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Easy Voter Guide 2008 Primary

Reading News in English
@ R1A Easy English News & Current Events
@ R1B ESL World News Report
@ R1C Useful EASY News with audio/video

Handouts From Intermediate Reading Practices
GOOD TO REVIEW FOR EXAMS!
@ R2A Download Extra Reading Practices for every chapter! (PDFs)
@ R2B Answer Keys for these Extra Reading Practices (PDFs)
@ R2C Five Vocabulary Quizzes for every chapter! (online)

Folktales
@ R3A *LISTEN* Aesop's Fables
@ R3B Famous American Folktales

Stories to Compare to "The Blind Men and the Elephant"
@ R4A "The Blind Men and the Elephant v.1"
@ R4B "Elephant and the Blind Men"
@ R4C "Six Blind Men and An Elephant"

Stories to Compare to "Little Red Riding Hood"
@R4D "Little Red Riding Hood"
@R4E Wikipedia "Little Red Riding Hood"
@R4F Other versions (one very scary!)
@R4G Old versions with pictures

@R4H The original/annotated Hansel & Gretel!
@ R1C "The Stubborn Wife" (a version of "Against the Current")

Stories to Compare to "The Invitation"
@ R3A "A Guest for Halil"
@ R3B "Eat My Coat Eat"
@ R3C "Eat, My Coat, Eat"
@ R3D "Eat, My Fur Coat, Eat!"
@ R3E *LISTEN* "Eat, My Fine Coat"

Stories to Compare to "The Frog Prince"
@ R3F The Frog Prince #1
@ R3G The Frog Prince #2
@ R3H The Frog Prince #3
@ R3I The Frog Prince #4
@ R3J The Frog Prince #5
@ R3K The Frog Prince #6
@ R3L The Frog Prince #7
@ R3M Frog Prince Cartoons
@R3N Beauty & the Beast

Urban Legends
@ R5A What are urban legends?
@ R5B All about urban legends
@ R5C Urban Legend: The $100 Sports Car
@ R5D Urban Legend: The Clever Student
@ R5E Urban Legend (Mexico): La Llorona
@ R5F Similar La Llorona-type Legends Worldwide

Stories to Compare to "The Crane Wife"
@ RXA The Crane Maiden
@ RXV The Grateful Crane
@ R3W Crane Wife Art (4 illustrations)
@ R3X The Woodcutter's Axe

Stories from "Great American Stories 1" -- Spring 2008
"Love of Life"
@ R6A "Love of Life" Original Version
@ R6B "Love of Life" vocabulary, test questions, & more!
@ R6C "Love of Life" Word game
@ R6D The World of Jack London
@ R6E "Love of Life" - an interesting connection to Lenin! - scroll down halfway

"The Journey to Hanford"
@ R6F 2008 is the 100th anniversary of Saroyan's birth
@ R6G Quotes from some of Saroyan's writings
@ R6H Word matching game for "Journey to Hanford"

Tom Whitewashes the Fence
@ R6I Original text version
@ R6J *LISTEN* "Tom Whitewashes the Fence" audio
@ R6K Four online games for this story

Of the Coming of John
@ R6L Original text version
@ R6M *LISTEN* "Of the Coming of John" audio
@ R6N Four online games for this story

The Lady, or the Tiger?
@ R6O "The Lady, or the Tiger?" Game: Hangman

Stories from "Great American Stories 1 -- Fall 2007
@ R4A *LISTEN* "The Gift of the Magi"
@ R4B "The Story of An Hour" Original Version
@ R4C *WATCH & LISTEN* "The Story of An Hour" video reading Original
@ R4D *WATCH & LISTEN* "The Tell-Tale Heart" Animated Movie
@ R4E1 *WATCH & LISTEN* "The Tell-Tale Heart" Live on Stage 1
@ R4E2 *WATCH & LISTEN* "The Tell-Tale Heart" Live on Stage 2
@ R4F *LISTEN* "The Tell-Tale Heart"
@ R4G "The White Heron" Original Version
@ R4H *LISTEN* "The White Heron"


Interesting Online Readings
@ R7A What People Earn at Work
@ R7B Earthquake Informtion for Parents & Kids
@ R7C Photo Tour of an Earthquake Fault in the Bay Area
@ R7D Reading Dogs #1
@ R7E Reading Dogs #2
@ R7F Reading Dogs #3
@ R7G Reading Dogs #4
@ R7H American Sign Language
@ R7I The Spread of American Culture
@ R7J Holidays in the U.S.
@ R7K Halloween Quiz!
@ R7L Jury Information
@ R7M Jury Video!
@ R7N Easy Readings (new each month)
@ R7O Money Management Quiz
@ R7P Money Quotations!
@ R1C Portion Size info with pictures

Reading Skills Practice
@ R8A Timed Readings (6 stories) with questions
@ R8B Main Ideas Intro & 2 Easy Exercises
@ R8C Main Ideas - Intermediate Level (answers included)
@ R8D Making Inferences Lesson & Practice
@ R8E Making Inferences Quiz
@ R8F Prefix Practice
@ R8G Most Common Prefixes & Suffixes
@ R8H Parts of Speech
@ R8I Spelling
@ R8J Short Stories of Nasreddin Hodja
@R8K Guessing From Context

Dictionaries for English Learners ONLINE
@ R9A Longman's ONLINE ESL Dictionary
@ R9B Newbury House's ONLINE Dictionary
@ R9C Cambridge's ONLINE English Learner's Dictionary

Online Summary Writing Practice
50-word Summary
75-word Summary
100-word Summary

SAMPLE TESTS AND STUDY GUIDES

ESLR 50 TEST ONE STUDY GUIDE
ESLR 50 TEST ONE SAMPLE! CLICK TO SEE IT
ESLR 50 TEST TWO STUDY GUIDE
ESLR 50 TEST THREE STUDY GUIDE

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