"The First Basketball Game" Close Reading Questions (Historical Nonfiction)
Incorporate historical nonfiction into the English Language Arts classroom and support the development of high school close reading skills with this set of questions covering "The First Basketball Game." The essay addresses the origins of basketball, as well as the sport's gradual evolution. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)
By completing this close reading activity, students will do the following:
Make active reading visible by annotating text
Accurately restate what the text says explicitly
Analyze a passage to determine tone
Make sense of unfamiliar phrases and idiomatic expressions
Make and support a claim using relevant and compelling textual evidence
Compare and contrast
Discern author's purpose
Apply a literary device to the text (situational irony)
Discern meaning from nonfiction text features including graphs and charts
Materials are available for teaching a variety of nonfiction texts:
Incorporate historical nonfiction into the English Language Arts classroom and support the development of high school close reading skills with this set of questions covering "The First Basketball Game." The essay addresses the origins of basketball, as well as the sport's gradual evolution. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)
By completing this close reading activity, students will do the following:
Make active reading visible by annotating text
Accurately restate what the text says explicitly
Analyze a passage to determine tone
Make sense of unfamiliar phrases and idiomatic expressions
Make and support a claim using relevant and compelling textual evidence
Compare and contrast
Discern author's purpose
Apply a literary device to the text (situational irony)
Discern meaning from nonfiction text features including graphs and charts
Materials are available for teaching a variety of nonfiction texts:
Incorporate historical nonfiction into the English Language Arts classroom and support the development of high school close reading skills with this set of questions covering "The First Basketball Game." The essay addresses the origins of basketball, as well as the sport's gradual evolution. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)
By completing this close reading activity, students will do the following:
Make active reading visible by annotating text
Accurately restate what the text says explicitly
Analyze a passage to determine tone
Make sense of unfamiliar phrases and idiomatic expressions
Make and support a claim using relevant and compelling textual evidence
Compare and contrast
Discern author's purpose
Apply a literary device to the text (situational irony)
Discern meaning from nonfiction text features including graphs and charts
Materials are available for teaching a variety of nonfiction texts: