⭐️ This 8th grade Analyze Connections in Fiction & Traditional Literature Reading Comprehension Passages Unit includes Lexile® leveled close reading passages, question sets, assessments, anchor charts, and graphic organizers that are perfect for teaching students how to analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new. Texts, anchor charts, questions, and assessments are aligned to RL.8.9 and focus on developing core skills for analyzing connections in fiction & traditional literature.

This Analyze Connections in Fiction & Traditional Reading Comprehension Passages Unit features:

✅ 6 Lexile Leveled Passages for 8th Grade

✅ Standard Focused Questions

✅ Detailed Anchor Charts

✅ Interactive Graphic Organizer

✅ Integrated Color Coding Strategy

✅ 1 Assessment Passage

✅ Printable Format

If you do not use Common Core, this packet is still perfect for teaching how to analyze connections in fiction & traditional literature.

Key Features:

✏️Lexile Levels – Most passages contain a certified Lexile measure to make differentiation easy. Passages vary across the 7th & 8th grade Common Core Text Complexity Band (the range for sixth through eighth grade is 925L to 1185L).

✏️Integrated Color Coding – 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. Analyze Connections Between Fiction & Traditional Literature Anchor Chart
2. Analyze Connections Between Fiction & Traditional Literature Practice Work
3. The Parable of the Good Samaritan/A Little Help (930L)
4. The Fox and the Crow/The Last Loaf (950L)
5. The Squirrel and the Spider/That’s Mine (1010L)
6. Pygmalion and Galatea/A Perfect Prom Date (1030L)
7. The Elves and the Shoemaker/Looking Out for Me (1060L)
8. Yorimasa/The Space Adventures of a Computer Nerd (1140L)
9. Test

• The Lady of the Lake/A Knight of the Baseball Field (1020L)

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