Differentiated Paired Texts: Kyrie Irving and Kawhi Leonard (Grades 1-6)

This resource includes differentiated paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball -- Kyrie Irving and Kawhi Leonard. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts.

***If you have a class of students who are on a wide range of reading levels, this is the perfect product for you!***

Contents:
→ 6 Nonfiction Articles
→ 3 Quizzes
→ 1 Writing Prompt
→ Answer Keys

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Topics Covered:

→ Childhood and basketball career:
3 nonfiction texts about Kyrie's life and basketball career
3 nonfiction texts about Kawhi's life and basketball career
quizzes to cover these texts

→ Tying It All Together:
writing prompt to cover all texts

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Length of Texts:
Passages on grade levels 1-2: 498 words & 560 words
Passages on grade levels 3-4: 718 words & 752 words
Passages on grade levels 5-6: 962 words & 1,085 words

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Each quiz contains:
3 multiple choice questions
1 written response question
Quizzes are written to match the level of rigor required by CCSS while not being too confusing for students.
The questions assess many CCSS-ELA standards and elements of nonfiction, including vocabulary, cause and effect, citing evidence, summarizing, sequence of events, comparing and contrasting, and much more.

Note: The preview download will have watermarks and only shows some of the texts. Your actual product download will not have watermarks.

Please remember, this purchase is for the use of one teacher. It is not intended to be shared. Please purchase an additional license if more than one teacher will be using it.

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**Please note: If you have previously purchased my individual sets of passages about Irving and Leonard, these passages contain the same information written on different reading levels.

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Football: Tom Brady and Julio Jones (Grades 1-6)

Olympics: Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt (Grades 1-6)

Gymnastics: Gabby Douglas and Shawn Johnson (Grades 1-6)

Baseball: David Ortiz and Kris Bryant (Grades 1-6)

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