reading assignments for 7th graders

• Chess (Gr. 1-4)
• TV (Gr. 1-4)
• Metal Detectors (Gr. 2-6)
• Tetris (Gr. 2-6)
• Seat Belts (Gr. 2-6)
• The Coliseum (Gr. 2-6)
• The Pony Express (Gr. 2-6)
• Wintertime (Gr. 2-6)
• Reading (Gr. 3-7)
• Black Friday (Gr. 3-7)
• Hummingbirds (Gr. 3-7)
• Worst Game Ever? (Gr. 4-8)
• Carnivorous Plants (Gr. 4-8)
• Google (Gr. 4-8)
• Honey Badgers (Gr. 4-8)
• Hyperinflation (Gr. 4-8)
• Koko (Gr. 4-8)
• Mongooses (Gr. 5-9)
• Trampolines (Gr. 5-9)
• Garbage (Gr. 5-9)
• Maginot Line (Gr. 5-9)
• Asian Carp (Gr. 5-9)
• Tale of Two Countries (Gr. 6-10)
• Kevlar (Gr. 7-10)
• Tigers (Gr. 7-11)
• Statue of Liberty (Gr. 8-10)
• Submarines (Gr. 8-12)
• Castles (Gr. 9-13)
• Gutenberg (Gr. 9-13)
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Some teachers hate 7th grade students. They claim that 7th graders are awkward, annoying, and hormonal. That may be true. Nonetheless, I've always loved my 7th grade classes more than any of my other groups. (Don't tell my 8th graders.) I love my 7th grade students because they are helpful, malleable, and are still eager to please their teachers (for the most part). You can reason with them. They can be hilarious. And they know that they're going to see you around next year, so they're not going to do anything too crazy. This page has all of my reading worksheets that were written at or around the 7th grade level. I used this awesome website to determine the readability scores of each of these worksheets, but you'll want to read and approve them yourself before giving them to your students. If you teach students who are reading at or around the 7th grade level, you've come to the right place. Surely you can find something on this page to enrich your students' literacy skills.

• Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Garbage | Nonfiction Reading Test - To students, the garbage can is a magical device that whisks our rubbish far away from site and mind. Now they can learn where that garbage really goes. Come along with me on a fantastic journey, and answer some skill-focused reading questions. You know that you want to. View my readibility scores . Garbage | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF Garbage | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF Garbage | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview Garbage | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers Garbage | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

Asian Carp | Nonfiction Reading Test - Asian carp were once brought to America to help clean lakes and ponds, but they escape and now threaten the Great Lake fishing industry. Learn more about the most hated fish in America while developing your reading skills with multiple-choice and short essay questions. View my readibility scores . Asian Carp | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF Asian Carp | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF Asian Carp | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview Asian Carp | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers Asian Carp | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

The Maginot Line | Nonfiction Reading Test - The Maginot Line was one of the largest and greatest military structure in the history of mankind. It also failed completely. Learn more about how and why in this reading passage. Improve your skills with Common Core aligned multiple-choice and extended-response questions. View my readibility scores . The Maginot Line | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF The Maginot Line | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF The Maginot Line | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview The Maginot Line | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers The Maginot Line | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

A Tale of Two Countries | Nonfiction Reading Test - North Korea may share origins with its neighbor to the south, but these two countries have grown to be remarkably different. Learn a little more about what happened in this reading passage, and answer Common Core aligned multiple-choice and short essay questions. View my readibility scores . A Tale of Two Countries | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF A Tale of Two Countries | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF A Tale of Two Countries | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview A Tale of Two Countries | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers A Tale of Two Countries | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

Pain Reliever Comprehension Worksheet - Students read the warning labels for two over-the-counter pain killers. Then they answer multiple-choice questions asking them to reference, compare, and use the provided information. View my readibility scores . Pain Reliever Comprehension Worksheet | RTF Pain Reliever Comprehension Worksheet | PDF Pain Reliever Comprehension Worksheet | Preview Pain Reliever Comprehension Worksheet | Answers

“The Cat That Walked by Himself” | By Rudyard Kipling - This Kipling classic is written in the style of a folktale. This would be a great story to study prior to a discussion of literary genre. Not only that, but this story is fun and written in a clever way. View my readibility scores . “The Cat That Walked by Himself” | By Rudyard Kipling | RTF “The Cat That Walked by Himself” | By Rudyard Kipling | PDF “The Cat That Walked by Himself” | By Rudyard Kipling | Preview “The Cat That Walked by Himself” | By Rudyard Kipling | Answers “The Cat That Walked by Himself” | By Rudyard Kipling | Ereading Worksheet

“The Nightingale and the Rose” | By Oscar Wilde - This is a cautionary tale written by the unforgettable Oscar Wilde. As is characteristic of Wilde's works, this story is densely packed with figurative language and unconventional narrative movements. View my readibility scores . “The Nightingale and the Rose” | By Oscar Wilde | RTF “The Nightingale and the Rose” | By Oscar Wilde | PDF “The Nightingale and the Rose” | By Oscar Wilde | Preview “The Nightingale and the Rose” | By Oscar Wilde | Answers “The Nightingale and the Rose” | By Oscar Wilde | Ereading Worksheet

