6 free reading resources for 12th Grade, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Reading comprehension is about more than finding the answer in the text. Students need to read literally (what does it say?), inferentially (what does it mean?) and evaluatively (what do I think, and why?). Each passage here comes with questions at all three levels and model answers for the open ones.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Senior students build a precise vocabulary for describing tone in analytical writing: words such as wry, sardonic, elegiac, reverent,…
Senior students learn and apply the terms used to discuss how texts are built: juxtaposition, motif, foreshadowing, in medias res,…
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
Analysis is only as precise as its words. This guide organizes the vocabulary senior English students need: verbs for what composers,…
A passage with questions.
A senior unseen nonfiction practice set built around an original speech in which a 12th grade student urges a town council not to close…
A senior reading comprehension on an original reflective essay about light pollution and the loss of the night sky, framed by a childhood…
A senior unseen prose comprehension on an original short story in which a young woman tries to sort her late grandmother's belongings into…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
