Close Reading Resources

FREE Text Evidence Reading Comprehension Activity – Prove It! | Grades 3, 4, 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Help students find and support answers with text evidence using Prove It!, a FREE reading comprehension resource for Grades 3–5. Students read three informational and fiction passages, evaluate statements, and underline supporting evidence while building close reading and reasoning skills. Perfect for introducing the RACE writing strategy, literacy centers, small groups, and independent practice. Includes three reading passages, student directions, and a teacher answer key.

3rd - 5th Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading

FREE Gothic Literature Mini-Lesson | Setting & Mood Close Reading | Grades 9–12

Created by
Plotting Something

Students can recognize an eerie setting—but can they explain how a writer creates that feeling? This FREE Gothic literature mini-lesson helps students in grades 9–12 analyze how word choice, ordinary details, and uncertainty make a setting feel unsettling.Students begin by comparing two descriptions

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature

The Haunting of Hill House Novel Unit | Shirley Jackson | Gothic Literature

Created by
Plotting Something

Teach Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House with a complete novel unit built for 10th Grade English. Students get the support they need to understand what is happening before they are asked to decide what it means.The unit includes lesson slides, an 18-page student packet, an exact filled key

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Novel Studies

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

The Open Window | Saki Short Story | Irony, Characterization & Twist Ending

Created by
Plotting Something

Teach Saki’s “The Open Window” in one class period without stopping the story to death. Students read the complete story straight through, briefly sort out the ending, and then go back to examine how Vera gets Framton to believe her. Includes the full public-domain text in a beautifully illustrated

8th - 12th 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

Russian Alphabet Coloring Page Bookmarks Cyrillic Letters for Kids to Color

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

Russian alphabet coloring bookmarks, a fun way to help kids memorize the Cyrillic letters and a quick way to reference back to the bookmarks while learning Russian. 4 bookmarks on one page, measuring about 8.25" by 2.5".Similar items you might like:Russian Reading Program 246 Flashcards Letter Blend

Not Grade Specific Close Reading, World Languages, Russian

Space Coloring Bookmarks Cute Puns Astronauts Spaceships Craft Student Reward

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

Low-prep space theme activity: keepsake bookmarks. Space astronauts and spaceships with reading encouragement puns coloring bookmarks could be used as a fun coloring activity at a party, in the classroom, or done as a homeschool craft activity, used as party favors and DIY gifts.For best results pri

Not Grade Specific Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies

Make Your Own Book Based Bookmarks, Blank Keepsake Reading Tracker Novel Study

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

Set of blank book-based bookmarks to be filled out and personalized by students, also Includes a page of large size and a page with a single large bookmark that are fillable PDF, you can type in them. (FILLED OUT EXAMPLES ARE NOT INCLUDED)Fill out a bookmark for each book you read, and decorate/illu

Not Grade Specific Close Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Love Bible Verse Bookmarks Scripture Valentines Cards Cute Watercolor Animals

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

Add a unique and meaningful touch to any gift with these watercolor bookmarks designs featuring cute watercolor woodland animals and uplifting Bible verses about love, these bookmarks are perfect for any occasion, including Valentine's Day.These bookmarks can be used as gift tags, in place of tradit

Not Grade Specific Graphic Arts, Close Reading, Religion

Christmas Nativity Bible Verse Bookmarks Scripture Cards Gift Tags Rewards

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

Watercolor bookmarks with Christmas Bible verse from Luke 2:14 and illustrations of the nativity scene with Mary, Joseph and Jesus. All four bookmarks are the same. Some ways to use these bookmarks:1. Attach to a book or another small item for a gift2. Gift Tags: Attach the bookmarks to your Christ

Not Grade Specific Graphic Arts, Close Reading, Religion

Wizard of Oz Story Sequence Activity Game Craft Book Illustrations Cards

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz black and white antique book illustrations cards for storyline sequencing games and activities, 24 cards total. Cards could be colored and played as a "find the match" game.For best results print them on thick cardstock paper.The cards were made with photocopies from the a

Not Grade Specific Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Reading Strategies

Also included in: Wonderful Wizard of Oz Coloring Bundle of Mini Cards and Bookmarks Activities

Wonderful Wizard of Oz Coloring Bundle of Mini Cards and Bookmarks Activities

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz bundle of mini cards for sequencing games and coloring bookmarks with quotes. Low prep crafts and activities. SIMILAR COLORING ITEMS YOU MIGHT LIKEPlease follow my store to receive notifications of new items postedFor personal use by one teacher only, please do not resell,

Not Grade Specific English Language Arts, Close Reading, Literature

Bundle of Editable Text Bookmarks To Color Custom Name Book Marker Student Gifts

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

A bundle of editable text coloring bookmarks, Canva templates.Personalized low-prep crafts, keepsake student gifts/rewards with doodle pattern. Fun and customizable coloring bookmarks! Easily personalize each bookmark with a name/text using a free Canva account. Perfect for classroom gifts, party fa

Not Grade Specific Close Reading, Library Skills, Social Emotional Learning

Dynamic Characters: Character Transformation in Literature | Focus Unit| 3, 4, 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Explore character development and transformation in literature with this Grades 3–5 ELA Focus Unit. Students investigate internal and external changes, dynamic and static characters, and how characters evolve through picture book read-alouds, discussion, and evidence-based writing. Includes multi-day lesson plans, vocabulary posters, differentiated response pages, comparison activities, matching cards, summative assessment, and answer key.

3rd - 5th English Language Arts, Close Reading, 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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First Week ELA Diagnostic Without the Dread | Close Reading & Writing Sample

Created by
Plotting Something

Start the year with a real English lesson that gives you useful information about your students without making the first week feel like a test. In this low-pressure activity, students read an original short story, discuss possible interpretations, and write a brief evidence-based response.Student-fa

8th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Writing

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

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Close Reading Mini Unit, Analysis & Quizzes

Created by
Plotting Something

Help students understand what happens in “The Raven” before asking them to interpret its symbolism and psychological horror.This close reading mini-unit follows Poe’s poem chronologically, with a stanza-numbered reading text, vocabulary support, a student analysis packet, and coordinated lesson slid

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

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