Discover our Critical Reading Lessons from Weeks 1-8 about Friendship, Space Travel, and Buzzards

Preview Weeks 1-8

The objective for our lessons from Weeks 1-8 is to teach critical reading and thinking skills using current news about “Seven Reasons to Have Friends” plus “Many Americans really want to travel into space” and finally “Buzzards are besieging an NC town”.    GET STARTED If you’d like to get started using XTRA Weekly … Read more

Chill out in Week 23 with articles about Chicago Rats in the Winter plus Five Tips to Love Your Heart

Week 23 preview

The objective for our Week 23 lessons is to teach critical reading and thinking skills using current news about “Why winter weather is no match for rats in America’s ‘rattiest city’” (Level 1 lesson) and “Five tips to love your heart” (Level 2 lesson).  Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 1 lesson … Read more

Week 22 has current articles for students about Good Oral Health plus Louisville’s Black History Tour

Week 22 Preview

The objective for our Week 22 lessons is to teach critical reading and thinking skills using current news about “Why good oral health is more than a beautiful smile” (Level 1 lesson) and “Louisville launches Black Heritage Tour Collection” (Level 2 lesson).  Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 1 lesson include: Vocabulary … Read more

Explore our Week 21 preview with articles about GoFundMe and Emergency vs. Urgent Care

Week 21 preview

The objective for our Week 21 lessons is to teach critical reading and thinking skills using current news about “International student surprised by GoFundMe support, raising $4,700 to graduate” (Level 1 lesson) and “Emergency vs. urgent care: what’s the difference?” (Level 2 lesson).  Some of the exercises of this week’s Level 1 lesson include: … Read more