Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 6

Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your sixth-grade students! Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all!

• Science fiction


• Realistic fiction


• Poetry


• Adventure fiction


• Historical fiction


• Fable

Each unit includes:

• Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective


• One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations


• Story dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabulary


• Close reading activities, comprehension activities, and vocabulary activities


• Oral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion


• Genre study activity and literary analysis activity


• Writing prompt activity

Additional teacher resources:

• Comprehensive vocabulary definitions


• �How to Be a Good Reader� resource page for students


• Literary genres chart


• Literary elements and techniques chart


• Overview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structure

The illustrated reading selections in the grade 6 book are:

• Science Fiction: �My Unusual Saturday,� Level V


• Realistic Fiction: �Two Thoughtful Gifts,� Level V


• Poetry: �The New Vestments,� Level V


• Adventure Fiction: �Hanging Out with the Bindi-Way Tribe,� Level W


• Realistic Fiction: �Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores,� Level W


• Historical Fiction: �The Record of One Ancient Egyptian Woman,� Level X


• Poetry: �The Brook,� Level X


• Fable: �Notoriety Is Not Fame,� Level Y


• Historical Fiction: �Jerry and the Grape Boycott,� Level Y

Evan-Moor's Reading Comprehension: Fiction is an ideal classroom and homeschool teaching resource to develop reading skills! Revised edition! This resource replaces Reading Literary Text and includes updates to the content.