“The Lottery Ticket” | By Anton Chekhov - Far too often people equate money with happiness. Chekhov's short story teaches readers that this is not always the case. View my readibility scores . “The Lottery Ticket” | By Anton Chekhov | RTF “The Lottery Ticket” | By Anton Chekhov | PDF “The Lottery Ticket” | By Anton Chekhov | Preview “The Lottery Ticket” | By Anton Chekhov | Answers “The Lottery Ticket” | By Anton Chekhov | Ereading Worksheet

“A Mystery of Heroism” | By Stephen Crane - Set against the background of the American Civil War, Crane's tale seeks to explain the secret of heroism. Students will cringe at the ironic twist at the end. View my readibility scores . “A Mystery of Heroism” | By Stephen Crane | RTF “A Mystery of Heroism” | By Stephen Crane | PDF “A Mystery of Heroism” | By Stephen Crane | Preview “A Mystery of Heroism” | By Stephen Crane | Answers “A Mystery of Heroism” | By Stephen Crane | Ereading Worksheet

• Author's Purpose Worksheets

Author's Purpose Worksheet 2 - This worksheet has ten problems. Students must determine the author's main purpose based on a description of a text. Then, they must explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Author's Purpose Worksheet 2 | RTF Author's Purpose Worksheet 2 | PDF Author's Purpose Worksheet 2 | Preview Author's Purpose Worksheet 2 | Answers Author's Purpose Worksheet 2 | Ereading Worksheet

Author's Purpose Worksheet 3 - This worksheet has 13 problems. Read short descriptions of texts. Determine the author's main purpose. Explain your answer. View my readibility scores . Author's Purpose Worksheet 3 | RTF Author's Purpose Worksheet 3 | PDF Author's Purpose Worksheet 3 | Preview Author's Purpose Worksheet 3 | Answers Author's Purpose Worksheet 3 | Ereading Worksheet

Context Clues 1.5 - This worksheet has twelve more challenging vocabulary words used in sentences that express their meanings. This is great way to develop strategies to improve your vocabulary. View my readibility scores . Context Clues 1.5 | RTF Context Clues 1.5 | PDF Context Clues 1.5 | Preview Context Clues 1.5 | Answers

Context Clues 2.4 - This worksheet has another twelve problems to give students practice using context clues. Students define the bolded word and explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Context Clues 2.4 | RTF Context Clues 2.4 | PDF Context Clues 2.4 | Preview Context Clues 2.4 | Answers

Context Clues 2.6 - This worksheet continues the onslaught of context clues questions with 12 more problems. Determine the meanings of challenging vocabulary words and explain your answers. This worksheet has it all. View my readibility scores . Context Clues 2.6 | RTF Context Clues 2.6 | PDF Context Clues 2.6 | Preview Context Clues 2.6 | Answers

Context Clues 3.5 - Your students will tremble with anticipation when they hear that you have another 12 context clues problems for them. Don't fight off the excitement. Let it show. Enthusiasm is contagious. View my readibility scores . Context Clues 3.5 | RTF Context Clues 3.5 | PDF Context Clues 3.5 | Preview Context Clues 3.5 | Answers

Context Clues 3.6 - Here is another context clues worksheet with 12 more problems. Students figure out the meanings of bolded words based on how the words are used, and then the students explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Context Clues 3.6 | RTF Context Clues 3.6 | PDF Context Clues 3.6 | Preview Context Clues 3.6 | Answers

Context Clues 3.7 - This worksheet features another 12 challenging vocabulary words. Students determine the meanings of the words based on how they are used. Then they explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Context Clues 3.7 | RTF Context Clues 3.7 | PDF Context Clues 3.7 | Preview Context Clues 3.7 | Answers

Fact and Opinion Worksheet 6 - This worksheet has twenty five statements about dancing. Students consider whether each statement is a fact or opinion and then they explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Fact and Opinion Worksheet 6 | RTF Fact and Opinion Worksheet 6 | PDF Fact and Opinion Worksheet 6 | Preview Fact and Opinion Worksheet 6 | Answers

Figurative Language Worksheet 3 - This four-sided worksheet has 27 examples of figurative language techniques and poetic devices. Students read each example, identify the technique being used, and explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Figurative Language Worksheet 3 | RTF Figurative Language Worksheet 3 | PDF Figurative Language Worksheet 3 | Preview Figurative Language Worksheet 3 | Answers Figurative Language Worksheet 3 | Ereading Worksheet

Figurative Language Worksheet 9 - What? Another double-sided figurative language worksheet with 22 problems? Can this be real? It is real, and it's right here. View my readibility scores . Figurative Language Worksheet 9 | RTF Figurative Language Worksheet 9 | PDF Figurative Language Worksheet 9 | Preview Figurative Language Worksheet 9 | Answers Figurative Language Worksheet 9 | Ereading Worksheet

Figurative Language Test - This is a multiple-choice figurative language test with forty questions. These questions cover everything from definitions of figurative language techniques to recognizing figurative language techniques in the context of poetry. View my readibility scores . Figurative Language Test | RTF Figurative Language Test | PDF Figurative Language Test | Preview Figurative Language Test | Answers

Figurative Language Test 2 - This is another figurative language test with forty multiple-choice questions. These questions cover definitions, identifying figurative language techniques, and analyzing figurative language used in complete poems. This is a great way to finish a figurative language unit. View my readibility scores . Figurative Language Test 2 | RTF Figurative Language Test 2 | PDF Figurative Language Test 2 | Preview Figurative Language Test 2 | Answers

