Finding Abraham Lincoln: An Interesting Packet for Close Reading
This educational Close Reading packet is all about Abraham Lincoln’s life and impact. It’s great for history classes, reading about American history, or special days like Presidents’ Day and Lincoln’s Birthday. Important parts of Lincoln’s life are covered in this packet, such as his humble beginnings (Lincoln’s Life), his reputation for honesty (Honest Abe), his important contributions (Lincoln’s Work), the lasting effect he had on the world (Lincoln’s Legacy), and his time as the 16th President of the United States (President Lincoln). This packet can be used in the classroom or at home because it has carefully chosen texts and questions that will make you think. The questions are meant to help you understand things more deeply and think critically.
These close reading comprehension passages are the perfect no-prep, standards-based, and high interest way to strengthen your students’ close reading skills!
Short on time to teach? Complete activities and encourage meaningful discourse in a short amount of time!
This Close reading set features:
As they complete the close reading process, students will build comprehension by answering text-dependent questions.
Skills align with both the RI (Reading Informational Texts) and RL (Reading Literature) Common Core Standards
These passages can be used in the morning, at centers, as part of homework, with small groups, for extra learning with smart students, to help struggling students, or to get ready for tests.
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