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Comparing & Contrast Fiction NonFiction Paired Passages Task Cards STAAR

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I used these task cards for one of my review stations. Students loved it! One of the things that I really loved was the passages and level of questionings that mimicked STAAR questions.
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Description

Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to paired passages with multiple choice questions? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students can be challenging.

Compares: Non-fiction to Non-Fiction, Fiction to Poetry, and Poetry to Poetry

These 20 comparing text task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.

The use of short well-known Fiction stories, modern Non-Fiction articles, and short Poems will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice questions.

Great for middle school students. Teachers of other grade levels have found success. Click for the Elementary set or High School set.

There are 20 short paired passages and 40 multiple-choice questions. There is a mix of reading standards to help spiral in reading skills practice.

Print Version Includes:

- 10 Task Cards - Color

- 10 Task Cards - B&W

- Answer Key with CCSS & TEKS breakdown (Updated with New 2017 ELAR TEKS)

- Student Recording Sheet

Digital Version Includes:

- Google Forms Links (Self-Grading)

- Easel by TpT Activity

Click HERE for a free video: 3 Fun Task Card Game Ideas!

How can you use this resource:

- Test Prep

- Small Group

- Independent Practice

- Literacy Center or Station (Get students up out of their seats.)

- Whole Group (bell-ringer, warm-up, or exit ticket)

- Game Cards

- Intervention Groups

Differentiation:

Take out one or more answer choices.

Reading passages together in class.

Have students work with a partner.

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What teachers have said about this resource:

"My students enjoyed reading these short texts. The conversations we had about them and having students compare and contrast what they read were great! Thanks!"

"These task cards are the best that I have come across for middle school!"

"Great resource! It's such a challenge to find resources to teach comparing texts across genres to middle school students."

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Total Pages
12 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.

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