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"All Together Now" by Barbara Jordan
Cover the topic of race relations with these questions that go with Barbara Jordan's persuasive speech "All Together Now." These reading questions ask readers to think about her speech in a variety of ways by analyzing particular words...
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"Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" by Rod Serling
These questions ask learners to think about the text "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" in a variety of ways. In addition to practicing reading comprehension, class members work on interpreting, making inferences and connections,...
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
After reading "All Summer in a Day," by Ray Bradbury, have your learners respond to these questions. The worksheet starts out with comprehension questions and moves into higher-level inference and judgment questions. This could be used...
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CTBS Reading Practice #1
Expose your class to a variety of excerpts of poetry with a reading practice activity. There are four excerpts from different poems included in this resource; there are three to five related questions for each poem. Learners read each...
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The Old Man, the Sea, and You
Immersed in Hemingway's detailed descriptions? The Old Man and the Sea is short but powerful, just like this quiz. Ten multiple-choice questions check what you remember about the story.
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City of Ember Chapters 23-25
In this reading comprehension worksheet, young scholars complete a 12 question multiple choice exercise pertaining to chapters 23-25 of City of Ember by Saphirita Roe.
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Chapter 4: The Perilous Road
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a 12 question multiple choice exercise pertaining to chapter 4 of The Perilous Road by Wilbur Steele.
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Where the Red Fern Grows Chapters 4-5
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a 17 question multiple choice exercise pertaining to chapters 4-5 of Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.
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The Whipping Boy Chapters 7-8
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners answer 7 short essay questions about chapters 7 and 8 of The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman.
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The Whipping Boy Chapters 11-12
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer 7 short essay questions about chapters 11 and 12 of The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman.
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Woodsong Chapter 4
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a 12 question multiple choice exercise pertaining to chapter 4 of Woodsong by Gary Paulsen.
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Woodsong Chapter 7
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners complete a 12 question multiple choice exercise pertaining to chapter 7 of Woodsong by Gary Paulsen.
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Sarah, Plain and Tall Chapter 4
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer 6 essay questions that pertain to Chapter 4 of Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachan.
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Just the Facts
In this just the facts worksheet, students answer the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about a book. Students answer six short answer questions.
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CTBS Reading Practice #4
In this reading practice learning exercise, students read four different passages and answer nineteen total multiple choice questions related to the plot, meaning, and information from the passage.
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The City of Ember: Chapters 5 and 6
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a 12 question multiple choice exercise pertaining to chapters 5 and 6. No title is provided for the related book, but this appears to be for City of Ember by Saphirita Roe.
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School-Home Links: Book Links 6
In this reading and asking questions worksheet, students read a book with their family and write the title and author on the lines. Students then answers the questions about the story's ending and describe how they would change it....
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: One Page Nonfiction Readings: Grade 6
This site contains 17 nonfiction articles that are appropriate for students with a 6th grade reading level, as measured by the Fry Formula. Questions for each passage are provided. Graphic organizers are available for these copyrighted...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit: American Romanticism: Nathaniel Hawthorne
This lesson focuses on Nathaniel Hawthorne and his short story "The Minister's Black Veil." It features background information about Hawthorne and the short story, reading questions, the five stages of grief, a link to the text, and a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Understanding the Question
This lesson focuses on how to understand a reading question; it details three main parts: look for content and process words, state the question in your own words, and restate the question as a statement. It explains each and provides...
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Carson Newman College: Close Reading of a Literary Passage [Pdf]
Provides a number of questions that students can ask themselves about a literary passage when doing a "Close Reading" and following this with an organized piece of writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Reading Questions [Pdf]
Reading questions for each chapter of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Questioning a Comprehension Strategy for Small Group Reading
Contains plans for three lessons about asking the right questions while reading. After the teacher explains the difference between factual and inferential questions, students practice using them in small-group guided reading. In addition...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Activities for Struggling Readers
How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.