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Free Texts for High School Readers

StoryLabs

StoryLabs texts

Build automaticity with literature worth knowing. Each of the 13 Text Project’s StoryLabs is optimized to build reading automaticity and background knowledge for teen readers.

Rogue Readers

Rogue Readers

Rogue Readers give students structured encounters with the regularities of written English — delivered with just enough audacity to make the patterns stick.

TeenReads

Magazine-format texts that make reading engaging and accessible for reluctant or struggling readers.

Heroes!

Inspirational stories for high school students featuring amazing real-life heroes!

Research: The science behind TextProject’s texts for teens

Unpacking Automaticity: Scaffolded Texts and Comprehension
illustration of 3 adolescent readers

The conventional intervention for students who lack the automaticity to adequately comprehend text has been to repeatedly read texts orally. But there is evidence for an alternative method where texts are selected to support students in increasing their automaticity with the words they will encounter consistently. Read more

Additional Texts for High School Readers

TextModels AI-curated texts

The Last Year-Round Resident of Cedar Point

The Last Year-Round Resident of Cedar Point

Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones: One Storm, Many Names

Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones: One Storm, Many Names

Background Builder: Chineua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

WordRoots™: Building Vocabulary Through Word Families

Through WordRoots, students discover the fascinating story behind English words, developing not just vocabulary but curiosity about language itself. Check out the texts based on French/Latin and Greek roots for older readers.

WordRoots