Idioms Test 2 - This test has another fifteen idioms used in sentences with a lot of context. Students determine the meaning of the idiom based on how it is used and choose the appropriate answer. View my readibility scores . Idioms Test 2 | RTF Idioms Test 2 | PDF Idioms Test 2 | Preview Idioms Test 2 | Answers Idioms Test 2 | Ereading Worksheet

Idioms Worksheet 1 - This worksheet has fifteen idioms used in context-rich sentences. Students read the sentences and determine the meaning of the idioms. View my readibility scores . Idioms Worksheet 1 | RTF Idioms Worksheet 1 | PDF Idioms Worksheet 1 | Preview Idioms Worksheet 1 | Answers

Idioms Worksheet 6 - This worksheet has more idioms used in sentences. Students figure out the meaning of each idiom based on how it is used. View my readibility scores . Idioms Worksheet 6 | RTF Idioms Worksheet 6 | PDF Idioms Worksheet 6 | Preview Idioms Worksheet 6 | Answers

Onomatopoeia Worksheet 3 - This worksheet has 25 more sentences using onomatopoeia. Students circle the onomatopoeic words and identify what made the noise. View my readibility scores . Onomatopoeia Worksheet 3 | RTF Onomatopoeia Worksheet 3 | PDF Onomatopoeia Worksheet 3 | Preview Onomatopoeia Worksheet 3 | Answers

Simile Worksheet 3 - This worksheet has another 10 similes taken from classic poems. Students figure out which two things are being compared in each simile, and then they express the meaning of the simile in literal language. View my readibility scores . Simile Worksheet 3 | RTF Simile Worksheet 3 | PDF Simile Worksheet 3 | Preview Simile Worksheet 3 | Answers

Personification Worksheet 1 - This worksheet contains 10 examples of personification. Students read each example, determine what is being personified, and then explain the human quality that is given. View my readibility scores . Personification Worksheet 1 | RTF Personification Worksheet 1 | PDF Personification Worksheet 1 | Preview Personification Worksheet 1 | Answers

Personification Worksheet 4 - This worksheet has 10 examples of personification taken from classic poems. Students identify what is being personified in each example and then explain the trait or quality given. View my readibility scores . Personification Worksheet 4 | RTF Personification Worksheet 4 | PDF Personification Worksheet 4 | Preview Personification Worksheet 4 | Answers

Personification Worksheet 9 - This worksheet features 10 poetic examples of personification. Students read each example, figure out what is being personified, and then explain the human ability or quality that is given. View my readibility scores . Personification Worksheet 9 | RTF Personification Worksheet 9 | PDF Personification Worksheet 9 | Preview Personification Worksheet 9 | Answers

Genre Worksheet 5 - Here's another worksheet to help students master genre. Students read descriptions of nine texts, determine the genre and subgenre of each, and explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Genre Worksheet 5 | RTF Genre Worksheet 5 | PDF Genre Worksheet 5 | Preview Genre Worksheet 5 | Answers Genre Worksheet 5 | Ereading Worksheet

Genre Worksheet 7 - This worksheet features 17 problems to help your students master genre. Students read short descriptions of texts, determine the genre and subgenre, and explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Genre Worksheet 7 | RTF Genre Worksheet 7 | PDF Genre Worksheet 7 | Preview Genre Worksheet 7 | Answers Genre Worksheet 7 | Ereading Worksheet

Genre Worksheet 10 - Students read 9 descriptions of texts and determine the genre and subgenre of each based on details. Then they explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Genre Worksheet 10 | RTF Genre Worksheet 10 | PDF Genre Worksheet 10 | Preview Genre Worksheet 10 | Answers Genre Worksheet 10 | Ereading Worksheet

Irony Worksheet 1 - Students read six short stories, each containing an example of irony. Students must identify each example of irony. Then they must determine whether it is situational, dramatic, or verbal irony. Then they must explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Irony Worksheet 1 | RTF Irony Worksheet 1 | PDF Irony Worksheet 1 | Preview Irony Worksheet 1 | Answers Irony Worksheet 1 | Ereading Worksheet

Main Idea and Money - Students read seven passages themed around currency. Then they write the main idea of the each passage and come up with a title that expresses the main idea. View my readibility scores . Main Idea and Money | RTF Main Idea and Money | PDF Main Idea and Money | Preview Main Idea and Money | Answers

Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cars - Students won't be able to cruise through this 6 passage main idea and text structure worksheet. That's because they have to create graphic organizers that visually represent the text, and then fill in those graphic organizers with information from the text. View my readibility scores . Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cars | RTF Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cars | PDF Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cars | Preview Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cars | Answers

Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cotton Candy - Sweet. This worksheet has 6 passages about cotton candy. Students explain the main idea of each passage, think of a title that expresses the main idea, and create and use a graphic organizer that visually represents the text. What a treat! View my readibility scores . Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cotton Candy | RTF Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cotton Candy | PDF Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cotton Candy | Preview Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Cotton Candy | Answers

Point of View Worksheet 1 - This worksheet features passages taken from 15 texts. Students must identify the narrator's point of view. If the answer is third-person, students must explain which characters' thoughts are revealed. View my readibility scores . Point of View Worksheet 1 | RTF Point of View Worksheet 1 | PDF Point of View Worksheet 1 | Preview Point of View Worksheet 1 | Answers Point of View Worksheet 1 | Ereading Worksheet

