64,276 results
Middle school close reading resources
Differentiated Reading Comprehension Making Inferences with Digital Resources
Making inferences is tricky, but inferring is a crucial skill in every reader’s toolbox! Not every text provides strong opportunities for students to practice making an inference, but these Making Inferences Reading Comprehension Passages were created for students to practice inferring over and over again to build their confidence and proficiency with the skill. With 3 differentiated levels for each of my 10 passages written specifically to practice making inferences, your students will be infer
Grades:
3rd - 6th
American Revolution Unit Causes of the Revolutionary War Worksheets Timeline
This comprehensive Causes of the American Revolution resource is jam-packed with go to reading passages, graphic organizers, activities, interactive notebook foldable activities, video links, and so much more. If you are studying the Revolutionary War in your upper elementary classroom, this will be your go-to resource.YOU WILL ALSO LOVE THE COMPANION RESOURCE TO THIS UNIT!People of the American Revolution - Revolutionary Americans UnitIncluded You Will Find16 Reading Passages and Questions 24
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt Summarizing Informational Text Graphic
✨BEST-SELLER✨ This nonfiction graphic organizer works w/ any type of informational text or nonfiction passage: use it again & again. Students love the non-fiction text activities like the Nonfiction Text Features scavenger hunt & the fun dice Nonfiction Game | Nonfiction Reading response worksheet. Perfect for summarizing nonfiction text, teaching nonfiction reading skills, nonfiction centers, no-prep sub-plans, close reading, teaching nonfiction reading strategies, informational writing
Grades:
4th - 10th
Types:
Article of the Week Club, 6th Grade; Nonfiction Reading Passages Middle School
Article of the Week Club, Grade 6 (6th Grade Nonfiction Articles + Activities)6th Grade Article of the Week Club is your solution for teaching ALL of the CCSS for Grade 6 Reading Informational Text! You’ll receive 25 nonfiction article + activity packs according to the schedule below. This includes a midterm and final assessment for reading informational text standards. Your students will enjoy practicing all of the common core reading informational text standards with these high-interest infor
Grades:
5th - 7th
Types:
Literary Analysis with Sticky Notes - Short Story Unit w/ Activities, Writing
Teaching literary analysis can be fun, engaging, and accessible for all students! Increase student engagement and understanding in your next literary analysis unit (whether it be short stories or novels) with interactive and hands-on close reading organizers and scaffolded writing responses. Students will enjoy using sticky notes in class as they analyze the author's use of various literary devices in complex short stories and novels. This is a complete literature unit in itself!This sticky note
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Sticky Note Analysis Bundle: Literary, Rhetoric, Poetry
5th Grade Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Reading Passages Common Core
Article of the Week Club, Grade 5 (5th Grade Nonfiction Articles + Activities)5th Grade Article of the Week Club is your solution for teaching ALL of the CCSS for Grade 5 Reading Informational Text! You’ll receive 25 nonfiction article + activity packs. This includes a pre-test, midterm, and final assessment for reading informational text standards. Your students will enjoy practicing all of the common core reading informational text standards with these high-interest informational text passages
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
The Diary of Anne Frank DRAMA Unit for Play Version (Goodrich & Hackett)
This is an extremely thorough, full 3-week (14 days!) unit for the short story/drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or drama genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: November Selection – Click here to
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
Text Evidence Reading Passages | Cite Text Evidence | Text Evidence Task Cards
Easily Cite Text Evidence. The No-Prep Step-by-Step Text Evidence Mastery unit takes a student-centered approach, placing the learner at the heart of the learning process using text evidence passages, text evidence task cards, citing text evidence worksheets, and more. With a carefully scaffolded curriculum, students will learn to identify, evaluate, and utilize textual evidence effectively. Get ready for increased reading comprehension! SEE PREVIEW! This unit caters to diverse grade levels, fro
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 6th Grade)
Short Story of the Month Club, 6th GradeGrab this collection of popular Short Story Units tailored for 6th grade reading! I created these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 6, but they can absolutely be used in grades 5-8 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month free! Click here.The Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6, is a bundle of short story units created specifically to cover the Common Core standards for grade 6 using short stories that I promise you
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 7th
Types:
Article of the Week Club, 7th Grade | Nonfiction Reading Passages Middle School
Article of the Week Club, Grade 7 (7th Grade Nonfiction Articles + Activities)7th Grade Article of the Week Club is your solution for teaching ALL of the CCSS for Grade 7 Reading Informational Text! You’ll receive 25 nonfiction article + activity packs. This includes a pre-assessment, midterm, and final assessment for reading informational text standards. Your students will enjoy practicing all of the common core reading informational text standards with these high-interest informational text p
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Article of the Week Club, 8th Grade | Nonfiction Reading Passages Middle School
Article of the Week Club, Grade 8 (8th Grade Nonfiction Articles + Activities)8th Grade Article of the Week Club is your solution for teaching ALL of the CCSS for Grade 8 Reading Informational Text! You’ll receive 25 nonfiction article + activity packs according to the schedule below. This includes a midterm and final assessment for reading informational text standards. Your students will enjoy practicing all of the common core reading informational text standards with these high-interest inform
Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
Literacy Mystery CSI: Reading Comprehension Passages, Making Inferences, Game
This Private Eye CSI Literacy Mystery will require your students to read the text carefully, make inferences, collect evidence, and unlock clues to solve the Case of the Masked Menace. NO PREP required, print and go! Everything that you need for this activity is in the download; all you need is paper to print and pencils to write!⭐Video Hook now included! It's a fun way to set the stage to engage!⭐Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided withi
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Figurative Language | Similes, Metaphors, Hyperboles, Personification
