Video Game Histories Level 1 Close Reading Bundle

This Video Game Histories Bundle has everything you need for a complete Close Reading unit in your classroom. Students will love the passages about their favorite video games, especially reluctant readers that need that extra hook to get engaged. Differentiated Reading Passages are at the heart of this close reading resource!

If you have never used Close Reading or even if you are already a pro, this 128-page packet truly is for you! It has everything you need for a complete, successful informational text reading unit.

Each of the 6 passages included in this resource is provided in two differentiated reading levels. One is in the fifth-sixth grade reading range, and the other is in the third-fourth grade reading level range.

This packet includes:

• 6 Video Game Histories Informational Passages (each passage has 2 differentiated versions)

• 4 Close Reading Activities for each passage

• End of Unit Culminating Writing Activities

• 1-3 Writing/Arts Activities per passage

• Annotation Guide

• Answer Keys

This packet includes these informational, high-interest, close reading passages:

• Super Mario
• Minecraft
• Among Us
• Pokemon
• The Legend of Zelda
• Animal Crossing

This packet is both rigorous and Common-Core aligned. Questions have been carefully crafted to move readers from basic, recall questions to higher-level questions where students must cite evidence from the text to support their answers. There are 4 tasks/activities for each passage, moving from easier tasks to more challenging activities. Each passage and its corresponding activities offer a full-week's worth of close reading.

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