Reading comprehension
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 1 · 4 tasks assigned
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 1 · Harper Lee
Chapter 1
The courthouse square was quiet in the early morning, the way small towns are quiet before the rest of the world remembers they exist. A mockingbird sang from the oak tree near the post office, indifferent to what the day would bring.
My father had always told me that the truest measure of a person was not how they treated their equals, but how they treated those who had nothing to offer in return. I was beginning, that summer, to understand what he meant.
The neighborhood watched and waited, as neighborhoods do, storing small details like provisions for a long winter.
Highlighted paragraph selected for annotation task
Find the sentence that reveals the narrator's understanding of their father's lesson. Click it in the text on the left.
Look for a moment of personal realization or growth.
Highlighted!
You found the right passage. The narrator's realization about their father's advice shows a key moment of thematic development.
Task library
14 task types.
Zero worksheet vibes.
Every task maps to a level of Bloom's Taxonomy — from basic recall up to original thinking. Higher-order tasks are at the top.
Theme Connection
Track recurring themes across chapters
Written Response
Evidence-based paragraphs with minimum word counts
Self-Assessment
Metacognitive confidence scale
Debate
Take a position and defend it with textual evidence
Quote Analysis
Analyze the meaning and impact of key passages
Comparison
Compare characters, themes, or literary elements
Cause & Effect
Map how events and decisions connect
Character Motivation
Explore why characters act the way they do
Annotate in Book
Find and mark passages in text or physical book
Drag & Drop
Sequencing, matching, and character sorting
Prediction
Forecast what happens next using clues from the text
Short Answer
Open-ended inference and comprehension prompts
Text Evidence
Find and cite specific proof from the reading
Quick Check
Auto-graded comprehension verification
Standards-aligned
Built on the standards you already teach to.
Every task maps to ELA standards out of the box. No manual tagging, no guesswork — just assign a chapter and the coverage follows.
Every task is standards-tagged
Every task maps to CCSS ELA standards — RL, RI, W, SL, and L strands.
CCSS, TEKS, or SOL
Teachers pick their framework. Analytics translate automatically — same data, your state's language.
Standards mastery dashboard
See which standards your class has covered and where gaps remain — by student or whole class.
AI coaching
AI coaching on every response.
Every short answer and written response is evaluated instantly. Students see what they did well and where to push deeper — before their teacher even opens the dashboard.
AI Feedback
What you did well
- Strong textual evidence with specific chapter references
- Clear thesis statement that directly addresses the prompt
- Insightful connection between Atticus's advice and Scout's growth
How to improve
- Could explore counterarguments or opposing perspectives
- Add more specific page or paragraph references
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