7th grade reading independent work packets for Easel

Looking for an easy, no-prep way to review or assess nonfiction text features? These text features worksheets and reading passages make it easy to teach identifying text features and analyzing their purpose. Three interesting nonfiction passages about mountains, pyramids, and the Great Wall of China will hold students' attention as they review the purpose of each text feature.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital version

Subjects:

Worksheets, Independent Work Packet

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital

Mother to Son Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis - Printable & Digital

Created by

Literature, Poetry, Reading

Make metaphors come alive with these "Mother to Son" poem activities! This poetry analysis resource includes a graphic organizer to walk students through the rich figurative language in Hughes' highly relatable poem and help them analyze extended metaphor, character, and theme. It also includes a one-page biography of Langston Hughes and comprehension questions about the poem, the informational text, and connections between the poem and the poet's life.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don'

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.6

, RL.7.1

...

Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital

Idiom Worksheets - Finding Idioms in the Story with Easel Digital and Print

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ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading

Search and find the idioms in short stories filled with many of them. Students answer questions about idioms and figurative language and use a highlighter or colored pencils to hunt for the idioms embedded in the story. Two stories for identifying idioms in context. Excellent back to school or end of the year activity. Includes a glossary of 50 common idioms and two quizzes. Students rewrite the third story without the idiomatic phrases to practice avoiding their overuse in writing. Answer keys

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Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

L.4.5

, L.5.4

, L.5.5

, CCRA.L.4

, CCRA.L.5

Also included in: Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards

Tone and Mood Task Cards Set 1 and Digital with TpT Easel

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Reading Past Bedtime-Norma Lewis

These 16 high-interest task cards in set 1 provide an opportunity for middle school students to practice identifying the tone and mood of reading passages based on key phrases and figurative language.Digital for TpT Easel Activity:This product includes student directions, 3 pages of tone and mood word lists, and self-grading task cards for time-saving grading. Digital for TpT Easel Assessment:This product also includes a self-grading assessment version of the task cards. Includes:16 half-page c

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Task Cards, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

CCRA.L.3

, CCRA.L.5

Also included in: Reading Task Cards Bundle Set 1 for STAAR Reading Review

Text Structure Worksheets - Printable & Digital

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When it comes to teaching nonfiction text structure, you need LOTS of examples to help students really get it! These text structure worksheets are here to help, supplementing your nonfiction lesson with clear, concise examples of the five main nonfiction text structures: chronological order/sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and compare and contrast.(Virginia teachers, there is now a separate SOL version included for you with text structure and description replaced by

Subjects:

Printables, Independent Work Packet

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

RI.6.5

Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital

Nonfiction Passages with Text Features - Ocean Animals - PDF & Digital

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Biology, Informational Text, Reading

Teach nonfiction text features and learn about ocean animals and habitats with these ocean animal reading passages and comprehension questions! Each nonfiction activity will engage your students with fascinating facts about sea life including blue whales, flying fish, sea anemones, and more as they practice identifying and analyzing text features, main idea, author's purpose, and other nonfiction reading skills.This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Ease

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RI.6.2

, RI.6.6

Reading, Special Education, Speech Therapy

, RI.8.5

Also included in: Middle School Nonfiction Reading Unit - Ocean Animals Reading Passages

Spring and Easter - Easy Reading Comprehension for Special Education

Created by

Breezy Special Ed

This is an add-on to my Spring and Easter symbol supported stories for those of you who are wanting the same stories only without symbols for your students who don't need that support. These ten reading passages are all about springtime and easter including: springtime, flying a kite, garden, spring break vacation, baseball game, Easter eggs, Easter egg hunt, jelly beans, Easter Bunny, and Easter Sunday!Each story includes:Short and simple 4-5 sentence storyCut and paste cloze (fill in the blank

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Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Independent Work Packet

Also included in: The Mega Easter Bundle for Special Education

No Prep Novel Study: Summer of the Mariposas by G. McCall (Print + DIGITAL)

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This is a 100+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel, including an extension activity to compare and contrast the novel with Homer's Odyssey. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. The novel study is divided into 3 sections (just like the book). Each section includes vocabular

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.6

...

