Reading Comprehension Passages Fiction Set 1 (Fillable PDF)

Reading Comprehension Passages Fiction Set 1

Snapshot

• Title: Fiction Grade 6-7 Set 1

• Genre: Fiction

• Subject: Reading / SEL

• Primary Topic: Short fiction about sports, fear, family, and change

• Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): X

What This Teaches Best

• Builds character analysis through stories about competition, confidence, and personal growth, including Champion, Basketball, and In the Pool.

• Supports social-emotional learning through sibling conflict, sportsmanship, and adjusting to change in Sister Sister and New Surroundings.

• Strengthens inference and theme work through emotional decision-making, such as facing fear in The Coaster! and handling disappointment in Champion.

• Gives students practice with realistic fiction centered on everyday school, family, and activity-based situations.

• Reinforces vocabulary-in-context through built-in mixed questions, vocabulary, spelling, and writing extensions tied to each story.

Learning Goals

• Students will explain how characters respond to challenges in realistic fiction.

• Students will describe how dialogue and actions reveal feelings and relationships.

• Students will identify themes such as sportsmanship, courage, and family support using story details.

• Students will determine the meaning of unfamiliar words from context.

• Students will retell important events and explain how they lead to the ending.

• Students will compare how different characters handle pressure, fear, or change.

Passages Include

1.Champion: Martyn and a field day competition.

2.Basketball: Evie shows her newfound basketball skills.

3.The Coaster: Angelica is afraid of the new roller coaster.

4.Sister Sister: Dora and Kathie can't stop arguing with each other.

5.New Surroundings: Lisa is upset about the move to a new city.

6.In the Pool: The story behind a 13 year love of swimming.

FILLABLE PDF VERSION

Worksheet-style pages, but with type-in answer boxes so students can complete and save their work digitally.

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