6th Grade Prentice Hall Lit. Unit 4 Poetry Reading Tests (20 total)

This collection of 20 tests on 23 poems (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 6 ISBN: 013131713X Unit 4 Poetry includes links to most of the reading selections online (if available) along with 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and are spaced 1.5 lines apart for comfortable reading. The questions also encourage students to go back and re-read key parts of the selection, a crucial skill for comprehension and improving reading stamina. Includes link to free file of the text so each student can get their own copy to annotate. Answer key included. Some tests cover two works of short length. Great for homework, warm-ups, classroom assessment, and more. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost around $2.99 x 20 tests, this is over a $59 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!

Reading selections/tests include:
“Oranges” and “Ode to Family Photographs,” Gary Soto
“Adventures of Isabel,” Ogden Nash
“Ankylosaurus,” Jack Prelutsky
“Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright,” Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét
“A Dream Within a Dream,” Edgar Allan Poe
“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me,” Maya Angelou
“The Walrus and the Carpenter,” Lewis Carroll
“Willow and Ginkgo,” Eve Merriam
“Fame Is a Bee,” Emily Dickinson
“April Rain Song,” Langston Hughes
“Abuelito Who,” Sandra Cisneros
“The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be,” Nikki Giovanni
“Child on Top of a Greenhouse,” Theodore Roethke
“Dust of Snow,” Robert Frost
“who knows if the moon’s,” E. E. Cummings
“No Thank You,” Shel Silverstein
“Wind and water and stone,” Octavio Paz
“Parade,” Rachel Field
“The Fairies’ Lullaby,” William Shakespeare
“Saying Yes,” Diana Chang
“Cynthia in the Snow,” Gwendolyn Brooks
“At First, It Is True, I Thought There Were Only Peaches & Wild Grapes,” Alice Walker
“Alphabet,” Naomi Shihab Nye

Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years!

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