"To Build a Fire" by Jack London: Text, 3 Reading Assessments, & 3 Keys

This has three different levels of reading assessments with the text and with answer keys for Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire."

Text

• Jack London's 1908 version of his American classic
• 14 pages, 2-column format
• 28 vocabulary footnotes
• 2,383 words

Reading Assessment A

• Designed for grades 9-12
• 35 questions, 6 pages (2,383 words), 2-column format
• Blend of in-text questions to beyond-text questions that require Higher-Order-Thinking Skills, or HOTS
• Questions written in the style of ACT/SAT/AP questions
• Some questions require recall, explanation, analysis, & critical thinking
• Some questions have a literary focus on point of view, conflict, foreshadowing, symbolism, tension, tone, and elements of Naturalism

Reading Assessment B

• Designed for grades 9-12
• 35 questions, 5 pages (1,969 words), 2-column format
• Blend of in-text questions to beyond-text questions that require Higher-Order-Thinking Skills, or HOTS
• Questions designed for Less Proficient Readers
• Some vocabulary is easier with fewer complex words
• Possible answers to choose from have two or three choices per question instead of four. (Some questions still have four choices.)
• Could be used for more advanced readers in 8th grade

Reading Assessment C

• Designed for grades 7-9
• 25 questions, 3 pages (1,175 words)
• More in-text questions with fewer beyond-text HOTS questions
• Questions designed for Less Proficient Readers if needed for grades 10-12
• Vocabulary is easier; fewer complex words
• Possible answers to choose from have been reduced

Average Reading Time for the Text

• 7-8: 42 minutes
• 9-10: 33 minutes
• 11-12: 27 minutes
• Advanced / Honors: 24 minutes

Average Time to Read and Answer the Assessment

• 7-8: A- 31 minutes, B- 27 minutes, C- 18 minutes
• 9-10: A- 25 minutes, B- 22 minutes, C- 15 minutes
• 11-12: A- 20 minutes, B- 18 minutes, C- 12 minutes
• Adv./Honors: A- 16 minutes, B- 14 minutes, C- 9 minutes

Average TOTAL time for Reading Text & Completing Assessment

• 7-8: A- 1 hour, 13 minutes; B- 1 hour, 10 minutes; C- 1 hour, 1 minute
• 9-10: A- 59 minutes; B- 55 minutes; C- 48 minutes
• 11-12: A- 48 minutes; B- 45 minutes; C- 39 minutes
• Adv./Honors: A- 40 minutes; B- 38 minutes; C- 33 minutes

Possible Educational Uses

• Independent Reading Assessment
• Cold Read after a Unit on Fiction / Naturalism: Students have text while answering questions
• Warm Read: Students are given text ahead of time to read independently. The next day, students take the assessment with only notes, or with the text while being timed, or without notes or the text.
• Emergency Lesson Plan
• Unit on Naturalism
• Unit on American Short Story Writers
• Class/Homework for Reading and Answering Questions with Text
• ACT/SAT/AP Prep

Answer Keys

• Answer keys are provided with all three assessments.
• The answer keys are the assessments with the answers in bold and the answer in the space next to the question. This makes it easy for the teacher to see the entire question with possible answers and the correct answers all at once.

Documents

• Text: 14 pages in Word and PDF
• Assessment A: 6 pages in Word and PDF
• Assessment B: 5 pages in Word and PDF
• Assessment C: 3 pages in Word and PDF
• Answer Keys are the same: 6, 5, & 3 pages in Word and PDF
• Total Pages: 84 pages

Editable

All documents come in Word so you can edit them if needed to fit your pedagogical needs more accurately.

Emergency Lesson Plan

If you are in a pinch and need emergency lesson plans, this is an all-inclusive product that will work well for a substitute teacher, especially since the teacher has an answer key with the questions to help guide the teacher in case he or she is not familiar with the story.

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