Are you ready for your students to master figurative language once and for all? Look no further! This interactive and thought-provoking flip book is filled with activities that will help your students create and identify each type of figurative language. It is a great way to teach, reinforce, and/or spiral review figurative language in your classroom in a fun and interactive way! This resource can be used as a teaching aid, reinforcement of concepts they have already learned, homework, center w
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Halloween Reading Comprehension Passages - Close Reading Activities
Halloween Close Reads with Mystery Pictures, provided in both DIGITAL and PRINT formats, are designed to engage students in analyzing text using close reading comprehension strategies. This resource motivates students to persevere through the multi-draft reading process with the use of the mystery grid picture, making it a fun activity that students will ask for again and again! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Save BIG when you buy the BUNDLE! Click here to check it out. ⭐️⭐️⭐️This Halloween set features three differe
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
13 Colonies Map and Activities | Printable & Digital
Focus on climate, geography, and the economies of the early American colonies using this informational text, comprehension worksheet, map activity, and assessment! Students will gain a better understanding of how climate and geography played a role in shaping each colonial economy. A printable PDF version and digital version is included! **This resource is part of the no-prep 13 Colonies Unit Bundle. It includes FIVE printable and digital resources at a 30% discount price! A FREE 13 Colonies wo
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: 13 Colonies Unit | Colonial America | Colonization | Map & Activities
TABLE TALK LITERATURE AND NONFICTION DISCUSSION CARDS BUNDLE
Bring reading engagement and comprehension to life with these table talk cards! Students will actively analyze, infer, and make connections with the text. These open ended questions will guide students to delve deeper into the text and enhance discussion with their peers. These table talk cards will spark conversations with your students and give you opportunities to drop in and listen to meaningful discussion. Use in partners, groups, or even at your guided group table. Literature cards are de
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Night by Elie Wiesel, Chapter Questions Worksheets, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use this package of nine chapter-by-chapter question sheets as you take your class through Elie Wiesel’s compelling true story, Night. As we work to pull more non-fiction materials into our Common Core-aligned classrooms, this autobiographical account of life in inside the Nazi Germany concentration camps of WWII is an important title to include.These short answer worksheets will pull your students into Elie Wiesel’s story and inspire them to think deeply about the author’s themes.This packet in
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
CCSS:
Flowers for Algernon Short Story Unit (by Daniel Keyes) for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) unit for the short story version of "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or science fiction in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: September Selection – Click here to read more about the Short
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
Reading Response Sticky Note Templates for Comprehension Strategies
Do you have a TON of sticky notes you are looking to use in a meaningful way? Do you want to help your students use key reading comprehension strategies?Do you need a quick way to assess if your students are applying the reading comprehension strategies you are teaching? If you answered yes to any of those questions, these reading response templates are for you! These reading response sticky note templates are a quick, easy, and engaging way to hold students accountable during independent readi
Grades:
2nd - 6th
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Teleplay Short Story Unit Grade 7
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling (Twilight Zone) Teleplay UnitThis is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7: October Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Mood & ToneThemeElements of PlotConflictFinding Text EvidenceComparing Multiple Versions in Multiple FormatsVocabulary Practice Standardized Test FormatIdentifying Supporting Details (Informational Text)Listening ComprehensionSee the list of activities below for a
Subjects:
Grades:
7th
Types:
Black History Month Reading Comprehension Passages Biographies Activities
Your students will learn all about five highly inspirational historical figures with this helpful, informational Black History Close Reading Unit! Perfect for a complete Black History Month reading unit, this resource includes everything, including worksheets, that you need for 5 full Close Reading units. Engaging for students and NO PREP for teachers!By purchasing this bundle, you are saving 35% off the price of the individual packets.Please click on the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 7th Grade)
Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7Grab this collection of popular Short Story Units tailored for Grade 7! I created these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 7, but they can absolutely be used in grades 6-10 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month (August!) free! Click here.The Short Story of the Month, Grade 7, is a bundle of short story units created specifically to cover the Common Core standards for grade 7 using short stories that I can promise your
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Greek Mythology Reading Comprehension Passages Gods Ancient Greece Myths Unit
Greek Mythology Reading Comprehension Passages and Annotations for Upper Elementary and Middle School2 versions included for all reading passage files: Digital Google Slides {Google Classroom Compatible}Printable PDF VersionDesigned for Upper Elementary and Middle School students! Perfect for Distance Learning and/or the Digital Classroom6 Passages on 12 Greek Gods & Goddesses Covered in this Unit: Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Zeus, Hera, Hestia, Athena, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Demeter, &
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Romeo and Juliet Escape Room Unit Review Activity - Shakespeare Activities
This unit review activity for Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare helps you gauge reading comprehension while students solve puzzles! In this escape room, students complete activities about the plot, characters, conflict, and figurative language in Romeo and Juliet.Highlights of this Romeo and Juliet review game:✅ Students will be HOOKED (but also studying - rad!)✅ You can check reading comprehension✅ It's both FUN and rigorousOverview:Students play at desks or throughout the roomFull Teache
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 64,276 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands