Figurative Language Stories with Color-Coding Close Reading Comprehension SAMPLE

Item description

One original reading passage for teaching and reviewing figurative
language: simile, metaphor, alliteration, allusion, onomatopoeia,
personification, hyperbole and idiom. Also includes 7 close reading
questions.

Students use a variety of close reading
activities for text evidence including color-coding with highlighters.
Other questions involve deeper thought such as making inferences,
elements of plot, vocabulary, etc.

Use these activities for weekly homework, daily/bell work, test prep, classwork, or assessment.

Includes:
1 Narrative Passage
Color Coding Instructions
7 – Close Reading Questions (including color-coding, elements of plot, vocabulary, etc.)

Why
am I qualified to write these passages and Common-Core aligned
questions? Not only have I worked as a Language Arts Teacher for 30
years with a Highly Qualified Status, but I also have spent 15 years
writing state and national assessments, such as the SATs, ACTs, and
individual state assessments that align with the Common-Core standards.
This includes grading, item writing, and passage writing for these
assessments.

Helpful for Florida’s BEST,
Florida F.A.S.T., STAAR, NWEA MAP, ILEARN, Virginia SOL, Georgia
Milestones, FSA, NC READY, SC Ready, Smarter Balanced SBAC, Ohio AIR,
Ohio State Test OST, NC – EOG, MCA test prep, MCAS, PARCC, LEAP 2025,
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