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Reading Comprehension Passage - Ancient Egypt Hatshepsut - Women's History Month

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I used this for a sub and it was a great assignment for not only the sub but the students. I will use it even without a sub.
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Ancient Egypt's Hatshepsut is naturally interesting and perfect to learn about during Women's History Month. The Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions are focused on the life of Hatshepsut and ancient Egypt during Hatshepsut's reign. Engage students with this high-interest reading passage on one of ancient Egypt's most famous pharaohs, while practicing close reading skills and test prep-type reading comprehension questions.

The fun brochure format has differentiated versions and scaffolding included. Support your students' close reading and annotation skills using the engaging reading on ancient Egypt.

Included in this ancient Egypt product targeting Hatshepsut:

  • Cover image options (black and white or color) for brochure
  • 2-Differentiated levels of text on Hatshepsut, Egypt's female pharaoh
  • Differentiated test practice questions
  • 3-Pages of close reading teacher tips
  • 3-Pages of close reading student support
  • Leveled questions for use with the reading passage
  • Larger versions of the text to support student need
  • Writing frames and templates to support text analysis

⭐️ Claudia said, "Great additional info for learning about Hatshepsut."

⭐️ Carina said, "Great way to tie ELA and SS together! I also like the brochure format; it changes things up for the kids a bit."

⭐️ Paige said, "This assignment was a great resource for my students! I sent it home for those who wanted extra reading comprehension practice. Their parents were very grateful!"

Objectives for the Hatshepsut: Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt reading unit:

•Students will practice close reading informational text.

•Students will use the text to answer text-dependent questions and then consider open-ended questions.

•Students will become familiar with the side-by-side reading/question format found in state testing.

•Students will become familiar with state testing style questioning. Each question has been carefully considered and written similar to those questions found on state testing.

•Students will use context to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

•Students will consider the author’s purpose for writing the text.

•Students will consider the motives of rulers in ancient history and make connections to modern times.

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Test Practice for SBAC and Common Core

Reading Response Questions

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233 pages
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Teaching Duration
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

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