I spent much of my time as an educator creating materials to effectively target essential reading skills. I spent many more years compiling and posting these materials to this website.
Here is a list of all the worksheet pages on this website. These materials are aligned to Common Core State Standards when possible, and I have included the standards on the bottom of each page to help you with your lesson planning. Being a teacher is one of the hardest jobs in the world, but it is also one of the most necessary. I hope that these materials help make your job a little bit easier and allow you to give more of your limited time and attention to your students.
Feel free to leave a comment or email me directly with any questions, concerns, or feedbacks.
Ms. D
/ January 29, 2012Thanks Mr. Morton! I moved to sixth grade this year after teaching kindergarten for years. Your resources have been a wonderful help!
Mr. Morton
/ January 31, 2012😀 Thanks for visiting!
Carlene Henager
/ January 27, 2012This site will be very helpful with my adult education students. I have had hard times occasionally finding interesting, relevant work for my students–that seems age appropriate. Greatly appreciate the site.
Mr. Morton
/ January 31, 2012I’m so pleased to hear it. Keep up the good work. You are making a difference.
Mrs. Karen
/ January 27, 2012Could not teach without this website! Thank you!
Mr. Morton
/ January 31, 2012How you underestimate yourself, Mrs. Karen. In either case, I appreciate your visits.
Vanie CHAHAL
/ January 25, 2012This is an amazzzzing website. I have my English exam tomorrow and the lessons and worksheets have really helped me understand certain concepts. Thanks!
Mr. Morton
/ February 13, 2012Awesome! I wish I had a class full of motivated students like you.
Sandra Schreck
/ January 21, 2012Hello there, I´m an English teacher in Germany and always looking for ready-to-use worksheets, especially when I have to deal with literature. Your material makes it easier to make my students see how wonderful literature is.
Mr. Morton
/ January 23, 2012That’s amazing. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Kathy
/ December 22, 2011Amazing stuff! Thank-you!
Tameron D
/ December 21, 2011Thanks so much! These are very helpful!
Elizabeth
/ December 17, 2011I can’t wait to start adding your activities to our classroom! Hope you develop more in the area of drama genre and more Lit Units. Thank you so much for creating this!
Mr. Morton
/ January 14, 2012I appreciate the suggestions, Elizabeth. I’d like to do both.
Marge
/ December 11, 2011This is SOOOOOOOOOOOO helpful! Thank you so much! You have saved me hours!
derek hernandez
/ November 22, 2011where do i find character analysis worksheets
Reem
/ November 18, 2011Thanks for this awesome website; my children and I are greatful for all the help you guys are giving us. God bless you!
Mr. Morton
/ November 21, 2011Thanks for taking the time to say so. I’m just one person drawing from a rich literary history.
Heather
/ November 7, 2011Thank you so much for all these wonderful resources!! It is obvious how much work you have put into this site!!
Mrs. Cuevas
/ November 6, 2011I’m a first year h.s. teacher, and this site is a godsend. I love it and will definitely be recommending to my co-workers!
Mr. Morton
/ November 7, 2011I remember my first year as an h.s. teacher. Thank God I made it to the second.
Gayle Purcell
/ November 4, 2011This is the most amazing and user friendly website that I have ever found. Thank you for sharing this with teachers and everyone else, and you just don’t realize how much you have helped us! No one has done such a brillant job as you all have in providing the text in PDF or in a form we can adjust along with powerpoints and u-tube videos.
Mr. Morton
/ November 7, 2011Wow. That’s about the nicest thing that anyone’s ever said to me. That’s food for inspiration, Mrs. Purcell.
Anitra
/ November 3, 2011FANTASTIC WEBSITE!!!
Ms. Turner
/ October 25, 2011Thank you very much. This is a great website. Thank you for sharing. If you have more let me know.
Mr. Morton
/ October 30, 2011Thanks for visiting. I’ve got a bunch of more stuff, but I’m so crunched for time. Come back soon 😀
Malikah
/ October 20, 2011thanks!
Kathy
/ October 14, 2011Thank You! I love this site! How generous of you!!!!
Missy
/ October 14, 2011What a lifesaver your website has been to me this year- thank you for providing such a great resource!!
Mrs. M
/ October 10, 2011Thank you for putting this site together.
Are there any lessons on context clues?
Mr. Morton
/ October 10, 2011Great suggestion. I’ll try to get something like that together.
Marcum
/ October 10, 2011This has been wonderful! Love it and use it often!
Kari Jamieson
/ October 5, 2011Resources are a teacher’s best friend! Thanks for offering resources to be used with older students! And for free….with such humility! You are awesome!
Mr. Morton
/ October 5, 2011The humility is only a thin guise, Ms. Jamieson. Thank you for visiting ;p
Meghan
/ September 28, 2011Thanks SO MUCH. This website is a lifesaver for at least one very frazzled first-year teacher 🙂
Mr. Morton
/ October 4, 2011My first-year was some trial. It gets easier 🙂
Andrea
/ September 26, 2011Love this site. Thank you SO much for sharing your resources!!!!
