Differentiated Paired Texts: Steph Curry and Kobe Bryant (Grades 1-6)

This resource includes differentiated paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball history -- Stephen Curry and Kobe Bryant. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts.

***If you have a class of students who are on a wide range of reading levels, this is the perfect product for you!***

Contents:
→ 18 Nonfiction Articles
→ 9 Quizzes
→ 1 Writing Prompt
→ Answer Keys

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Topics Covered:

→ The Childhood Years:
3 nonfiction texts about Steph's childhood
3 nonfiction texts about Kobe's childhood
quizzes to cover these texts

→ Professional Career:
3 nonfiction texts about Steph's pro basketball career, including the 2018 championship
3 nonfiction texts about Kobe's pro basketball career
quizzes to cover these texts

→ Giving Back:
3 nonfiction texts about Steph's charity work
3 nonfiction texts about Kobe's charity work
quizzes to cover these texts

→ Tying It All Together:
writing prompt to cover all 6 texts

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Average Length of Texts:
Passages on grade levels 1-2: 377 words
Passages on grade levels 3-4: 584 words
Passages on grade levels 5-6: 711 words

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Each quiz contains:
3 multiple choice questions
1 written response question
Quizzes are written to match the level of rigor required by CCSS while not being too confusing for students.
The questions assess many CCSS-ELA standards and elements of nonfiction, including vocabulary, cause and effect, citing evidence, summarizing, sequence of events, comparing and contrasting, and much more.

Note: The preview download will have watermarks and only shows some of the texts. Your actual product download will not have watermarks.

Please remember, this purchase is for the use of one teacher. It is not intended to be shared. Please purchase an additional license if more than one teacher will be using it.

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**Please note: If you have previously purchased my paired texts about Steph and Kobe, these passages contain the same information written on different reading levels.

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You may also be interested in my other sets of differentiated paired texts about famous athletes!

Basketball: LeBron James and Michael Jordan (Grades 1-6)

Football: Julio Jones and Tom Brady (Grades 1-6)

Soccer: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (Grades 1-6)

Olympics: Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt (Grades 1-6)

Gymnastics: Gabby Douglas and Shawn Johnson (Grades 1-6)

Baseball: David Ortiz and Kris Bryant (Grades 1-6)

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