Middle Ages and Medieval Europe Escape Room | Medieval Feasts Close Reading

Want to give your students a fun understanding of various elements of the Middle Ages while incorporating close reading comprehension skills too? This is the resource is for you!

Step back in time with this ESCAPE ROOM activity and conquer Medieval Feasting with these CLOSE READING ACTIVITIES:

• Informational Text- “A Peek Inside a Medieval Feast”
• Breakout Task 1- Plot an Escape: Vocabulary Word Match
• Breakout Task 2- Use Deductive Logic: Fill in the Blanks
• Breakout Task 3- Scour the Scene: Find Sentences in a Paragraph
• Breakout Task 4- Decipher the Clues: Use the Pig Pen Cipher to Find Out More
• Complete an Exit Ticket: Fill in the Code. Respond to 3 reading comprehension statements.
• BONUS Activity: “Would You Rather” Questions – Medieval Feast Theme

Approximately 45 minutes of Activities (6 separate activities for all at once or separately)

Grades 5-8

All tasks in this challenge are related to MEDIEVAL FEASTS and require students to use several reading comprehension skills.

(Check out the PREVIEWS, older or slightly younger students may enjoy this activity as well!)

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