Chinese New Year in the Upper Grades

****** REVISED JANUARY 2016**********
Chinese New Year ELA Pack for Upper Grades

****** NOW INCLUDES PASSAGES FOR ALL 12 ANIMALS********

Cloze Reading Passage
*Can be used as formative assessment or practice
Close Reading article with Comprehension questions
* Questions include providing text based evidence..
12 Homophone Task Cards for tricky homophones:
(there, their, they're, we're, were, to, two, to and your you're)
* Students will read sentences and choose the correct homophone that fits.
16 Task cards for Sentence Combining Practice
* Students read related sentences and combine them into a compound sentence.
8 Task Cards for Pronouns and Antecedents
* Students read sentences and identify the correct pronoun that fits with the antecedent.
8 Task Cards for Synonym vocabulary practice
Two different writing prompts
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All cards, and passages relate to Chinese New Year. Close reading article could be used to practice sentence fluency.

Common Core Standards cover requirements for Informational Reading and Language Skills.

Print in color and laminate for durability and best results.
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