Promote student engagement and improve comprehension skills by teaching students to make connections between fiction and nonfiction texts. This resource provides high-interest passages and assessments designed to meet the rigor of today s standards. Each assessment leads student to look for textual evidence when answering questions. Also includes writing activities tied to higher-order thinking and questioning skills. The writing ideas are designed to incorporate the skills necessary for excellent writing as well as help assess a student s ability to respond to a written prompt. Correlated to the Common Core State Standards. 144 pages.
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