Basketball Paired Texts: LeBron James and Michael Jordan (Grades 5-6)
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These high-interest paired texts cover 16 of the most famous players in basketball history. ***Save $9.05 by purchasing all of these paired texts together!*** Contents: → 44 Nonfiction Articles → 22 Quizzes → 8 Writing Prompts → Answer Keys for all quizzes *** Topics Covered: → The Childhood YPrice $21.95Original Price $31.00Save $9.05
This resource includes differentiated paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball history -- LeBron James and Michael Jordan. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts. ***If you have a class of students who are onPrice $9.95Original Price $12.00Save $2.05
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This resource includes high-interest paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball history -- LeBron James and Michael Jordan. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts.
Contents:
→ 6 Nonfiction Articles
→ 3 Quizzes
→ 1 Writing Prompt
→ 1 Answer Key
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Topics Covered:
→ The Childhood Years:
1 nonfiction text about LeBron's childhood
1 nonfiction text about Michael's childhood
1 quiz to cover these texts
→ Pro Basketball Career:
1 nonfiction text about LeBron's professional basketball career (including his decision to play for Los Angeles in 2018)
1 nonfiction text about Michael's professional basketball career
1 quiz to cover these texts
→ Giving Back:
1 nonfiction text about LeBron's charity work
1 nonfiction text about Michael's charity work
1 quiz to cover these texts
→ Tying It All Together:
1 writing prompt to cover all 6 texts
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Reading Level: Grades 5-6
Average Article Length: 543 words
Longest Article Length: 988 words
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Each quiz contains:
3 multiple choice questions
1 written response question
Quizzes are written to match the level of rigor required by CCSS while not being too confusing for students.
The questions assess many CCSS-ELA standards and elements of nonfiction, including vocabulary, cause and effect, citing evidence, summarizing, sequence of events, comparing and contrasting, and much more.
Note: The preview download will have watermarks and only shows the first set of texts. Your actual product download will not have watermarks.
Please remember, this purchase is for the use of one teacher. It is not intended to be shared. Please purchase an additional license if more than one teacher will be using it.
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