8th Grade Reading Comprehension
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Inferences
As you may have inferred...this is a critical reading skill! Making an inference involves using what you know to make a…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingReading Comprehension -
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Questions Before, During, and After Reading
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionGrammar -
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Activating Prior Knowledge
A complete collection of resources for applying this critical reading strategy Help your students be good readers with…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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Visualizing
Learn and apply this critical reading instruction strategy Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading Comprehension -
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Who Am I? – Character Description
Extends students' learning experience reading literature. Students will use this printable worksheet to describe in…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
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Identify Story Elements Lesson
The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in reading comprehension,…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingReading Comprehension -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Five Elements of a Plot
Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading and LiteratureReading Comprehension -
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"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the characters in a fable by investigating their…SubjectsReadingLiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
An essential graphic organizer for all ELA classes! Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading and LiteratureReading Comprehension -
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Story Pyramid
Use a printable that contains instructions for using a story pyramid to describe important information from a story,…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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Event Map
Organizing the who, what, where, when, why, and how of an event is the goal of this graphic organizer. This printable is…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 1
Week 1: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.Subjects:VocabularyReading ComprehensionLanguage Arts and Writing -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Question-Answer Relationships
Question-Answer Relationships, or QAR, is a reading comprehension strategy developed to encourage students to be active,…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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English Language Arts Choice Board: Middle School Short Stories
This resource contains three different choice boards that align with “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury, “The Fun…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionWriting -
ASSESSMENT
Scoring Rubric: Literary Analysis/Interpretation
The organization, elements of literary analysis/interpretation writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 19
Week 19: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.Subjects:VocabularyGrammarReading Comprehension -
WORKSHEETS
Independent Reading Guide: Poetry
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of poetry, their responses to the selection, and the craft…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionLiteraturePoetry -
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Discussion Questions for Any Book
Use the questions on this printable sheet to discuss any book your students might be studying. They will practice…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLanguage Arts and WritingReading Comprehension -
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Write a Harry Potter Script
Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
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Civil and Human Rights Discussion Guide
Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers suggestions for talking to your students about civil and human…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionCulture and DiversityTeaching about Racism, Prejudice & Discrimination in America -
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Cause and Effect Organizer
Use this graphic organizer while teaching any subject to help your students understand the cause and effect. This…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
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The Golden Bull Discussion Guide
Encourage critical thinking and discussion about life in ancient Mesopotamia with the comprehension questions in this…Subjects:LiteratureReading and LiteratureAncient History -
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The Herringbone: Main Idea and Supporting Details
The object of this graphic organizer is to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text that is being read.…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionMain Idea and Supporting DetailsReading -
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Conflict Dissection
Students will be able to identify the characters, and analyze the setting, problem, and solution of stories using this…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction
