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Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: King Midas

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This was exactly what I was looking for to be able to compare and contrast to the story of The Chocolate Touch.
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Practice valuable close reading strategies in your classroom with this fun Greek myth based on King Midas. Students will read a one page story about King Midas and his famous golden touch.

This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions. Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, point of view, character traits, literary devices, finding key words, making inferences, and identifying theme. Some questions require more than one answer. Some questions have more than one part. An answer key is provided. 

★ This passage is able to be printed or added to your Google Classroom with the click of a button. Students will complete the activity in Google Forms, which will automatically provide a grade and deliver feedback to students when they have finished the assignment. Google Forms will also compile data so teachers can track their students' progress.

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Total Pages
7 pages
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Teaching Duration
45 minutes
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By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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