PLYMOUTH PILGRIMS: READING COMPREHENSION

Grades 6-8 and Homeschool

Sarah Peterson

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READING COMPREHENSION:

PLYMOUTH PILGRIMS

This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The product contains:  12 one and two-page reading passages of informational text on the Plymouth Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving; 12 pages of Reading Comprehension questions (one for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.   Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.  The reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING with other non-fiction graphic organizers as well! 

 

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READING PASSAGE TOPICS INCLUDE:

There are thirteen pages of informational text about the topic: Plymouth Pilgrims, the Mayflower and the First Thanksgiving.  The passages cover the following topics:

·         Anglicans and Separatists

·         The Separatists Separate

·         The Mayflower Voyage

·         The Mayflower Sets Sail

·         The Mayflower Compact

·         Well Known Pilgrims

·         William Bradford – Arriving in the New World; Leader and Author

·         The First Winter

·         Moving to the Settlement

·         The Pilgrims Meet the Native Americans

·         Squanto and the Pilgrims

·         The First Thanksgiving – A Recorded Event

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Note: The informational text also appears in my Colonial American Careers Lesson Plan.  The passages can also be used for CLOSE READING, using any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

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