6th Grade Prentice Hall Lit. Unit 3 Types of Nonfiction Reading Tests (15 total)

This collection of 15 tests (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 6 ISBN: 013131713X Unit 3 Type of Nonfiction 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 story, plot development, characterization, point of view, 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. Great for homework, warm-ups, classroom assessment, and more. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost $2.99 x 15 tests, this is over a $40 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!

Reading selections/tests include:
“Zlata’s Diary,” Zlata Filipovic
“Hard as Nails,” Russell Baker
“Water,” Helen Keller
Expository essays
“The Shutout,” Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick McKissack, Jr.
“Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last,” Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Persuasive speech: Preserving a Great American Symbol by Richard Durbin
Excerpt from Something to Declare, Julia Alvarez
“A Backwoods Boy,” Russell Freedman
“Langston Terrace,” Eloise Greenfield
“Turkeys,” Bailey White
“La Leña Buena,” John Phillip Santos
Excerpt from The Pigman & Me, Paul Zindel
“Letter From a Concentration Camp,” Yoshiko Uchida
“Letter to Scottie,” F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Social Interactions 101: The Rituals of Relating” by Alex J. Packer

This lesson is student-centered, meaning:
–it allows you to become a facilitator!
–happier teachers!
–happier students!
–happier administrators!