⭐️ This 7th grade Compare & Contrast Historical Fiction & Real Accounts Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Unit aligns to CCSS RL.7.9. It includes a variety of passages for close reading, question sets, assessments, anchor charts, and graphic organizers that are perfect for teaching students how to compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. Texts, anchor charts, questions, and assessments are aligned to RL.7.9 and focus on developing core compare & contrast skills.

This Compare & Contrast Historical Fiction & Real Accounts Reading Comprehension Passages Unit features:

✅ 9 Texts for 7th Grade

✅ Standard Focused Questions

✅ Detailed Anchor Charts

✅ Interactive Graphic Organizer

✅ Integrated Color Coding Strategy

✅ 1 Assessment Passages

✅ Printable Format

If you do not use Common Core, this packet is still perfect for teaching how to compare & contrast historical fiction & real accounts.

Key Features:

✏️Integrated Color Coding – The color coding strategy encourages students to learn how to find and use text evidence in their answers.

✏️Comprehensive – Passages are perfect for comprehensive standard-based test prep. Included anchor charts and questions make this resource great for lesson modeling. Works perfectly for small groups and guided reading.

✏️Scaffolding – Utilizes the Lexile Framework® for Reading and a mix of standard-based essay and multiple choice questions to allow educators to scaffold independent work and homework. Also great for centers and interventions.

✏️Highly Engaging – Contains original passages with high-quality images designed to engage students of all levels and interests.

What’s Included:

1. Compare & Contrast Historical Fiction & Accounts Anchor Chart
2. Compare & Contrast Historical Fiction & Accounts Practice Work
3. Jack Thayer’s Own Story of the Wreck (Account)/An Unexpected Swim (970L)
4. How New Orleans Drowned (Account)/This House Will Hold (980L)
5. U.S. Woman First to Fly Across the Sea (Account)/Reach for the Skies (990L)
6. Lieutenant Ruth Erickson Oral History of the Pearl Harbor Attack (Account)/Coffee at Albert’s (1020L)
7. Deepwater Horizon Survivor Describes Horrors of the Blast and Escape from Rig (Account)/Escape From the Inferno (1010L)
8. U.S. Shocks Soviets in Ice Hockey, 4-3 (Account)/Gold Medal Dreams (1160L)
9. Test

• Nurse and Spy in the Union Army (Account)/Sisters in Battle (1040L)