Investigating Intriguing Occurrences: An Educative Close Reading Guide
This engaging close reading package is perfect for language arts, critical thinking, and social studies schools, especially around Curious Events Day on October 9. It encourages students to investigate uncommon and fascinating events. The packet’s compilation of tales and descriptions of odd, enigmatic, and fascinating occurrences from across the globe is its principal feature. To encourage curiosity and critical thinking abilities, each section includes interesting texts and thought-provoking questions. This packet is especially useful for igniting curiosity, promoting greater understanding of the richness and complexity of human experiences throughout history, and stimulating conversations on strange events.
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? This print and go packet truly is for you! It has everything you need for a complete, successful informational text reading unit.
This Close reading set features:
Curious Events Day
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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