Informational Texts

Article of the Week

Vale Middle School Article of the Week

UEN Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources Commons--Close Reading

Poetry Pairings--pairs famous poetry with New York Times articles

Informational Texts from the Library of Congress

ReadWorks.org -- (8th grade and below) non-fiction, lexiled passages with questions

One-Page Reading Thinking Passages Aligned with Core Priorities

Webpath Express--Destiny Online Catalog

Pioneer Library--text and video sites, some text sites lexiled

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American Rhetoric--text and audio

NY Times Room for Debate

Teaching and Learning from the NY Times

Public Radio International--text and audio

World Book Advanced--primary sources

Library of Congress--American Memory--primary sources

MSNBC--videos with text

100 Top Speeches--American Rhetoric

Newsela a leveled reading program for students in grades 4 through high school students. It begins with news stories which are then rewritten to correspond to different levels of reading complexity. You click on the lexile level you want, and the article adapts to that lexile level. The product first became available in beta in June 2013. The team eventually plans to charge a subscription for the product, but as of now, it is still free.