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Readings for Comprehension

Using Humor to Teach Comprehension

When a student doesn’t at least break out in a grin, chances are he doesn’t understand what he has just read. It can be the result of not knowing the meaning of a word or phrase or an allusion to a religious, literary, or historical happening. 

Other Stories for Comprehension

For Humorous Reading On The Web, Try

  • Google Books is a great resource of free PDF books in the public domain.  You can download the entire book and use it for comprehension readings, read it for pleasure, or look up (it's completely searchable) your favorite passages of the classics.

  • Clarified.net might be funny/inspirational reading. It is a weekly humorous column by Claire Theriot Mestepey about a woman whose disability seems to be the least of her troubles. Her first book “My Walker and Other Glamorous Accessories” has sold over 4 and is sure to be on the way to being door stops all around the nation.

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