The California Gold Rush Reading Comprehension Paired Passages Close Reading
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Your students will learn about the California Gold Rush while also practicing several strategies to build reading comprehension. This set of NO PREP paired passages includes nine different close reading and text dependent activities to accompany one nonfiction text and one fictional newspaper style passage. This packet would be a great supplement to review concepts about the gold rush of 1849.
This engaging reading packet has enough activities for an entire week! These standards-based activities can be used as independent practice, small group instruction, and even homework! A pacing guide for teachers is also included!
Your Purchase Will Include:
- 1 nonfiction passage
- 1 fictional newspaper passage
- 10 multiple choice comprehension questions
- Compare and contrast organizer and short answer question
- Main idea cut and sort
- Written response task for each passage
- Visualizing organizer
- Evidence from the text task
- Context clues task
- Vocabulary graphic organizers
- Full page anchor chart for reading paired passages
- Mini anchor charts for reading paired passages
- Pacing Guide
- Keys
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