| Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events | |||
| 1.The Bad Beginning | 2. The Reptile Room | 3. The Wide Window | 4. The Miserable Mill |
| 5. The Austere Academy | 6. The Ersatz Elevator | 7. The Vile Village | 8. The Hostile Hospital |
Simplified Reading Standards
| topic/main idea | cause/effect | fact/opinion | understanding titles |
| personification | inferring | predicting | drawing conclusions |
| analogies | figurative language | rhetorical questions | author's purpose/view |
| award-winning literature | rate of reading for purposes | explore fiction | explore nonfiction |
| explore fantasy/fairytales | explore legends/myths | explore fables/parables | explore poetry |
| explore plays | explore atlases | simile | metaphor |
| explore chart/maps | explore illustrations in reading | introduce dialect | introduce colloquialisms |
| author viewpoints/perspectives | critically analyze media and information sources | make personal interpretations of reading | understand symbols |
| character traits | setting | plot | solutions in reading |
| conflicts in reading | themes in reading | alphabetizing | using dictionaries |
| using table of contents | using an index | using a glossary | using encyclopedias |
| using a globe | summarizing | fluency | develop vocabulary |