The Start of a Revolution: A Close Reading Packet for Learning
This educational close reading packet looks at the beginnings and most important events of political groups, with the American Revolution as its main focus. This book is meant to be used in the classroom and tells students all about the historical uprising, the bravery of the rebels, and the important fights that started a change. The most important thing about this packet is that it goes into great depth about what happened in April and how it fit into the bigger picture of the change. This resource is especially useful when teaching about the American Revolution, on Independence Day, or whenever you want to talk about how political events changed modern societies.
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:
Revolution
The Start of a Revolution
April Revolutionary Events
Historical Rebellion
American Revolution Beginnings
Patriots’ Courage
Battle Remembrance
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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