Reading Comprehension teaching resources for the United Kingdom
Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 3 Sample: All About Horses (PDF)
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A first-person nonfiction passage about caring for and riding horses is followed by mixed comprehension questions, a spelling puzzle, a research-writing extension, a drawing game, and a complete answer key.
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Ccss, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages
Reading Comprehension Passages Fiction Set 2 Sample: Graduation (Word)
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Matt begrudgingly helps set up his brother Paul's graduation party, then learns Paul spent the morning working to pay for school, in a two-page fiction passage.
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Ccss, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages
Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Set 2 (Google Forms)
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Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Set 2 Overview Reading comprehension lessons, especially written for Grade 6-7, providing the chance to read interesting and engaging passages. Each lesson has a mix of questions to check understanding, a vocabulary or spelling activity to help remember key language introduced, and a writing exercise. Full answer keys are provided. Passages Include 1.Red Pandas: Red Pandas eat nearly 9,000 pounds of food during their lifetime. 2.Hoatzin: This loud creature has roots stretching back 36 billion years! 3.Moose: These huge creatures are built for the coldest climates in America. 4.Vancouver: Fact: Vancouver was once known as Gastown! 5.Recycling: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle? Read more about that, and more! 6.Atlantic Ocean: Just how important is the Atlantic to countries that border it? Google Forms Version This is the Google Forms editable and fillable/self grading version. This download is available in GOOGLE Docs, GOOGLE Forms, GOOGLE Slides. PDF, PPT, WORD. FULL CATALOG OF DOWNLOAD LINKS HERE Grade 6/7 Links Fiction Set 1 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Fiction Set 2 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Nonfiction Set 1 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Nonfiction Set 2 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Reading Passages Overview Each passage is especially written for Grade 6/7 students, including key vocabulary required for this age group. Topics are varied and are accompanied by colourful graphics. Topics are meant to educate, yet entertain the modern student. The majority of these short stories contain an important message - a way of developing these young learners further. Mixed Questions The mixed questions section of each lesson includes a variation of five to six comprehension, vocabulary and Maths questions. In addition, key reading strategies are frequently covered including cause & effect, summarizing, compare & contrast and making conclusions. Mixed questions require a written response (no MCQ's), full answers and example responses appear at the end of the lesson. Spelling & Vocab Each reading passage contains a variety of words and phrases designed for Grade 6/7 students. Spelling and vocab activities provide the opportunity to build fluency with these words. Activities provide clues to help assist students. Vocabulary activities include extra questions where students must write a synonym, an antonym or a sentence using a certain word. Writing Prompts Writing prompts are designed to continue the theme or lessons learned in the story. Students are persuaded to write in a variety of ways and each prompt includes several cues to help. The main focus in this product, is the student. Prompts will require the student to relate to past experiences and encourage them to discuss feelings and ways to improve. Full Answer Keys Full answer keys and sample responses are provided so no matter how busy you are, you know you're covered! Mixed question answers provide evidence from the text, Maths questions contain the relevant workings. Answers are designed for use by the teacher, but also suitable as a handout to the student. For similar downloads and other frees, do check out Cored Group on TeachSimple.
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages, Self Assessment
Science Reading Comprehension Passage 25: Nervous System PDF
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An eight-page passage explains the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems before ten multiple-choice questions, a vocabulary match, and an antonym exercise.
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Tags Science, Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Physics, Physical Science, Ccss, Common Core
Science Reading Passage 19 Plant Structure, Function, and Survival PPT
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An informational passage explains how plant roots, leaves, and stems keep a plant alive, then applies a bicycle-parts reasoning analogy to a function-matching chart, comprehension questions, and a vocabulary word-building exercise, all fully answer-keyed.
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Tags Science, Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Physics, Physical Science, Ccss, Common Core
Shrek Irony Worksheets – Verbal, Situational, Dramatic
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Seventeen scenes from Shrek become identify-the-irony practice, with a fully explained answer key sorting each moment into verbal, dramatic, or situational irony.
