment #3 

 

 from Odyssey, December 2000

Internet Hoaxes: Don't Believe Everything You Read  by Kathiann M. Kowalski

 

 

 

8th GRADE READING

 

I. Click on the 8th grade radio button and then click on the LITERATURE tab above it. 

Choose Collection #1 .  Scroll down to Informational Text and click on READING WORKSHOP tab.

 

Reading Assignment #1 

a) Read  When Animals Show Signs of a Mind  by Robert S. Boyd

 

**Complete the My Responses questions  to the reading and e-mail to your Reading Teacher.**

 

Now click on the Grade 8 radio button.  Click on Choose Collection #1  button.

 

b) Scroll down to Vocabulary and complete WORD WATCH exercises.

 

Now click on the Grade 8 radio button.  Click on Choose Collection #1  button.

 

c) Scroll down to Media Workshop and select one activity from Media Scope.

 

 

II. Click on the 8th grade radio button and then click on the READING tab above it. 

 

 Reading Assignment #2 

from Junior Scholastic, September 4, 2000

One of the oldest civilizations, China is once again transformed by change.

from China: A Giant Awakens

by Anthony Kuhn

 

Reading Assignment #3

from War, Peace, and All That Jazz

from Only the Ball Was White

by Joy Hakim

 

 Reading Assignment #4    

from Current Health 2

vol. 27, no. 5, January 2001  THE 21ST-CENTURY BURGER  by Dee Murphy, R.D., L.D