Description
Are you looking for spooky short story reading comprehension questions for middle school? Rap music is the way to do it!
Based on our "Selfie Monster, part 1" rap song, this packet of activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a reading passage while they practice a variety of reading skills. Easily incorporate them into independent work or complete them together as a class lesson.
Students will listen to the songs then use the song lyrics as reading passages to complete the activities detailed below.
These activities are:
- no prep to save you time
- super simple and easy to use
- a high-interest reading passage based on a clean, school-appropriate rap song!
All thrill - no kill!
The song for these activities is suspense and scare heavy with NO violence, blood, or gore and is appropriate for all ages! Your students will follow the story of a girl who is transformed by technology through her selfie obsession. Have some spooky fun with your students with this scary story unit while practicing essential reading skills!
*Listen to the song in the video preview above!*
A variety of reading activities with the answer keys!
This bundle includes everything listed below. Click the links above for more details.
- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage
- a link to listen to the song with subtitles for students
- a sequencing graphic organizer activity
- a sequential paragraph, writing activity with a word bank of transitional words
- a creative writing activity where students create a new sequence of events for the "Selfie Monster" story in order to give it a happy ending
- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions with the answer key
- 7 multiple-choice, context clues questions with the answer key
- 3 short-response, context clues questions where students define the meaning of popular, abbreviated words from the song lyrics with the answer key
- a main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity
- 6 multiple-choice, identify the main idea questions with the answer key
- 3 multiple-choice, identify the supporting details questions with the answer key
- 1 "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer
- 1 "Turn and Talk" activity that challenges students to identify and discuss other effects that technology has on people
- a brief lesson on syllables and tips on how to count them in words
- 14 "How many syllables?" activity questions where students will listen to and read the song lyrics to determine how many syllables are in specific words from the song
- 12 "Syllable hunt!" activity questions where students will read through the song lyrics, finding words that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables and write them in the corresponding columns
- 12 "Divide the syllables" activity tasks where students will separate words that they have found into their syllabic parts
- a "Syllables on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will find a rare 5 syllable word in the song lyrics and write it correctly separated into its syllabic parts.
Get this bundle now to keep your students engaged with reading!
With Rap Opera for Kids, when the music stops, the learning doesn't.
Get the self-grading, Google Forms reading activities for this bundle here!
Click here to check out "The Selfie Monster, part 2" song with reading activities!
*Leave a review if you liked this activity.*
*Click here to follow our store for updates!*
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Scary Story Reading Passage Activities Using Rap Songs
*Terms of Use:
Copyright © 2019 Rap Opera for Kids. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Images and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.
*Music production by Syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu1H7BJN04M
*Photo by https://pixabay.com/photos/smartphone-face-woman-girl-eyes-1618909/
*Font for "Rap Opera ... Kids. History. Reading. Math. And More... School Just Went Beast Mode. Educate. Entertain. Empower!" text by http://www.junkohanhero.com
Fun Spooky Story Reading Comprehension Passage Questions Middle School Packet
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Description
Are you looking for spooky short story reading comprehension questions for middle school? Rap music is the way to do it!
Based on our "Selfie Monster, part 1" rap song, this packet of activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a reading passage while they practice a variety of reading skills. Easily incorporate them into independent work or complete them together as a class lesson.
Students will listen to the songs then use the song lyrics as reading passages to complete the activities detailed below.
These activities are:
- no prep to save you time
- super simple and easy to use
- a high-interest reading passage based on a clean, school-appropriate rap song!
All thrill - no kill!
The song for these activities is suspense and scare heavy with NO violence, blood, or gore and is appropriate for all ages! Your students will follow the story of a girl who is transformed by technology through her selfie obsession. Have some spooky fun with your students with this scary story unit while practicing essential reading skills!
*Listen to the song in the video preview above!*
A variety of reading activities with the answer keys!
This bundle includes everything listed below. Click the links above for more details.
- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage
- a link to listen to the song with subtitles for students
- a sequencing graphic organizer activity
- a sequential paragraph, writing activity with a word bank of transitional words
- a creative writing activity where students create a new sequence of events for the "Selfie Monster" story in order to give it a happy ending
- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions with the answer key
- 7 multiple-choice, context clues questions with the answer key
- 3 short-response, context clues questions where students define the meaning of popular, abbreviated words from the song lyrics with the answer key
- a main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity
- 6 multiple-choice, identify the main idea questions with the answer key
- 3 multiple-choice, identify the supporting details questions with the answer key
- 1 "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer
- 1 "Turn and Talk" activity that challenges students to identify and discuss other effects that technology has on people
- a brief lesson on syllables and tips on how to count them in words
- 14 "How many syllables?" activity questions where students will listen to and read the song lyrics to determine how many syllables are in specific words from the song
- 12 "Syllable hunt!" activity questions where students will read through the song lyrics, finding words that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables and write them in the corresponding columns
- 12 "Divide the syllables" activity tasks where students will separate words that they have found into their syllabic parts
- a "Syllables on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will find a rare 5 syllable word in the song lyrics and write it correctly separated into its syllabic parts.
Get this bundle now to keep your students engaged with reading!
With Rap Opera for Kids, when the music stops, the learning doesn't.
Get the self-grading, Google Forms reading activities for this bundle here!
Click here to check out "The Selfie Monster, part 2" song with reading activities!
*Leave a review if you liked this activity.*
*Click here to follow our store for updates!*
You may also like:
Scary Story Reading Passage Activities Using Rap Songs
*Terms of Use:
Copyright © 2019 Rap Opera for Kids. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Images and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.
*Music production by Syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu1H7BJN04M
*Photo by https://pixabay.com/photos/smartphone-face-woman-girl-eyes-1618909/
*Font for "Rap Opera ... Kids. History. Reading. Math. And More... School Just Went Beast Mode. Educate. Entertain. Empower!" text by http://www.junkohanhero.com
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