Grade 9 Fun Reading – If You’re No Good at Cooking
Level: Grade 9 Genre: Fun Reading
What to do if you’re no good at cooking…
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Grade 7 Reading Lesson 6 Poetry – Silver
Night is scary. It is dark and as silent as the land of the dead. There are no colours, only shapes. Not a single movement can be seen. But Water De La Mare doesn’t seem to agree. Find out what his opinions are through this poem of his, Silver.
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Grade 6 Reading Lesson 10 Biographies – Galileo
Level: Grade 6 Genre: Biographies
The Catholic Church opposed scientific discoveries that it felt challenged its authority and power. Therefore, a lot of scientists were punished for disobeying the church. Galileo was one of them, and he was kept under house arrest. He was not discouraged though. It was under his house arrest that he published two of his books, and they are considered pretty important in the field of Physics.
Learn more about this great scientist from this lesson.
Grade 9 Reading Lesson 3 Poetry – Hope is a Thing with Feathers
You read the story of Pandora and her treasure box, didn’t you? In the story, you came to read how all the problems we see around us today burst out from the box. Until then, people had been innocent and had lived in paradise, but the time had come for them to get to know pain, fear and anger, diseases and worries, wars and all kinds of other illnesses. Only one thing was left in the box – Hope. It was in the end that this Hope Fairy came out of the box and stayed with us forever. And it is this Hope that Emily Dickinson is describing in this poem, Hope is a Thing with Feathers.
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Grade 1 Reading Lesson 1 Poetry – The Eggs
Some animals, like the dogs, cats and rats give direct birth. They are called viviparous. Some others, like most of the birds lay eggs. These animals are called oviparous (Phew! Tough names, aren’t they?). Now let’s read a delightful poem about eggs. Here we go…
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Grade 5 Reading Lesson 1 Humor – The Seventeen Oranges
What would you do if were caught when you were stealing something?
Our narrator here is caught when he is trying to escape with seventeen stolen oranges. Will he lose his job? Will he be sent to prison? Let’s read the story to find out.
Grade 9 Reading Lesson 19 Myth and Folklore – How Coyote Stole Fire
Level: Grade 9 Genre: Myth and Folklore
In the lesson before, you read the Greek folklore on how fire was brought to the earth. This lesson also talks about how fire was brought to men, but this story comes from the Shasta, the native American Indian people. Read this and decide which one is more interesting.
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Grade 3 Reading Lesson 13 Biographies – The Greatest Footballer Of All Times
Level: Grade 3 Genre: Biographies
The World Cup, or the FIFA World Cup, is an international association football competition, and has been organized every four years since 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when the Second World War was raging. Among the 19 tournaments, Brazil won the cup five times.
Here, you will read about one of the greatest footballer of all times.
Grade 6 Reading Lesson 16 Myths And Legends – Echo And Narcissus
Level: Grade 6 Genre: Myths And Legends
When you talk in an empty room, the walls send back sounds and you hear it again. This also happens when you are at a hill station. You hear your own sounds again. This is called the echo. And there is a myth about the echo started too! Read this myth in this lesson.
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Grade 7 Reading Lesson 19 Nonfiction – The History Of Internet
Level: Grade 7 Genre: Nonfiction
Although the internet was first used in 1960’s, it was only in the 1970’s that it was first opened for public. Until then, it was only used by the military to share and send secret information. Find out all these and much more about the internet from this chapter.
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