Point of View Worksheet 7 - This worksheet has 9 more problems to help students master narrative view point. Students read a paragraph and determine whether it is narrated from first, second, third-person limited, third-person objective, or third-person omniscient perspective. Then they explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Point of View Worksheet 7 | RTF Point of View Worksheet 7 | PDF Point of View Worksheet 7 | Preview Point of View Worksheet 7 | Answers

Story Structure Quiz | "Unto Others" - Students read a short story about a person who learns a valuable lesson about prejudging people. Then they answer multiple-choice questions about the structure of the story. View my readibility scores . Story Structure Quiz | "Unto Others" | RTF Story Structure Quiz | "Unto Others" | PDF Story Structure Quiz | "Unto Others" | Preview Story Structure Quiz | "Unto Others" | Answers

Text Structure Worksheet | Cats - Cats have come along way through history. Learn about some of it and identify the structure of 6 paragraphs about cats. Then create and use an appropriate graphic organizer to contain information from the passage. View my readibility scores . Text Structure Worksheet | Cats | RTF Text Structure Worksheet | Cats | PDF Text Structure Worksheet | Cats | Preview Text Structure Worksheet | Cats | Answers

Text Structure Worksheet | Smartphones - Students love smartphones, or "phones," as they call them these days. Students also love completing text structure worksheets about them. Students read 6 paragraphs, determine the structure of each, and create and use an appropriate graphic organizer to contain information from the passage. View my readibility scores . Text Structure Worksheet | Smartphones | RTF Text Structure Worksheet | Smartphones | PDF Text Structure Worksheet | Smartphones | Preview Text Structure Worksheet | Smartphones | Answers

Text Structure Quiz - Student read 9 cool passages about ice-cream, and they determine the text structure of each passage and answer multiple-choice questions. Then they match text structure definitions to terms. View my readibility scores . Text Structure Quiz | RTF Text Structure Quiz | PDF Text Structure Quiz | Preview Text Structure Quiz | Answers

Text Structure Quiz | Music - This text structure quiz has 9 passages themed around music. Students answer multiple-choice questions about the structure of each passage. Then students match text structure terms to definitions. View my readibility scores . Text Structure Quiz | Music | RTF Text Structure Quiz | Music | PDF Text Structure Quiz | Music | Preview Text Structure Quiz | Music | Answers

Text Structure Quiz | Inventors and Inventions - Students read 9 passages about inventors and inventions and answer multiple-choice questions about the text structure of each. Then students match definitions to text structure terms. View my readibility scores . Text Structure Quiz | Inventors and Inventions | RTF Text Structure Quiz | Inventors and Inventions | PDF Text Structure Quiz | Inventors and Inventions | Preview Text Structure Quiz | Inventors and Inventions | Answers

Theme Worksheet 2 - Students read five short stories and attempt to determine the theme or author's message in each. Then they refer to the text to support their answers. View my readibility scores . Theme Worksheet 2 | RTF Theme Worksheet 2 | PDF Theme Worksheet 2 | Preview Theme Worksheet 2 | Answers

Theme Worksheet 4 - Students read five short stories and attempt to extract the theme or author's message from each. Then they support their answers by referencing the text. View my readibility scores . Theme Worksheet 4 | RTF Theme Worksheet 4 | PDF Theme Worksheet 4 | Preview Theme Worksheet 4 | Answers

Theme Worksheet 6 - This worksheet contains another five short stories. Students figure out the theme or author's message in each text and then use the text to support their answers. View my readibility scores . Theme Worksheet 6 | RTF Theme Worksheet 6 | PDF Theme Worksheet 6 | Preview Theme Worksheet 6 | Answers

Understanding Themes with Fables - Students read fables that have had the morals removed from the end. After reading each fable, students must attempt to determine the message of the fable and explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Understanding Themes with Fables | RTF Understanding Themes with Fables | PDF Understanding Themes with Fables | Preview Understanding Themes with Fables | Answers

Understanding Themes with Fables 2 - This worksheet has more fables with the morals removed. Students read each fable, attempt to determine the moral, and explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Understanding Themes with Fables 2 | RTF Understanding Themes with Fables 2 | PDF Understanding Themes with Fables 2 | Preview Understanding Themes with Fables 2 | Answers

Tone Worksheet 3 - This worksheet has four more expressive poems. Students determine the speaker's tone and support their answer with evidence from the text. View my readibility scores . Tone Worksheet 3 | RTF Tone Worksheet 3 | PDF Tone Worksheet 3 | Preview Tone Worksheet 3 | Answers

Tone Worksheet 4 - This worksheet contains four more expressive poems. Students interpret the speaker's tone and support their answers by referencing text. View my readibility scores . Tone Worksheet 4 | RTF Tone Worksheet 4 | PDF Tone Worksheet 4 | Preview Tone Worksheet 4 | Answers

Tone Worksheet 5 - This worksheet has four more poems in which the speaker uses a strong tone. Students interpret these tones and support their answers with text. View my readibility scores . Tone Worksheet 5 | RTF Tone Worksheet 5 | PDF Tone Worksheet 5 | Preview Tone Worksheet 5 | Answers

Those 7th graders are a handful, but if you keep giving them work like this, you'll keep them busy while they learn. Everybody wins. Students love completing work that they know how to do. If you teach them these concepts, and then give them practice that is written at their reading level, they'll be chugging through these assignments. I can't wait to hear about your success using the activities on this page. If you have any to share, post them in the comments below. I also accept corrections, suggestions, and critiques. Thanks for visiting!

