FREE - Revolutionary War - Paired Texts - Fiction - Nonfiction Activities

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Reading Comprehension | Social Studies Bundle | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing |

Supports Best Practices in Reading by Pairing History-Based Nonfiction Stories with Fiction Stories on the Same Topic!

This free unit is a slice from our Social Studies Paired Texts BUNDLE. Please read description below for for the full Bundle.

This comprehensive Social Studies Bundle features 20 high-interest stories about defining moments in U.S. History. Each exciting and fact-filled story is accompanied by a dynamic, colorful, realistic illustration that brings the story to life and enhances the content. The nonfiction story gives a detailed, historic explanation of the topic. The matching fiction story makes the topic relatable to everyday life.

Reading Skills

Follow-up questions and activities help build important comprehension skills and strategies shared by and unique to nonfiction and fiction stories. By reading the stories and completing the accompanying activities, students will have a much greater understanding of these two key genres of reading.

PAIRED TITLES INCLUDE:

NONFICTION

"Civil War"

"Dust Bowl"

"Ellis Island"

"Equal Rights"

"First Americans"

"Gold Rush"

"Revolutionary War"

"Trail of Tears"

"Transcontinental Railway"

"Turn of the Century"

FICTION

"Escape to the North"

"A Wall of Dust"

"Coming to America"

"Being Mermaids Together"

"Gathering Firewood"

"Moving On"

"The Fight for Freedom"

"Leaving Home"

"An Exciting Journey"

"Going to School"

Questions & Activities

Each story is followed by who, what, when, where, why, and how type questions.

Additional skill-specific questions for each story include: Main Idea, Locating Information, Fact or Opinion, Sequencing, Cause & Effect, Conclusion, Inference,

Summarizing, and Picture Interpretation.

Vocabulary activities include: vocabulary matching, word search, and context.

Details:

Each short story is between 336 and 369 words and is written at a 3.6 to 4.8 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 4 and up.

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