Phineas Gage Nonfiction Book Study Guide -- Includes DIGITAL file options!

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Informational Text, Reading, Science

This is a 120+ page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The Table of Contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, quizzes, and final exam are available as Google Drive™ files. A voc

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.3

, RI.6.4

, RI.6.6

...

Theme Graphic Organizers and Worksheets with Easel Activity

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Are you teaching theme? Do your students struggle with identifying the message in a story? Use these graphic organizers to help students with finding theme. The worksheets will help them understand how to identify theme in a novel or a short story by looking at dialogue, conflict, and endings. Includes examples of each from literature and uses a mnemonic device to remember what theme is. (THEME = THE MEssage) Additional pages to support finding theme included for taking notes, along with a word

Subjects:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers, Independent Work Packet

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.6.2

, RL.7.2

, RL.8.2

, RL.9-10.2

Nonfiction Text Structure Passages - Weather - PDF & Digital

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Earth Sciences, Informational Text, Reading

Teaching nonfiction text structure is easy with these interesting text structure reading passages and activities for kids excited about science and weather! Five articles about weather science will keep students engaged while they practice reading and analyzing the five main nonfiction text structures, using a variety of text structure graphic organizers. (A bonus adapted vocabulary page makes it easy to teach this lesson as organizational pattern!)This resource includes the following digital ve

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RI.6.2

, RI.6.5

, RI.7.2

Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions

, RI.8.2

Also included in: Middle School Nonfiction Reading Unit - Weather Reading Passages

6th 7th Grade Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages Set 1 of 2 Google Forms

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Challenge your students with this sizeable nonfiction reading comprehension passages pack. Review freely knowing most of the work is already done for you! Pages are packed with color and questions are based on Common Core standards. Topics include animals, yogurt and karate. Contents: Reading Passage 1: American Bison - Find out more about North America's heaviest land animal.Reading Passage 2: Brown Bears - Featuring brown bears and Kodiak bears.Reading Passage 3: Elephant Seals - Fact: Elephan

Subjects:

Assessment, Independent Work Packet

Grades:

6th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.4

, RI.6.6

, RI.6.10

...

Also included in: 6th 7th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Digital Resources

Point of View - Four Types Handout and Practice Worksheets

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Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading

A point of view reading activity - an explanatory handout and a practice worksheet. Handout describes the four types of point of view: first person, second person, third person. Includes objective omniscient and limited omniscient. Great reference guide for student notebooks. 3 practice worksheets have students identify the point of view of 4 different excerpts from literature. A comparable example is given for each type of point of view, so students can see the difference in perception POV c

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Study Guides, Handouts, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RL.4.6

, RL.6.6

, RL.7.6

, RL.8.6

Cause and Effect Worksheets & Reading Passages - Printable & Digital

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Your students probably know what cause and effect are, but it can be much trickier to identify them in a nonfiction reading passage! These cause and effect activities with informational reading passages are perfect for reading test review! There are 16 short reading passages with comprehension questions asking middle school students to identify and analyze causes and effects, including signal words, as they learn fun facts about a variety of animals.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

RI.6.5

Jean Martin's Balanced Literacy

, RI.8.5

, CCRA.R.5

Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital

Auggie & Me, by R.J. Palacio; A PDF and Digital Novel Study

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A great character-building resource for helping students with compassion, empathy, kindness, and tolerance. This is a ready-to-use, PDF and Easel by TpT Digital packet designed to use with middle grades who are reading Auggie & Me, which contains 3 WONDER stories (The Julian Chapter, Pluto, and Shingaling), by R.J. Palacio. It includes 36 student pages for printing a student workbook plus the same workbook in digital format (in the form of an Easel Activity) complete with textboxes all re

Subjects:

Character Education, Life Skills, Reading

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

...