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An important skill that’s emphasized in seventh-grade reading classes is understanding the use of fiction to alter history. That is, students are challenged to recognize how a literary piece can take creative license with actual historical events, thereby resulting in a compelling historical fiction novel. Likewise, it is expected that seventh-grade readers be able to analyze how characters interact with one another, their environment, events, ideas, and so forth. For example, students should be able to tell in their own words how a particular character is influenced by the events in his or her life. The strategies outlined below can assist students in developing these skills. Go over the worksheets below and add your own exercises based on these strategies.

Create Character Posters

A character poster combines reading and art by having students draw a character from a reading. In addition to the drawing, students are asked to list quotes from the text that best display the character’s personality. Students are further asked to explain how those personality traits have been shaped by the character’s life experience. This is an excellent activity for building analytical skills.

Provide Structure for Reading Historical Fiction

Providing students with structured reading time for historical fiction allows you to help direct their attention as they read. Specifically, ask students to pay attention to the details in the reading and analyze whether those details are accurate, in their opinion. For example, ask students to consider if the author has accurately described the historical period, if the plot follows actual events, and if the characters belong in the timeframe of the reading. If so, how? If not, why not?

Ask Students to Cite Evidence

When analyzing character development and historical accuracy, students must be able to cite evidence to support their position. Model this practice by using a short passage and then presenting your own opinion about the reading based on specific details in the text. Then ask students to do the same, having them write down 2-3 pieces of evidence that support their opinion.

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The American Crow

lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view

Cause and effect comprehension, Central message, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view

Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Facts vs. opinions inference

Joey and The Field Guide

Considering Cockroaches

Central message, Facts vs. opinions inference, Cause and effect comprehension, Identifying the author’s point of view.

Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Cause and effect comprehension

An Honorable Tradition

Central message, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Cause and effect comprehension,Identifying intent and conclusions.

All the Wonders

Central message, Facts vs. opinions inference, Identifying the main topic and key ideas.

A New Parking Garage

Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Cause and effect comprehension, Identifying a problem and solution described in the text

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In reading, 7th graders are learning a thing or two about what happens between the lines, analyzing complex texts, and starting to write their own literary masterpieces. Students are reading more critically, applying knowledge from multiple sources, and developing the skills they’ll need to accurately interpret an ever-more-opaque media landscape.

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• Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
• Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
• Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
• Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
• Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
• Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
• Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.

Reading Informational

• Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
• Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
• Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
• Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
• Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).
• Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
• Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.

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For seventh graders, this Common Core area helps students gain mastery of the deeper tasks involved in reading a non-fiction text. No matter what they are reading, the standards require students to increase the complexity in the texts they read and deepen their understanding of the connections within and between texts. Among the complete standards for this grade, seventh graders will be asked to: support a textual analysis with multiple direct citations and textual inferences, analyze the structure that authors use within a text to convey meaning, understand how an author has structured their writing to distinguish their meaning and analysis from other texts on the same subject, begin to analyze how stories change when presented in audio, video or multimedia versions of the text, read text appropriate to grade level while increasing in the level of text complexity throughout the year.

Active and Passive Transport

Week 5 Reading Comprehension (E-5). This reading segment describes how a membrane allows things to move in and out of the cell. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Bartering for Basics

Week 6 Reading Comprehension (E-6). A passage about early Native American Indian groups and how they bartered for goods. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Customs and Traditions

Week 3 Reading Comprehension (E-3). Reading passage and questions about the customs and traditions of native American Indian groups in rth America Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Drawing a Conclusion

This worksheet on drawing conclusions will take your student into the realm of fantasy.

Main Idea Organizer

Teach your students how to organize their writing with this helpful Main Idea Organizer. Students will be asked to complete the worksheet by writing their own main idea, three details, and a summary. This will help your students better understand how to organize their ideas for writing in the future, especially when writing an essay!

Understanding the Author’s Language: Across the Plains

Sometimes it is difficult to know what the author means when you read his writing. Figurative language can be hard to understand. Here is a free worksheet with an excerpt fom Across the Plains to print out. After your students read it, they will answer questions on what the author meant when he said certain things.

Water Cycle

Week 25 Reading Comprehension (E-25). A reading passage about water’s three different forms or states: solid, liquid, gas. Cross-Curricular Focus: Earth Science.

What’s in Your Cells?

Week 2 Reading Comprehension (E-2). This passage describes how living things are made up of cells, and cells have specific structure Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Biography of Abraham Lincoln

Your student can read about the life of Abraham Lincoln and write a short summary in this worksheet.

Coyote: the Survivor of North America

Your student will read a short informational passage about the coyote and then practice finding supporting evidence.

Draw a Conclusion: Visual Details

Your student will use visual clues to make inferences about a group of pictures in this worksheet.

Earthquakes

Your student will determine the contextual meaning of words in this informative passage about earthquakes.

Grand Canyon

Your student will learn about the Grand Canyon and determine the meanings of words in the passage.

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Main Idea Graphic Organizer

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Susan B. Anthony and the Right to Vote

Susan B. Anthony was very important in women’s right to vote. Here is a exercise for students to read and then answer related questions.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

In this worksheet, your student will be asked to analyze the influence of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Americans.

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February 24, 2024 //  by  Nicole Muir

By the time your student reaches the 7th grade, he should be acclimated to the middle school environment. 7th grade students will strengthen the reading skills they learned in the 6th grade. They will do this by reading more complex texts and essays.

