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This article discusses the differences between reading for information and reading critically. It also breaks down the steps to reading critically and discusses synoptic and post-reading. These various types of reading work to help students better understand information.

Awesome interactive online reading tests and quizzes. Practice reading skills, print results, fiction and non fiction reading selections.

Allows students to read a new (but classic) short story each day or just read one chapter from a classic novel each day. Could be used for any English class.

Excellent repository of high interest texts from around the internet; text and audio provided. This particular collection is categorized as "advanced" reading.

Ideas for the high school English classroom. Novels, grammar, writing, and reading skills.

Includes excellent handouts and worksheets for editing, revising, grammar, etc. We can use some of these for assessments via Quia.

Literary Graffiti is a cool way to have students take notes electronically (and you can print them if we had printers installed).

Articles from all over the internet; wide variety of topics and interests. These articles have been tagged as "intermediate" -- texts and audio provided.

This site offers ideas for how to introduce composition to students. It also links to a nice .pdf for peer revision.