Also included in: A WONDER-ful BUNDLE of RJ Palacio Novel Studies

Multiple Intelligences Book Report Review - Menu Choice Board and Easel Activity

Created by

Other (ELA), Reading, Reading Strategies

Multiple Intelligences Book Review or Report. This is a fun assignment menu choice board for reviewing a book or story using multiple intelligence. Great for differentiation. Students choose 5 boxes from the assignment menu and are also required to complete one reading response. Students may choose from verbal-linguistic, visual-spatial, musical-rhythmic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, or naturalistic intelligences. Includes rubrics and assignment sheets

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Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

...

Choice Reading Unit — An Independent Novel Study Program — ELA — CCSS Rubrics

Created by

The Language of Educational Art

This complete independent reading program provides students a choice in the literature they read and the topics they choose for analyzing that literature. Choice reading can have a powerful impact on developing lifelong readers and L-EA's choice reading unit connects student choice with relevant English topics and concepts (and Common Core standards) ,while providing rigorous writing activities and a straightforward spot-check Google form and rubric. An entire year-long English curriculum could

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Assessment, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

...

Also included in: ELA Home Learning Middle School BUNDLE — Full Reading & Writing Units, CCSS

Fact and Opinion Worksheets & Passages - Printable & Digital

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Differentiating between fact and opinion might sound simple, but noticing them in context can be a little trickier! These fact and opinion worksheets help students review the difference between facts and opinions, identify them in reading, and support opinions with relevant facts.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)Easel Assessment (link in My Pur

Subjects:

Printables, Independent Work Packet

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital

Women's History Biographies - Easy Reading Comprehension for Special Education

Created by

Breezy Special Ed

This is an add-on to my Women's History symbol supported stories for those of you who are wanting the same stories only without symbols for your students who don't need that support. These ten reading biographies are all about famous women including: Susan B Anthony, Mother Teresa, Amelia Earhart, Sacagawea, Princess Diana, Anne Frank, Whitney Houston, Helen Keller, Sally Ride, and Eleanor Roosevelt (also check out Black History biographies for Harriet Tubman, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and

Subjects:

Reading, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Independent Work Packet

Also included in: Easy Reading Comprehension BUNDLE for special education (without symbols)

Connotation Worksheets & Reading Passages - Printable & Digital

Created by

ELA Test Prep, Reading, Writing

Teaching connotation doesn't have to be complicated! These middle school connotation worksheets lay the concept out in a straightforward way that middle school students can easily understand. Use them as homework, classwork, partner practice, or whole-class test review. They're great for end-of-year ELA test prep - understanding connotation is such an important reading skill for both fiction and nonfiction reading passages!(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RL.6.4

, RL.7.4

, RL.8.4

, L.6.5c

, L.7.5c

...

Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital

The Chocolate Touch Chapter Quizzes

Created by

Casa Literacy

Includes 10 questions assessment for each of the 12 chapters of The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling. Answer keys included for each quiz.Great for digital distance learning!Credits:The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Assessment, Independent Work Packet, Centers

Also included in: The Chocolate Touch - Novel Study and Assessments Bundle

No Prep Novel Study: Slacker by Gordon Korman (Print + DIGITAL)

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This is a 120+ page, Common Core aligned complete novel study for the novel Slacker by Gordon Korman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. The novel study is divided into 5 sections. Each section includes vocabulary, chapter questions, discussion questions, a vocabulary crossword puzzle, and a review quiz.Section 1: Chapters 1-6Section 2: Chapters 7-12Section 3: Chapters 13-19Section 4: Chapters 20-26

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Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

...

No Prep Novel Study: The Unteachables by Gordon Korman (Print + DIGITAL)

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This is a 115+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for The Unteachables by Gordon Korman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. The novel study is divided into 5 sections. Each section includes vocabulary, chapter questions, discussion questions, a vocabulary crossword puzzle, and a review quiz.Section 1: Chapters 1-5Section 2:

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4