Fun Fiction Engaging Reading Comprehensions Ghost Story

Are you looking for fresh, engaging, middle and high school fiction for reluctant or struggling older readers? This short story work packet is perfect for Year 8/9 (7th to 10th grade) students needing to boost reading levels, comprehension and inference skills. Your students will love this gripping, spooky ghost story with a twist. Zero-prep. Students can work alone or supervised.

I decided to write fun, engaging fiction (with questions) because I couldn’t find anything like it, anywhere when I was teaching comprehension for the 11 Plus exams.

This short fiction story is under 5,000 words and written specifically to grip middle schoolers and give them a joy of reading. It comes with two levels of comprehension questions. The harder set will cover most of your CC Standards RL.6.1 to RL.6.6. The lower-level questions are perfect for less-able readers or those who need support with comprehension and understanding. This is a truly differentiated resource which will help you get your students understanding and enjoying what they have read.

Contents of this resource:
US and UK English spellings PLUS answers
A short fiction story: GHOST PARTY
Find out what happens when a group of bullies are invited to a party at a funeral home in an old castle with a dark past.
Word Count: 4,830
Time to Read:
Slow reader – 48 minutes
Av. reader – 37 minutes
Fast reader – 30 minutes
*Flesch Reading Ease: 88% (easy to read)
*Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 3.8

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The story comes with and without line numbers, as do the questions. Mix and match to suit your students.

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