Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions BUNDLE

Description

Take a trip back in time while improving reading comprehension with our Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension activities. This activity pack includes FOUR Year Five and Six (Grade Five and Six) non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. Gain context with our bonus Ancient Egypt powerpoint.

These activities are great for your guided reading program, or as homework tasks. Integrate these activities into your history and/or social studies projects!

These link closely to the CCSS and New Zealand’s Literacy Progressions and Curriculum.

What this resource is all about:

The purpose of this resource is to provide ready-to-go non-fiction passages and engaging higher order thinking questions.

This resource is full of exciting, thought-provoking activities to grab your students’ attention AND hold it. The activities begin at the lower levels of Blooms Taxonomy (Remember, Understand, Apply) and move through to the higher levels (Analyse, Evaluate, Create).

***When you download this resource, it comes in both US AND British English spellings and printing sizes.***

In this Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension bundle you will receive:

1. Four resources – all with an extended and scaffold version:

• An Introduction to Ancient Egypt Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
• Pyramids Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
• The Pharaohs of Egypt Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
• The Nile River Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions

2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities

Each passage features different activities!

• Remember
• Understand
• Apply
• Analyse
• Evaluate
• Create

Reading Comprehension Strategies included:

• Find Facts and Details
• Make Inferences
• Identify the main idea
• Ask and Answer Questions
• Vocabulary
• Sequence
• Summarise
• Synthesise
• Compare and Contrast
• Visualising
• Make Predictions
• Make Connections

3. Two Graphic Organiser Examples

• Information Web
• Main Idea

4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions.

5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.

6. Close Reading bookmarks.

7. An additional PowerPoint slideshow with context photos of Ancient Egypt.

***When you download this resource, it comes in both US AND British English spellings and printing sizes.***