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| Book Comprehension: Fantasy/Adventure Genre |
"What tasks must the hero accomplish?" This page of questions can be applied to almost any fantasy/adventure book. An excellent checklist for book reports, these questions are also a good way to check student comprehension. |
| Book Comprehension: Romance Genre |
"When the two main characters initially meet, what is the source of conflict?" This page of questions can be applied to almost any romance book (from Jane Austen to Meg Cabot). An excellent checklist for book reports, these questions are also a good way to check student comprehension. |
| Critical Thinking: Fiction into Film (upper elem/middle) |
"In what ways does the setting of the movie differ from how it was presented in the book?" Many popular children's books are being made into films-- this list of questions helps students develop critical thinking skills while comparing the two media. |
| Fiction: We the People (middle/high school) |
A girl in 1916 ponders the issues of suffrage. The focus of this lesson is embedded SAT-level vocabulary (all verbs). The story is followed by questions to check vocabulary-based comprehension, context practice, synonym matching, and a guide word exercise. |
| Fiction: The Summer Job (middle/high school) |
A short story about a difficult summer job. The focus of this lesson is embedded SAT-level vocabulary (all nouns). The story is followed by questions to check vocabulary-based comprehension, context practice, synonym matching, and a guide word exercise. |
| Fable: Aesop and Fitting In (middle school) |
This unit uses the story of the miller, his son, and their donkey as a foundation for talking about fitting in. With imaginative writing and drawing prompts, as well as comprehension questions, this is a fun introduction to Aesop AND a solid lesson on character education and critical thinking skills. Available at four levels. |
| Fiction: Between the Birches (upper elementary) |
"I waited and studied the trees, peeling rings of chalky bark." This realistic fiction reading comprehension includes helpful suggestions to help students write their own descriptive essays. |
| Fiction: Flory's Gulp (middle school) |
Our fictional tale of a girl with a gulping habit is available at four different levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and activities. The middle school level includes reading comprehension and inference questions and exercises in understanding appropriate for middle school readers. |
| Fiction: In a Second! (upper elem/ middle) |
A reading comprehension about a young competitive swimmer, similar to the style used in tests. |
| Fiction: Miss Patsy's Pickles (upper elem) |
A girl helps her neighbor make pickles in this realistic fictionr reading comprehension. |
| Fiction: Nana Nettie's Tulips (upper elem) |
Nana Nettie plants more tulips in her beautiful garden every year to welcome the spring. A realistic fiction reading comprehension. |
| Fiction: Raspberry Patch (upper elem/ middle) |
A realistic fiction reading comprehension about a summer day spent picking rasberries. |
| Fiction: Marie Has a Dream (upper elem) |
Marie's trip to Washington, D.C. has her thinking about her favorite orator. A nice tie-in for MLK Day (third Monday in January), this reading comprehension is followed by multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. |
| Fiction: Sholmes and the Ruby Pig (middle school) |
This fictional tale of a bumbling detective is available at four levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and activities. The middle school level includes challenging reading comprehension questions, and more activities appropriate for pre-teen readers. |
| Fiction: Summer in Sicily (upper elem/ middle) |
A realistic fiction reading comprehension of a girl's visit to her ancestral home in Sicily. |
| Fiction: The Math Contest (upper elem/middle) |
This realistic fiction story about a math competition is good reading comprehension practice. |
| Fiction: The Photographer (upper elementary) |
Look out! There's a wild photographer on the prowl! This realistic fiction reading comprehension takes a humorous look at a father's hobby. |
| Fiction: Wendy's Walk (upper elem/ middle) |
A walk to Grandma's house turns up a number of simple surprises. A realistic fiction reading comprehension. |
| Fiction: What a Game! (upper elem/ middle) |
Coach Collins leads his P.E. class in an excellent basketball game. A realistic fiction reading comprehension. |
| Folktale: How Mouse and Cat Came Into the World |
A folktale from Vietnam, with vocabulary, short answer comprehension questions, and a writing prompt. |
| Myth: Mayrah (middle school) |
A mini-unit about the Australian wind that brings the spring. Includes reading comprehension questions, questions to show the relationship between the myth and reality, and promts for writing your own myth about the coming of spring. |
| Poem: Trouble (upper elem/ middle) |
A poetry reading comprehension about a broken window. |
| Fiction: Reading (upper elem/ middle) |
A one-page reading comprehension (about reading!) comes with 5 pages of questions to test the skills defined by Bloom's taxonomy: comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. |
| Comprehension: Tall Tale - Pecos Bill (upper elem/middle) |
Read a Pecos Bill tall tale and answer the multiple choice questions, then read a true story about Pecos Bill with short answer comprehension questions. Sort fact from fiction in a review worksheet. Think and write about the values reflected in these tall tales. Finally: Write your own Pecos Bill tall tale. A great unit! |
| Comprehension: Tall Tale - Annie Oakley (upper elem/middle) |
Read an Annie Oakley tall tale (based on "Annie Got Her Gun!") and answer the multiple choice questions, then read a true story about Oakley with short answer comprehension questions. Sort fact from fiction in a review worksheet. Think and write about the values reflected in these tall tales. Finally: Write your own Annie Oakley tall tale. A great unit and a fun "women's history month" tie-in. |
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