Hanukkah Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions – Chanukah Activities
Description
Embrace the multicultural classroom and improve reading comprehension with our Hanukkah-themed differentiated close reading texts and activities. This pack includes two non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are great for your guided reading program or as homework tasks.
This resource would also be suitable for Grade 6 (Year Seven and Eight learners) as the higher order thinking activities will keep them challenged and engaged!
In this pack you will receive:
1. Two texts – all with an extended and scaffold version:
- The Origins of Hanukkah
- How Hanukkah is celebrated
2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities (24 activities in total)
Each passage features different activities!
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Reading Comprehension Strategies included:
- Use Prior Knowledge
- Find Facts and Details
- Make Inferences
- Identify the main idea
- Ask and Answer Questions
- Vocabulary
- Summarize/Summarise
- Synthesize
- Make Connections
3. Three Graphic Organizer Examples
- Story Flow Chart
- Information Web
- Main Idea
4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions
5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.
6. Close Reading bookmarks













