High School Close Reading PowerPoint Presentations

Covering The Kite Runner? Don't know where to get started? This bundle is just for your! Includes a Introduction Power Point, study guide, graphic organizers, film analysis, novel project choice board, and characterization flip book. Great for differentiation.

Covering Things Fall Apart? Don't know where to get started? This bundle is for you, it includes study guide, characterization booklet, introduction power point, essay on colonization is Africa, and graphic organizers.

*Update* TeachShare activities has been added to all activity files for distance learning so that you may use these products for online learning with your students.

Looking for an engaging way to cover the novel 1984? Look no further! This is a GROWING bundle for the classic novel 1984. Great activities to go alongside the novel and incorporate differentiation in your classroom to meet the needs of multiple learners. Includes an intorduction powerpoint, a characterization flipbook, a study guide, graphic organizers, and a film adaptation worksheet. All of which can be used in TeachShare Digital Activities for distance learning!

Context Clues Passages, Context Clues Worksheets, Vocabulary Worksheets

This BUNDLE is also included in the following discounted Bundles:

• Context Clues BUNDLE
• ELA Mega BUNDLE
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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This Context Clues Reading Passage Bundle includes the following products:

▶️ Context Clues - "A Moment of Doubt"

▶️ Context Clues - "I'm A Bully"

▶️ Context Clues - "The New Girl"

▶️ Context Clues - "The Test"

▶️ Context Clues - "What Could Have Been"

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ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

★ Includes 5 products

★ 5 Context Clues Reading Passages, Worksheets, and PowerPoint Packets

★ 230 pages

★ Resource Type – Reading Passages, Vocabulary Worksheets, PowerPoints, and Answer Keys

★ Print and Digital (PDF and Google Slides - Text boxes already created!)

★ Excellent for Grades 8-11

★ 10 Google Slide Links

★ Detailed Answer Keys / Sample Responses

BUNDLE ITEMS

EACH PACKET includes the following:

☆ 1 Reading Passage

☆ 1 Note-catcher Worksheet

☆ 2 Vocabulary Worksheets (to define words and identify context clues)

☆ Context Clues Practice Worksheet (Variation #1)

☆ Context Clues Practice Worksheet (Variation #2)

☆ POWERPOINT version Practice Slides (Same Q's in Worksheets)

☆ 8 Word Analysis Worksheets (Words included on Worksheets)

☆ 1 BLANK Word Analysis Worksheet (You add your OWN word)

☆ Create Your Own Story Worksheet

☆ 2 Google Slide Links

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This resource is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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Context Clues Bundle

This bundle contains five context clues passages exploring common teen issues and situations. Each passage includes eight highlighted words designed to challenge students to broaden their vocabulary. For each word, students will be tasked with deciphering the meaning through several context clues surrounding the word. All five passages come with an answer key containing the correct definition of the word, the context clues that helped identify the meaning of the word, and an example sentence. Through these passages, students will enrich their comprehension skills while exploring a variety of scenarios relevant to teenage life.

READING PASSAGE OVERVIEWS

▶️ The Test – This context clues passage examines the inner turmoil of a teenager studying for a test amid high pressure. The text centers on the narrator as he battles the temptation to cheat.

► Vocabulary featured in this packet:

⭐ lethargy

⭐ attest

⭐ somber

⭐ eschew

⭐ beseech

⭐ batter

⭐ maw

⭐ resolve

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▶️ A Moment of Doubt – This context clues passage explores how self-doubt can affect decision-making and alter one’s perspective on a situation. The text follows the narrator as she prepares to confess her feelings to her crush.

► Vocabulary featured in this packet:

⭐ ridiculed

⭐ unabating

⭐ plethora

⭐ contrived

⭐ guttural

⭐ reverberating

⭐ surpass

⭐ fabrication

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▶️ The New Girl – This context clues passage shows how the addition of a new girl into a friendship group can interrupt the dynamic. The text explores the strength of friendship and the destructive nature of teenage rivalries.

► Vocabulary featured in this packet:

⭐ prevail

⭐ notorious

⭐ callous

⭐ vie

⭐ midst

⭐ forge

⭐ salvage

⭐ profuse

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▶️ What Could Have Been – This context clues passage follows a young boy as he deals with his failure to make the basketball team. The text examines how being on the basketball team is entwined with social status.

► Vocabulary featured in this packet:

⭐ trivial

⭐ rampant

⭐ botch

⭐ camaraderie

⭐ interspersed

⭐ cascade

⭐ condemn

⭐ phantom

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▶️ I’m a Bully – This context clues passage is told from the perspective of a boy as he realizes he is a bully. The text provides insight into his motivations and justifications for insulting his peers.

► Vocabulary featured in this packet:

⭐ concurrently

⭐ tenuous

⭐ bolster

⭐ righteousness

⭐ rebuke

⭐ incredulous

⭐ candidly

⭐ immutable

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ITEMS INCLUDED IN EACH PACKET

✅ ONE Passage

(See Reading Passage Summaries above)

✅ 1 Note-catcher Worksheet

The eye-catching Note-catcher can be distributed to students to take important notes during class discussions or during their reading of the passage.

✅ 2 Vocabulary Worksheets (intended for differentiation)

★ Worksheet #1 - Students will write the context clues that helped them identify the meaning of each underlined word in the passage. Then, they will write the definition of each word based on their understanding of the context clues.

★ Worksheet #2 - Students will define words they do not know the meaning of in the passage.

✅ Context Clues Practice Worksheet (in 2 Variations)

★ Variation #1 - Students read the passage and:

• Define the underlined vocabulary words.
• Identify the context clues used to determine the meanings of the underlined vocabulary words.
• Use the underlined vocabulary words in a sentence.

★ Variation #2 - Students read the passage and:

• Define the underlined vocabulary words.
• Identify the context clues used to determine the meanings of the underlined vocabulary words.

✅ POWERPOINT version Practice Slides (Same Q's in Worksheets)

This resource includes a POWERPOINT version of the worksheets (17 slides) to make it easier for you to display and review whole class! The PowerPoint is also included on Google Slides. Students can work on one slide at a time. What's unique about how the content is presented on the PowerPoint is that each slide contains ONE vocabulary word within the paragraph it is used in. Students will read the paragraph with the underlined vocabulary word, and decipher the meaning through several context clues surrounding the word. They will also be challenged to use the word correctly in a sentence. The next slide is an ANSWER KEY slide to make it easier to review!

✅ 8 Word Analysis Worksheets (Words included on Worksheets)

This resource includes 8 Word Analysis Worksheets, ONE for EACH word. Here, students are asked to define the word based on context clues, list the word's synonyms and antonyms, and write a sentence using the word. ANSWER KEYS for each worksheet is included.

► A BLANK Word Analysis Worksheet is also included in case you want students to analyze other words.

✅ Create Your Own Story Worksheet

Students will have an opportunity to show their creativity by creating their own story or passage using as many of the vocabulary words as they can. Challenge them to include context clues, so readers can use them to determine the meanings of the words.

❤️ Students may really enjoy reading aloud their stories/passages to their partners, teachers, or class!

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Other Context Clues resources you might be interested in:

► Context Clues BUNDLE

► Context Clues Lesson and PowerPoint PACKET

► Context Clues Practice Worksheets and ANSWER KEYS

► Context Clues Text Message Worksheets and ANSWER KEYS

► Context Clues Test and PowerPoint

► Context Clues Task Card Packet

► Multiple-Choice Test and KEY

► Context Clues Posters

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