The students will be responsible for more deeply analyzing texts and providing textual evidence as support. These textual details will allow the 7th grade students to analyze, develop ideas, and make inferences which will strengthen their reading comprehension skills.

This article will provide you with activities to assist you as you help your students become better readers.

1. 40 Anchor Charts to Increase Reading Comprehension

These 40 anchor charts will help you increase the understanding of story elements, context clues, literary elements, characters, and more as you strive to increase 7th-grade reading comprehension skills. Start using these charts today! You can find these charts here.

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2. Body Biographies

This character poster engages your 7th grade students and provides them with lots of fun! This activity can be used to teach character analysis for a character in any book the students are reading. It allows students to infer character traits and values from details found within the text. You can find this fun and engaging lesson here.

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3. Body Biographies

This excellent activity can be used with any book and any grade level, but it is perfect for seventh-grade reading classes. Your students will learn about character development, character traits, and character conflict as the teacher guides them through this terrific lesson. You can learn about this amazing activity here.

Learn More: Amy Lemons

4. Story Element Cards

Use this great activity for a review of story elements. These editable cards allow you to create a story element wall or bulletin board for any book your 7th graders are reading in class. They will learn all about exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Begin using these cards today! Find out more about this great activity here.

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5. Socratic Soccer Ball

The Socratic soccer ball activity is a terrific activity to keep your 7th grade students engaged! You can use any soccer ball and a permanent marker to create this activity. Fill the ball with literary questions that can be used with any 7th grade reading level text . To learn more about this story ball, check here.

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6. Prediction Passages

This valuable lesson encourages students to use their pre-reading skills. Students will use their prior knowledge to make predictions and inferences about the 7th grade level text they are about to read. This activity is also a terrific way to teach about foreshadowing. Please visit this site to learn more about how to implement this activity with your 7th graders.

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7. Sticky Notes to Teach Reading Strategies

Middle school students love sticky notes!  Therefore, 7th graders will enjoy learning reading comprehension strategies with sticky notes. Students will learn more about monitoring comprehension, activating prior knowledge, making connections, synthesizing, visualizing, and making inferences. Visit this site to learn how to use sticky notes to teach reading strategies to your students.

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8. Retell, Relate & Reflect

This book analysis technique is a wonderful way to get your 7th-grade students to think about their reading in a more helpful way. This reading strategy will help them to dig much deeper into their thinking by first summarising the story in retelling it. In the next step, encourage them to relate to the characters or plot, before reflecting on what they’ve read.

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9. Chit Chat Cards for Brian’s Winter

Brian’s Winter  is a terrific novel to use with 7th grade students. This excellent activity offers Chit Chat cards that allow students the opportunity for discussion. They read the chapter cards and have conversations about the chapter with mall groups, partners, or the entire class. Students will be engaged as they reflect and discuss. Find this free activity here.

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10. Summary Sentences

Using summary sentences with your students allows you to understand what your students are comprehending from different sections of reading passages. These sentences can be used with various lengthen fiction and nonfiction texts. Visit this site to learn more about summary sentences.

11. Reader’s Notebooks

Reader’s notebooks can be so helpful throughout upper elementary. By seventh grade, students tend to become more and more independent, while teachers push them to build on this skill. Providing students with guided notebooks to enhance different comprehension skills is vital to their knowledge and understanding.

12. Choice Board

Providing students with a choice board gives helps them to decide what types of learning and projects they like most. It gives them the space to be both creative and independent. Giving students the chance to play games with the choice board can be even more engaging.

Pro tip: Even 7th graders love free time! Offer incentives for the most points or total class points. 

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13. Reading Rubrics

It’s no secret that students are becoming more and more curious about how their grades are calculated by 7th grade. Therefore, providing students with a detailed outline of which points and direction teachers are looking for is essential for student success. Reading rubrics is a simple and great way to do exactly that! They can also be tailored to meet the curriculum and standards that are trying to be met.

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14. Cereal Box Book Reports

Every year I get students who are obsessed with art projects. It’s so important in seventh grade to foster that creativity. One great way to spread it across the curriculum is by finding different books that are able to be made into book reports. The cereal box book reports are one of my go-to’s that students absolutely love!

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15. Figurative Language Task Cards

Figurative language is found throughout all types of reading. Whatever the genre, Figurative language is there. Therefore, understanding it will absolutely help to enhance your 7th graders’ reading comprehension. Incorporating task cards with QR codes into the classroom can be a fun way to let students check their own work.

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16. Writing Prompts

It’s no surprise that there is a huge correlation between reading and writing. Designing your writing prompts around your reading curriculum can be a huge part of the overall understanding from students. When students can form a layout through their writing, they can better understand the author’s overall layout and hopefully, better understand the writing overall.

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17. Goal Setting

Setting goals becomes part of daily life during middle school. Students are used to having objectives and goals set for them throughout elementary and younger grades. By 7th grade, it’s time to start setting their own goals! Setting reading goals is one of the best ways to help your students do this.

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18. Push Pin Poetry

Push pin poetry is a fun way to expand comprehension beyond simple fiction or non-fiction texts. This interactive display will inspire and encourage your kiddos to make connections between a range of words as they add to it, growing the collaborative poems! They’ll also be inferring meaning from their classmates’ work as they add to the board!

