Lesson Generator: generate your own word lists from copied text.

Create a Reading Lesson from Any Passage

Separate sight words from other words, and edit the word list.

Step 1: Paste passage → Step 2: Generate word list, edit and save → Step 3: Explore vocabulary → Step 4: Practice reading

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Lesson Passage

CREATE WORD LIST FROM PASSAGE 
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After reading these instructions, delete them.  Copy your passage from another document or web page and paste it in this space.  The text will be truncated to 2000 characters.

Scroll down, and press the button "Generate word lists from text above".  Two word lists will be produced; a list of common words (sight words) and a list of topic words.  You can add, delete, change the word list.  Press the "Update" buttons submit the changes.

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PASSAGE
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Amber sat quietly under the shelter of the porch, watching Linda press her fingers into the soil, the young herbs catching late afternoon light. Ruth was beside her, calm and steady, murmuring reminders about spacing and watering. Under Ruth's watchful eye, the little garden was taking shape.

Linda's hair kept slipping from her ponytail, her knees were already smudged with soil, and her attention wandered more than once. But she was joyful, animated. Amber smiled.

Linda is a viola, she thought—a little wild, a little scattered, but growing just where she needs to be.

Useful AI Prompt

"I am preparing a lesson for an adult literacy class. Read the attached article and provide:

1. A summary written at a 5th-grade reading level using short, direct sentences.
2. 10 key vocabulary terms (5 everyday words and 5 academic terms).
3. For each term, include:
* A simple, context-based definition
* 2–3 common synonyms
* The exact sentence where it first appears in the article
* A beginner-friendly sentence-completion or short-writing prompt for students.

Please format the vocabulary section as a clean, ready-to-print worksheet template."