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Tags Shrek, Comprehension, Irony, Movies, Reading, Irony Worksheets Pdf, Irony Worksheet Answers, Movies With Situational Irony, Irony Movie, Movies With Verbal Irony, Types Of Irony Worksheet, Movies With Irony, Dramatic Irony Movies, Irony Movies, Types Of Irony Worksheet Pdf, Teaching Irony Middle School, Irony Graphic Organizer, Irony In Movies, Situational Irony In Movies, Irony Worksheet Pdf, Irony Worksheets, Situational Irony Worksheets
Spider Diagram Template – Reading & Writing Sheet
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A single spider diagram gives students a central topic circle ringed by eight blank legs for brainstorming related ideas.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Spider Diagram, Reading Diagram, Writing Diagram, Writing Graphic Organizer, Literacy, Brainstorming Chart, Diagramming Worksheets, Simple Spider Diagram, Diagram Worksheet
Stella Louella's Runaway Book Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
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Teacher guidance recommends selecting activities to match learner needs and spreading the work across a week or longer. Before and during reading, learners make predictions, inspect the cover, and respond to comprehension prompts. After reading, they order important events, compare possible themes, support a choice with text evidence, and consider the author’s message. Additional vocabulary and writing options broaden the study. Exact book passages, assessment items, responses, and personal names are excluded here.
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Tags Reading Comprehension, Reading, Upper Elementary Reading, Picture Book , Read-aloud Activities, Interactive Read-aloud Activities, Book Companion, ELAR
The Graveyard Book Novel Study Chapter Quizzes & Writing Activities
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The printable sequence divides the novel into an early-chapter quiz and a later-chapter quiz. Visible items address inference, literary devices, vocabulary in context, symbolism, and comprehension, while a separate journal supports extended written responses. Instructions explain how teachers can copy and adapt digital forms and connect them with the student slideshow. Customer copy does not repeat questions, quotations, character details, answers, or protected story language.
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Tags Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book, Comprehension, Essay Questions, Writing Prompts, Chapter Quizzes, Writing, Literary Analysis
The Outsiders Powerpoint, Research Projects, & Note-Taking Sheets
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The research list offers varied inquiry paths connected with the novel’s 1960s setting and continuing social questions. Each topic supplies an objective, guiding questions, and several possible products such as presentations, comparative analyses, visual collections, or annotated playlists. Opening course slides establish setting and major themes before expanding into historical background. Exact novel quotations, personal names, proprietary prompts, and protected passages are intentionally excluded from this record.
Author Homeschool with Big Easy Homeschooling Mom
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Tags The Outsiders PowerPoint Lesson, The Outsiders ELA Unit, The Outsiders Homeschool Curriculum, S.E. Hinton Unit, Character Analysis, Novel Study, The Outsiders Class Activities, Novel Study Bundle, Literature Projects For High School, Critical Thinking Prompts For The Outsiders
Types of Bridges Worksheet
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Eight types of bridges are introduced through labeled diagrams and a short informational passage naming a real example of each.
Author Monaco Lane Curriculum for Early Literacy
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Tags Bridges, Transportation, Comprehension, Cross Curricular, Worksheet
Word Search: Searching for Othello Characters 2
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The puzzle introduces a letter grid and a fifteen-name list drawn from the play’s cast. Once every character has been located, uncrossed letters are read in order to reveal a quotation and its source, adding a second decoding step to the character search. The structure can reinforce familiarity with the cast while requiring careful letter tracking. Page two is labeled as the solution; its completed grid and hidden quotation are not exposed in the visible product copy.
Author Jay Waggoner
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Tags Shakespeare, Othello, Literature, Characters, Word Search
Word Search: Tragedy of Julius Caesar
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The student puzzle asks readers to locate sixteen characters associated with the tragedy inside a letter grid. After marking those names, learners arrange the unused letters in sequence to uncover a quotation drawn from another Shakespeare play. That two-stage design combines character review with a hidden-message challenge rather than ending when the word list is found. The third page is explicitly identified as the solution, and its completed grid and quotation are not reproduced here.
Author Jay Waggoner
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Tags Shakespeare, Literature, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Crossword Puzzles