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19. Stop and Jot

Seventh graders are hard because they’re stuck in the in-between of teenagers and kiddos. It’s hard to find activities that they’ll love, while still providing them with age-appropriate learning techniques. This poster will be a great visual in the classroom to help remind them of the best comprehension strategies and skills they’ve learned in previous grades.

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20. Mind Maps

Mind maps are some of the best ways to help your students to be creative, while also being problem solvers and note-takers. Creating a mind map specific to a book can help them put everything they read into their own creative thoughts. Making it easier to comprehend, process, and display the information. Here is an example of how to integrate them into your classroom.

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21. RACE Approach

Most likely by 7th grade your kiddos have probably heard of or used the RACE acronym in their reading classes. If they haven’t it might be time to chat with the other teachers in your school about integrating it! This is an easily explainable and engaging strategy to comprehend different reading materials.

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22. Riddles, Riddles, Riddles

Rindles are a fun and engaging pastime that students of all ages will love. The best part about riddles is that they’re engaging, but also extremely beneficial for gaining a better understanding of context. There are many different aspects to understanding context, thankfully riddles help your kiddos expand on their current knowledge.

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23. Understanding Reading Comprehension

Understanding the entire idea of reading comprehension could be really beneficial to your students. It’s sort of like giving them certain objectives to reach. It helps students to monitor and assess their own learning and where they’re at with their understanding.

Pro tip: After this video, work together with students to create some reading objectives for the month, year, quarter, whatever!

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24. Audiobooks

Audiobooks are extremely helpful for students and their comprehension development. Listening to audiobooks helps students to learn more advanced vocabulary and allows them to relax and draw better mental images.

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25. Read Alouds

Even in 7th grade, read-alouds are still important for students and their reading skills. Students may be older and less engaged, but deep down, they need to be listening to different stories. This will help to both improve their fluency and improve their mental imagery.

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26. Collaborative Reading

Working off one another is always helpful for any student. Whether they need help with comprehension or fluency, working with peers almost always shows improvement. Using prompts during these short readings can be very beneficial to each member or partner in a group.

27. Text Message Analysis

Getting students to analyze a text can be very challenging in the middle school grades. This activity provides students with plenty of engagement potential as they will love the text message format.

28. Making Inferences

Making inferences is essentially using the information that is presented and making assumptions about the unknown. This is huge when reading different types of texts! Using a picture of the day to encourage students to make inferences is an engaging and adequate way to get the  wheels turning .

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29. Roll a Response

When it comes to reading projects, doing the same thing can be a little bit daunting. Not only for students but also for teachers. Therefore, Roll a Response is a perfect way to provide different projects to students or groups in the classroom.

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30. Asking Questions

Build rapport with your students, while getting them to answer tough questions. Asking and answering questions is never easy, especially when reading or working in groups. Especially, when you’re 12. Providing students with an outlet and making questions asking a totally acceptable thing in your classroom will help to build a community between students.

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31. Responsible 7th Graders

Handing out a syllabus in the 7th grade might just be your next biggest adventure. Honestly, giving seventh graders a syllabus just helps them to become more responsible. Not only giving it to them but also constantly referring back to it. This will help them throughout their classes as they grow.

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32. Daily Reading Comprehension

The Evan-Moor daily book set is one of the most helpful additions to any classroom. These pages can be used daily and are linked across the curriculum to a variety of standards. They can also help you and your students to teach objectives within a short amount of time.

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33. Comprehension Jenga

No matter the age or grade, when games are brought into the classroom, students are engaged. Incorporating Jenga into your centers or reading lessons can be a great way to provoke student conversation.

Pro tip: Write questions on pieces of paper and tape them onto Jenga blocks to be used for multiple subjects.

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34. Game Show Quiz

If you’ve read a book or a story and need a fun way to get students engaged in their learning, create a game show quiz! Better yet, have students create their own Game Show quiz! They will absolutely love creating and participating in these Game Show activities.

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35. Create a Matching Game

Another great online game that students can create is a matching game. These can be made to practice vocabulary, learn new words in a story, or really anything that requires students to memorize! It’s a perfect way to build up vocabulary and ultimately comprehension skills.

36. Video Lessons

Video lessons can be a super way to add a little excitement to your comprehension activities. Edpuzzle is a fantastic resource where you can craft your own video lessons for your class, including your own video and audio, YouTube videos, and interactive questions. These lessons would be perfect for your kids to work through at a computer or device with some headphones in to keep them focused!

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37. Exit Tickets

As kiddos get older, assessments get more complicated. Exit tickets are great informal assessments that can really be used for any grade, in any subject. These reading exit tickets are a great way to assess students’ understanding of a specific chapter or story read.

38. Vision Boards

Creating vision boards with students is so much fun. It doesn’t matter if you’re working with figurative language, poetry, or just simple book reports integrating vision board creation can be icing on the cake. Students will love getting their hands on cutting up magazines and printing from computers to create their visionary masterpieces.

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Concluding Thoughts

Since 7th graders must learn to more deeply analyze a text and provide evidence from the text, these activities are great resources to help you achieve these goals with your students. You should be able to implement these activities into your lesson plans to increase your students’ reading comprehension skills and help them become the best readers they can be!

11 Fun 7th Grade Reading Comprehension Activities (& Games)

Reading comprehension is a critical skill for all students to master. However, it isn’t always the most exciting subject to learn, especially for 7th-grade students who are often already struggling with the material.

