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1. Poems About Nature

   In: Poetry Format(s): Text

   Read poems that students from around the world wrote about nature. Download these student poems!

2. The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories

   Format(s): Text

   This collection of short stories by O. Henry gives the reader a wonderful selection of characters from the United States of 100 years ago.

3. VOA Podcast: Music Would Not Be The Same Without the Guitar

   In: VOA Podcasts: Shows in Special English Format(s): MP3, Text

   From Voice of America Podcasts in Special English. Learn how guitar just may be the most popular instrument in the world! Download the MP3 or listen online.

4. VOA Podcast: Making of a Nation: The Heart of the Constitution

   In: VOA Podcasts: Shows in Special English Format(s): MP3, Text

   From Voice of America Podcasts in Special English. Take a look at the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Download the MP3 or listen online.

5. The Gift of the Magi

   In: The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories Format(s): Text

   The story of the Gift of the Magi describes a couple who go to great lengths to buy each other a special Christmas present.

6. The Lighter Side: The “Best” Puzzle

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Can you complete these sentences that contain the word “best”? And can you match each completed sentence with its meaning?

7. The Lighter Side: Reduce, Reuse, Re____

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle features words that begin with the letters ”re” … and similar words without “re” as the first letters. Can you find them all?  

8. The Lighter Side: "A Script by the Numbers"

   In: English Teaching Forum 2018, Volume 56, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   In this puzzle, use numbers to fill in blanks in a short script.

9. The Lighter Side: "Two-Part Titles: Can You Match Them?"

   In: English Teaching Forum, Volume 60, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Many Forum article titles have two parts (as the name of this puzzle does). Your job in this puzzle is to match the first part of an article title with its second part. How many can you match correctly? (How many of the articles have you read?)

10. The Mask of the Red Death

    In: Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller Format(s): MP3, Text

    The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a man named Prospero who isolates himself in one of his palaces to escape the deadly disease Red Death, which has been sweeping the country.

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