6th 7th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Digital Resources

Looking for a way to prepare for testing without adding to your increasing workload? Look no further than this advantageous reading comprehension passages and questions mega bundle. Full of color and entertaining assessments, practice reading while knowing most of the work is already done for you.

Reading Comprehension Outline:

Each lesson has a mix of questions to check understanding, a vocabulary or spelling activity to help remember key language introduced, and a writing exercise. Full answer keys are provided. Nonfiction articles are high interest and contain vivid graphics. Full answer keys are provided.

This is the Google Forms version. This is fillable and self grading (questions with stars need to be checked on the response screen, full answers are given while you check). Students DON'T NEED Google Drive to use it, and it works well on mobile devices. Easel Activities included.

Also available in the following formats:

Google Docs - PDF - Word

Contents:

FICTION BUNDLE

Set 1:

Reading Passage 1: Champion - Martyn and a field day competition.

Reading Passage 2: Basketball - Evie shows her newfound basketball skills.

Reading Passage 3: The Coaster - Angelica is afraid of the new roller coaster.

Reading Passage 4: Sister Sister - Dora and Kathie can't stop arguing with each other.

Reading Passage 5: New Surroundings - Lisa is upset about the move to a new city.

Reading Passage 6: In the Pool - The story behind a 13 year love of swimming.

Set 2:

Reading Passage 1: Cooking Camp - Jason tries to make enough money to go to cookery camp.

Reading Passage 2: Graduation - Matt helps prepare for his brother's graduation party.

Reading Passage 3: Choppers - Neil and his grandpa chat about the Vietnam War.

Reading Passage 4: School Musical - Maiya and her concerns about the school musical.

Reading Passage 5: My Key - Jon has the house to himself for once. Does he enjoy it though?

Reading Passage 6: Creepy Well - Jo and some kids from school at a creepy well.

Reading Passage 7: Bug Trip - The twins are driving Dad crazy with their science project.

Reading Passage 8: Solo Flight - Sid gets his first solo flight in bizarre circumstances.

Reading Passage 9: Summer at Gran's - Andrea trying to make the best of her time at Gran's.

Reading Passage 10: Wild Wild West - Alec on the ranch with his dad.

Reading Passage 11: Danger Mountain - Nath tries a dangerous ride down the mountain.

Reading Passage 12: Math Queen - Rhonda doing her best at the Math competition.

NONFICTION BUNDLE

Set 1:

Reading Passage 1: American Bison - Find out more about North America's heaviest land animal.

Reading Passage 2: Brown Bears - Featuring brown bears and Kodiak bears.

Reading Passage 3: Elephant Seals - Fact: Elephant Seals spend 2 months of the year on the beach!

Reading Passage 4: Visayan Pigs - Punk rock pigs? Discover more about this endangered species.

Reading Passage 5: Seahorses - Terrible swimmers but beautiful creatures all the same.

Reading Passage 6: Pandas - Read about China's national symbol then write about America's.

Reading Passage 7: Wolves - What does a wolf's howl mean? This article features that, and more!

Reading Passage 8: Blue Jays - Can imitate other bird calls and feast on other birds' eggs!

Reading Passage 9: Iceland - An amazing country, find out everything there is to know in this article.

Reading Passage 10: Yogurt - The healthiest treat? Learn how yogurt is made & how it's good for us.

Reading Passage 11: Karate - Who? How? When? Where? Did Karate all begin?

Reading Passage 12: Clean Air - A longer article but the most important of subjects.

Set 2:

Reading Passage 1: Red Pandas - Red Pandas eat nearly 9,000 pounds of food during their lifetime.

Reading Passage 2: Hoatzin - This loud creature has roots stretching back 36 billion years!

Reading Passage 3: Moose - These huge creatures are built for the coldest climates in America.

Reading Passage 4: Vancouver - Fact: Vancouver was once known as Gastown!

Reading Passage 5: Recycling - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle? Read more about that, and more!

Reading Passage 6: Atlantic Ocean - Just how important is the Atlantic to countries that border it?

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Reading Passages:

Each passage is especially written for Grade 6/7 students, including key vocabulary required for this age group.

Topics are varied and are accompanied by colorful graphics. Topics are meant to educate, yet entertain the modern student.

Fiction Passages: The majority of these short stories contain an important message - a way of developing these young learners further.

Nonfiction Passages: These are thoroughly researched and facts/data come from several sources to provide accuracy.

Mixed Questions

The mixed questions section of each lesson includes a variation of five to six comprehension, vocabulary and Math questions. In addition, key reading strategies are frequently covered including cause & effect, summarizing, compare & contrast and making conclusions.

Mixed questions require a written response (no MCQ's), full answers and example responses appear at the end of the lesson.

Spelling & Vocab

Each reading passage contains a variety of words and phrases designed for Grade 6/7 students. Spelling and vocab activities provide the opportunity to build fluency with these words.

Activities provide clues to help assist students.

Writing Prompts

Writing prompts are designed to continue the theme or lessons learned in the story.

Students are persuaded to write in a variety of ways and each prompt includes several cues to help.

Fiction Passages: The main focus is the student. Prompts will require the student to relate past experiences, encourage them to discuss feelings and ways to improve.

Nonfiction Passages: The main focus in this product is on animals and the environment. Prompts will require the student to write about important topics and address how to resolve issues we have in the world today.

Full Answer Keys

Full answer keys and sample responses are provided so no matter how busy you are, you know you're covered!

Mixed question answers provide evidence from the text, Math questions contain the relevant workings.

Answers are designed for use by the teacher, but also suitable as a handout to the student.

Google Forms

Google Forms has a host of advantages. Spelling and vocab questions are self-grading. Other questions are conveniently placed on the response screen. Here, a teacher simply checks responses against the answer key on one screen, clicking between students' forms with ease.

Forms are easy to use on desktop/laptop computers, they are also mobile friendly and don't require a Google account.

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