That’s why it’s essential to mix up your instruction with some fun and engaging activities! Not only will your students be more interested in the material, but they’ll also be better able to retain what they’ve learned.

For that purpose, here are 11 fun 7th-grade reading comprehension activities and games that you can use in your classroom to liven up your instruction and help your students master the material!

1. Socratic Soccer Ball

Starting off our list is the Socratic Soccer Ball activity, which, as it sounds, involves using a soccer ball to help your students understand and review reading comprehension concepts!

To prepare for this activity, simply write a series of questions related to the material you’re covering on the ball with a permanent marker.

Then, have your students stand in a circle and kick the ball around as they answer the questions.

This is a great way to review key concepts while getting your students up and moving!

2. Anchor Charts

Anchor charts are a staple in many classrooms for a good reason – they’re an incredibly effective way to visually represent and reinforce key concepts in reading passages.

For reading comprehension, consider creating anchor charts on story and literary elements, context clues, and characters.

Not only will your students benefit from having the information displayed in front of them, but they’ll also be able to refer back to the charts as needed.

3. Character Traits and Conflict

Character development is an important part of reading comprehension, and this activity will help your students understand and remember key traits and conflicts.

Students first need to identify the character traits of the different characters in the reading passage.

To do this, they can use index cards to write down each character trait as they notice it. Once they have a list of traits for each character, they can then group similar ones together and see how the character progresses throughout the story.

After doing this, they can then identify the different types of conflict that the characters experience.

Just as with the character traits, they can use index cards to write down each type of conflict and group them accordingly.

Once they’ve completed both tasks, they can then compare and contrast the different character traits and conflicts to see how they impact the story as a whole.

4. Story Element Cards

Also referred to as the Story Mountain, Plot Arc, or Plot Diagram, this activity is a graphic organizer that visually represents the key parts of a story.

To use this activity, simply have your middle school students create their own story element cards for a story they’re reading as part of your lesson plan.

They can include the exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution on their cards.

Once they’ve created their cards, they can then use them to order the story’s events and see how they all fit together.

5. Prediction Passages

During seventh-grade reading classes, your students will likely come across a lot of words and figurative language they’re unfamiliar with.

This can make it difficult for them to understand the material, which is why prediction passages can be so helpful.

To use this activity, simply choose a short passage from the story you’re reading and provide your students with a list of the new vocabulary words.

Then, have them read the passage and make predictions about what they think will happen based on the new words.

This is a great way to help your students not only understand the material and boost their comprehension skills but also remember the new vocabulary words.

6. Brian’s Winter Chit-Chat Cards

Brian’s Winter is one of our all-time favorite novels to use with seventh-grade students. In this activity, students get chit-chard cards to encourage them to have discussions about the chapters they’ve read.

This is a great way to get your students engaged in the material and reflect on what they’ve read. It also allows for some fantastic discussions that can help solidify key concepts!

7. Summary Sentences

Reading skills are assessed in various ways, but one common assessment is the summary sentence.

A summary sentence is used to summarize different sections of a passage. These sentences can apply to every text, whether long or short, fiction or nonfiction.

To use this activity, simply have your students choose a section of the story to focus on and write a summary sentence for it.

They can do this for as many sections as they’d like, or you can assign a certain number of sections for them to cover.

This is a great way to wrap up a valuable lesson in reading and make sure your students comprehend the material in a deeper way.

8. Retell, Relate, Reflect, and Review

Retell, relate, reflect, and review is a strategy that can be used with any text. It’s a great way to check for understanding and solidify key concepts.

To use this activity, simply have your students retell the story in their own words, relate it to something else they know about, reflect on what they’ve read, and review what they’ve learned.

This is a great way to wrap up a valuable lesson in reading and make sure your students are comprehending the material in a deeper way.

9. Sticky Notes to Teach Reading Strategies

Sticky notes are among one the most versatile tools in a teacher’s arsenal. You can use them for various purposes, including teaching reading comprehension strategies.

To use this activity, simply choose a strategy you want to focus on (monitoring comprehension, activating prior knowledge, making connections, synthesizing, visualizing, or making inferences) and create a list of questions for your students to answer.

Then, have them use sticky notes to write down their answers.

This is a great way to get your students thinking about the reading strategies and how they can be used. It’s also a great opportunity for them to ask questions and get clarification on anything they’re unsure about.

10. Body Biographies

A character poster is a great way to engage your students and get them thinking about the character in a deeper way. This activity can be used with any character from any book.

To use this activity, have your students choose a character from the story. Then, have them create a poster that includes information about the character’s physical appearance, personality, likes/dislikes, character traits, background information, and any other relevant information.

This is a great way to get your students thinking about the character in a deeper way. It also allows them to make inferences and draw conclusions about the character based on the information they find.

11. Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Last but not least, reading comprehension worksheets are a great way to check for understanding and reinforce key concepts. There are many worksheets available for a variety of levels.

To use this activity, simply choose the 7th-grade reading comprehension worksheets that best fit your needs and assign them to your students. There are reading comprehension worksheets about everything–from nonfiction passages to fiction stories.

Jump In : Check my blog post about another fun activity for your 7th-grade students — 11 Free 7th Grade Reading Fluency Passages For Your Class .

Now’s the Time to Boost Your 7th Graders’ Reading Skills!

The results of incorporating just a few of these activities into your reading instruction will be amazing! Your students will become better readers, and they’ll be better prepared for the challenges of seventh grade.

Give them a try and see for yourself!

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