Close Reading Student Practice

Generic Novel Study Activities for Any Book: Reading Response Graphic Organizers

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

Transform any novel study, book reading club, or literature circle into an engaging, high-level learning experience with zero prep! Take your reading comprehension instruction to the next level with these 42 Printable Generic Novel Study Reading Response Graphic Organizers.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Close Reading, Literature

Also included in: Book Activities Bundle: 42 Reading Response Graphic Organizers & 24 Bookmarks

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Book Activities Bundle: 42 Reading Response Graphic Organizers & 24 Bookmarks

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

Transform reading time with this Book Activities Bundle, featuring 42 reading response graphic organizers for ANY novel study and 24 interactive reading comprehension bookmarks to practice standards-based reading skills and strategies.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Close Reading, Reading Strategies

50 AVID One-Pager Templates: Printable and Customizable Digital Version include

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

These 50 printable and digital customizable editable one-pager templates allow kids to think critically and creatively in order to show what they know in ANY subject. Perfect for AVID schools.

3rd - 6th Close Reading, For All Subjects

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SWBST Story Planning Graphic Organizer Worksheets and Summary Writing Activities

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

SWBST (somebody, wants, but, so, then) isn’t just for summarizing a story anymore. This story planning resource includes a SWBST graphic organizer, bookmark tools, and a fun, hands-on activity with mix-and-match character and conflict cards you cut apart.

4th - 7th Close Reading, Creative Writing

Also included in: Reluctant Writers Mini Bundle Writing Worksheets and Activities for Practice

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ELA Foldable Note-Taking Graphic Organizers for Reading and Research Skills

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

Make reading and research easy with 8 ELA foldable style note-taking graphic organizers. You’ll get a trifold for the following: narrative stories, expository texts, biographies, state reports, animal reports, planet reports, as well as a customizable Q&A style trifold, and a generic ALL ABOUT ___ research report trifold.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Close Reading

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Phonics Skill Assessment 2nd 3rd Grade Spelling Sound Blends Word Review Packet

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

This phonics resource is perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students to review their phonics reading skills. Teachers will love this resource (186 ready-to-print worksheets!) for their phonics folder. The digraph, trigraph, and vowel team worksheet activities are suitable for phonics intervention, assess

2nd - 4th Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Science of Reading

Closed Syllables Multisyllabic Short Vowel Words Fluency Passage 2nd 3rd Grade

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

These decodable reading passages focus on words with closed syllables. Students will read closed syllables words with short vowels in context. The 5 short vowel reading passages come in a fluency tracking format and with comprehension questions. There is a supporting closed syllables anchor chart to

1st - 3rd Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Science of Reading

A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf | AP Lit Close Reading | 30-Minute Lesson

Created by
Plotting Something

Virginia Woolf’s “A Haunted House” fits easily into part of a class period, but the shifting pronouns and two couples can make the first read confusing. I revised this activity after using the story with my own AP Lit students and seeing where they lost the thread. The first five questions help stud

10th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Earth Day Reading Comprehension Activities | 7 Reading Passages & Worksheets

Created by
Meryma Learning

Teach Earth Day and environmental topics with this engaging set of reading comprehension activities designed for upper elementary students.This resource includes 7 high-interest reading passages that help students explore important topics like pollution, climate change, and sustainability while buil

3rd - 5th Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading

air ear are aw Blends Spelling Practice 2nd 3rd Grade Phonics Review Worksheets

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

During phonics practice, students often need repeated opportunities to decode and spell words with targeted patterns in meaningful contexts. This set of phonics worksheets provides focused practice with air, ear, are and aw patterns, along with additional vowel patterns, blends, digraphs and trigrap

1st - 3rd Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Science of Reading

Digraph Trigraph Consonant Blends Review Worksheet Spelling Review 2nd 3rd Grade

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

This consonant blends worksheet bundle includes initial and final digraph and trigraph blends. Students will read and write spelling words with beginning consonant blends and blends ending in two and three letters. This resource provides 45 blends and digraphs/trigraphs worksheets for students in 2n

1st - 3rd Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Science of Reading

Also included in: Phonics Skill Assessment 2nd 3rd Grade Spelling Sound Blends Word Review Packet

Figurative Language Scoot Game Task Cards - Review & Test Prep: Print & Digital

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

In this educational grammar SCOOT game, students move through 20 different task cards to identify 9 different types of figurative language: alliteration, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, adage, idiom, and imagery. Ideal for elementary and middle school ELA teachers.