Marie
/ September 21, 2011Thank you for this free, easy,and useful website! I love it!
Mr. Morton
/ September 22, 2011No, Marie, allow me to thank you for visiting.
Donna
/ September 21, 2011What a wonderful resource! I am new to high school, and needed higher lever materials. This site is the answer to a weary teacher’s prayers.
Mr. Morton
/ September 22, 2011Wow. I’m touched. Thanks for visiting.
Jeanne
/ September 8, 2011Thank you. This is a great site.
Melinda
/ September 7, 2011Great site! Very useful information for my students. I appreciate it, and I will be sure to give you your credit when I use your information and website. 🙂
Mr. Morton
/ September 8, 2011Credit not necessary, but thank you!
George
/ August 22, 2011Why is D the answer in number 11 in Jacob the Magician?
Mr. Morton
/ September 13, 2011Yikes. Typo. I’ll try to update this soon. Good eye, George.
Jamie
/ August 18, 2011BRAVO! The BEST site ever!
Mr. Morton
/ August 18, 2011Thanks Jamie!
Evelyn Andujar
/ August 3, 2011THANKS SO MUCH FOR SUPPLING TEACHERS WITH VALUABLE MATERIAL TO ENHANCE THEIR CLASSES.
Bruce
/ July 26, 2011This site is an excellent tool and resource. Thank you so much for sharing it with us! I’ve told my cohort, co-workers, and tutors to use this site for ELA and ELD. Great stuff! Keep it going!
Mr. Morton
/ July 26, 2011Thanks for visiting, and sharing.
Tracy Rousselle
/ July 25, 2011Thanks for this site. The content is excellent.
Vickie
/ July 2, 2011This is a great site! Thanks so much for sharing!!
mary
/ May 18, 2011What a fabulous website! Love your worksheets! Have you created answer keys so we can check our work? Thanks for all your work!!
Mr. Morton
/ May 18, 2011Answer keys have been added to some sections. If there is a section in particular for which you would like answer keys, let me know.
Ethel Huston
/ April 24, 2011This site is fantastic!! I was working on my review plans for the end of the year state tests and this has been a great help. I wish I had discovered it sooner. Thank you
Jennifer
/ April 21, 2011This site is amazing! It’s everything I was looking for to prepare my students for state testing and it addresses many standards cummulatively in each activity! Great!
Gwen
/ April 14, 2011Love the content. It has been very helpful!! 🙂
JanetPlanet
/ April 12, 2011Wow, I wish I knew how to organize something so useful and user friendly. Thanks so much!
Myisha
/ April 4, 2011Thank you for this website! This will definitely come in handy when I review for the End of Grade Tests.
Mr. Morton
/ April 5, 2011That’s great. I wish my students were as motivated as you, Myisha.
Angela
/ March 31, 2011This is a wonderful website! I have activities that actually have “meat” to them. I appreciate the way you continually require the student to explain the answer, reinforcing comprehension and eliminating guessing. Thank you so much for sharing!
Mr. Morton
/ March 31, 2011Thanks so much. I find that having them explain their answers also helps me identify students who are copying as well.
Laura
/ March 30, 2011AWESOME stuff! Applicable, easy to use, teachable…..thankful to have found this place! Keep it coming!
nihal
/ March 27, 2011thank you so much for this great site
nihal
/ March 27, 2011I loved this site soooooooo much, thank you .
Vickie
/ March 13, 2011Absolutely wonderful website. I plan on recommending this site to all the LA teachers at my school!
Mr. Morton
/ March 13, 2011Thank you kindly. Any help in promoting these resources is greatly appreciated.
Mel
/ March 11, 2011I looked all over the Internet to find Irony worksheets. I was even trying to find a workbook to buy, but was unsuccessful in finding one. I am glad that I finally came across your website. I was even happier when I found out that you are a teacher in Chicago. (I teach in Southern Illinois.) Therefore, I know all of your materials more than likely go along with the state standards. Thanks so much! 🙂
Tricia
/ March 8, 2011Wow!! This site is awesome!! User friendly and the lessons are excellent!
Mr. Morton
/ March 8, 2011Why thank you kindly! Stop by again.
Elizabeth R.
/ November 15, 2011Thank you Mr. Morton for all the time you put into sharing these wonderful lessons with us. Wonderful lessons and worksheets. Looking forward to having keys for all of the elements, too. They are so useful and great. Thank you again.
Mr. Morton
/ November 21, 2011It’s my pleasure. Thanks for visiting!
Dustie Swaim
/ February 20, 2011Love! Love! Love this site!
Suzie
/ February 15, 2011LOVE this site!!! I wish there were more!
Mr. Morton
/ February 16, 2011Thank you kindly. I’m working on it as quickly as I can.