This assignment, based on the reading, “Wheels for the Dragon” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading, “Family Reunion” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the readings, “from the Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew: “Arachne” and “Arachne” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading “Rigoberta Menchú” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading “Looking for Superheroes” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the readings, “The American Promise” from President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Special Message to Congress and “All Together Now” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading “Wheels for the Dragon,” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading, “Family Reunion,” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading “Rigoberta Menchú,” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the four-article text set, Women's Right to Vote, and including the readings, “Women's Right to Vote,” "Deeds not Words," "Journey for Justice," and "Front page of Woman’s Journal and Suffrage News, March 8, 1913" allows students to practice responding to a writing prompt similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment for English Language Arts (NJSLA). Questions are aligned to the New Jersey NJSLA English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the four-article text set, Exotic Pets, and including the readings, “Do You Really Want a Baby Tiger?” "Go Figure! Owning Exotic Pets," "No Good Arguments For The Exotic Pet Trade – Just Good Marketing," and "Not a Pet" allows students to practice responding to a writing prompt similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment for English Language Arts (NJSLA). Questions are aligned to the New Jersey NJSLA English Language Arts standards for Grade 9.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading, “False Start” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading, “The Last Lesson” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading, “Life in the Treetops” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading, “Searching for King Arthur” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading, “Silk Connects the World” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the readings “America the Beautiful: Congressional Hearing on National Parks” and “FDR Radio Address at Two Medicine” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading “False Start,” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading “Silk Connects the World,” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the reading, “The Last Lesson,” allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment English Language Arts (NJSLA-ELA). Questions are aligned to the NJ English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the four-article text set, Anexation of Hawaii, and including the readings, “The Annexation of Hawaii: A Right and a Duty,” "Why Hawaii Should Not Be Annexed," "Hawaii's Last Queen," and "The Annexation of Hawaii " allows students to practice responding to a writing prompt similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment for English Language Arts (NJSLA). Questions are aligned to the New Jersey NJSLA English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the four-article text set, Protecting Marine Animals, and including the readings, “A Ride of a Lifetime: Cruising with a Giant Manta Ray,” "The Monk Seal: Nature’s Recluse," "Billions of Pieces of Plastic Spread Disease in Coral Reefs," and "Blues in the Bay" allows students to practice responding to a writing prompt similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment for English Language Arts (NJSLA). Questions are aligned to the New Jersey NJSLA English Language Arts standards for Grade 10.

Duration: 45–60 minutes

This assignment, based on the readings “America the Beautiful: Congressional Hearing on National Parks,” “FDR Radio Address at Two Medicine,” "How Valuable are National Parks? Evidence from a Proposed National Park Expansion in Alaska," and "Should We Allow Development in National Parks?" allows students to practice responding to reading comprehension questions and writing prompts similar to those on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment for English Language Arts (NJSLA). Students respond to reading comprehension questions (Part 1); and write an Argument in response to an extended response prompt (Part 2). Questions are aligned to the New Jersey NJSLA Standards for High School.

Duration: 1-2 Class Sessions