4th - 7th English Language Arts, Close Reading, Reading

Also included in: Figurative Language Bundle: Notes Booklet, Scoot Task Cards, Printable Card Game

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The Fall of the House of Usher Unit | Edgar Allan Poe Reading Guide & Quizzes

Created by
Plotting Something

Teaching “The Fall of the House of Usher” is difficult for one simple reason: students cannot analyze what they cannot follow. Poe’s prose is dense, the plot is strange, and the story’s best ideas only land when students know what is actually happening.This 8–9 day guided-reading unit gives students

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Reading

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

House Taken Over by Julio Cortázar | Close Reading, Ice Age Comparison & Quizzes

Created by
Plotting Something

Students can follow what happens in “House Taken Over” and still miss the strangest part: Irene and the narrator barely resist as their world gets smaller. This lesson sequence slows the story down, makes the house and both takeovers concrete, and then moves students into ambiguity, evidence, and in

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

For Use with Strawberry Spring by Stephen King | AP Lit Halloween Case File

Created by
Plotting Something

Bring a little fog into your AP Literature classroom. This two-day case-file lesson for Stephen King's “Strawberry Spring” asks students to investigate the evidence, commit to a theory, and reconsider what they thought they knew after the ending.The Halloween atmosphere gives students a reason to le

10th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe | Drawing & Extended Metaphor Activity

Created by
Plotting Something

Let students picture Poe's palace before they decide what it means. In this two-part lesson, students closely read and draw "The Haunted Palace," then return to the poem to trace its tonal shift, identify its human features, and discover how the palace becomes a picture of Roderick Usher's mind.FULL

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

Gothic Literature FREE Activity | Poe Close Reading & Gothic Elements

Created by
Plotting Something

Need a quick way to introduce Gothic literature without turning it into an elements checklist? This free Gothic literature activity pairs a student-friendly field guide with a continuous public-domain excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Students identify details that cre

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Reading

Earthquakes Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

Created by
TWFScience

Tackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Earthquakes. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- How earthquakes work- The dangers of eart

6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science

NGSS MS-ESS3-2

Also included in: Emergency Science Sub Plans | 6th, 7th, 8th | Reading Comprehension Questions

Hurricanes Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

Created by
TWFScience

Tackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Hurricanes. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- What is a hurricane?- Hurricane wind- How

6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science

NGSS MS-ESS3-2

Also included in: Natural Disasters & Weather Reading Comprehension & Questions 6th, 7th, 8th

How Weather Works Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th

Created by
TWFScience

Tackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about How Weather Works. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- Weather- Kinds of weather- What cau

6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science

NGSS MS-ESS2-5

Also included in: Emergency Science Sub Plans | 6th, 7th, 8th | Reading Comprehension Questions

Urban Sprawl Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

Created by
TWFScience

Tackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Urban Sprawl. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- What is urban sprawl?- What causes urban

6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science

Also included in: MS-ESS3 California 8th Grade Science Preferred Integrated Model BUNDLE | Earth

Food Webs Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

Created by
TWFScience

Tackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Food Webs. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- What is a food web?- The levels of a food w

6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science

Also included in: Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall - Reading Comprehension | 6th, 7th, 8th

Created by
TWFScience

Tackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- Green leaves- Pho

6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science

Also included in: Start of the Year MIDDLE School Science Bundle | Icebreakers and Activities

High School Poetry Analysis Stations & Task Cards | Tone, Structure, Theme

Created by
Annotated ELA

Looking for an engaging way to teach poetry analysis in your high school ELA classroom?This ready-to-use set of 7 poetry analysis stations and task cards helps students move beyond surface-level responses and into deeper literary analysis. Students practice analyzing figurative language, tone, struc

9th - 12th Close Reading, Poetry, Writing