5th Grade Common Core

Reading Literature Activities

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Key Ideas and Details

RL.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when
drawing inferences from the text.
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Inference Poster - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Can-Make-An-Inference-Poster

Inference Worksheets - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Inference -Worksheets

Inference PowerPoint (only 4 questions) - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/UsingInferences-Practice

Inference Acti vi ties for School & Home http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/comprehension/makeinferences/grownups.weml

Dra wi ng Conclusion/Inference Acti vi ties - http://www.brighthubeducation.com/middle-school-englishl essons/58034-drawing-conclusions-activities/

Onl i ne inferences a nd drawing conclusions ga me - http://www.quia.com/rr/332704.html

RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how
characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a p oem reflects
upon a topic; summarize the text.
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Story Map to help determine the theme of a story http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Theme-of-a-Story-Tree-Map

Theme worksheet and rubric - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Theme-of-a-Story-TreeMap

C haracter Study draw/reflect - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Character -Cash

C haracter Biography Poem - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Character-Bio-Poem

Summarizing strategy ideas - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summarizing-Strategies

Summarize worksheet - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summarizing-for-LiteratureWhat-is-it-When-do-I-use-it-Worksheet

Summarizing PowerPoint and Activity - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summarizinga-Story-Powerpoint

PowerPoint about writing a Nonfiction Summary http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-a-Summary-of-Nonfiction-Powerpoint

Online summarizing game, much like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire http://www.quia.com/rr/86000.html

Teaching summarizing strategies as if its $2.00 - http://www.readingquest.org/strat/summarize.html

Compiled by Heather Whetham of HoJos Teaching Adventures

RL.5.3. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
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Posters of words that compare and contrast http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Compare -and-Contrast-Words-Handout

Diagram to compare and contrast two different character traits http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Compare -and-Contrast-Character-Traits

PowerPoint describing settings - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-a-Summaryof-Nonfiction-Powerpoint

C ompare and C ontrast two stories online activity http://www.quia.com/pop/523088.html?AP_rand=1657246682

Craft and Structure

RL.5.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including
figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
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PowerPoint on understanding multiple meaning words http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Understanding -Multiple-Meaning-Words

Using C ontext C lues Practice Sheet (multiple choice) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Context-Clues-Practice-Worksheet

C ontext C lues Overview, Examples, and Practice PowerPoint http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Context-Clues

Figurative Language Worksheets - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Figurative Language-Quiz-1

Figurative Language Posters - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Figurative -LanguageWorksheet-Poster-FREE

PowerPoint introducing figurative language http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FIGURATIVE-LANGUAGE-Animated

Figurative Language online quiz - http://www.quia.com/rr/304603.html

Word Meaning online quiz - http://www.quia.com/cb/6344.html

RL.5.5. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall
structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
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Understanding Text PowerPoint - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Understanding -TextStructure-Powerpoint

First Step to Text Structure PowerPoint - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Introductionto-Structure-A-First-Step-to-Text-Structure

Compiled by Heather Whetham of HoJos Teaching Adventures

RL.5.6. Describe how a narrators or speakers point of view influences how events are
described.
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Overview of the types of Point of View - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Point-ofView-powerpoint-with-examples

Point of View Posters - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Point-of-View-Posters-FirstPerson-Third-Person

Overview & examples, plus independent worksheet http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Point-of-View-First-Person-Second-Person-ThirdPerson

Basic PowerPoint on Point of View - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Point-of-ViewPresentation

Point of View (poetic devices +++) online game - http://www.quia.com/rr/627140.html

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RL.5.7. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty
of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

RL.5.8. (Not applicable to literature)

RL.5.9. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories)
on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Range of Reading and Complexity of Text

RL.5.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and
poetry, at the high end of the grades 45 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Compiled by Heather Whetham of HoJos Teaching Adventures

Other Relevant Reading Activities

Authors Purpose Interactive PowerPoint http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AuthorsPurpose-Practice-interactive-Powerpoint-Activity#productrating

Variety of topics covered with this Jeopardy game -

Short partner activities over a variety of topics -

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Strategies-Jeopardy
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Questions -in-Reading

Reading Strategies Posters - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-8-Reading-StrategyPosters

Test Prep Vocabulary Activities - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Test-Prep-Vocabulary

Posters for everyday reading terms - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Super -Words

Reading Response Flipbook for any non-fiction book (looks funny in Excel, but will print out on two pages
then cut and youll have a four page book --- covers a LOT characters, setting, event, solution,
character development, summary, and text-to text/self/world) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Response-Flip-Book

Reading Response Book Brochure - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-ResponseBook-Brochure

Readers Response Templates (great to do together on overhead or use as worksheets cover

visualization, characters, events, settings, questioning, text-to-text/self/world, summarizing, main idea,
AND MORE!) - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Readers -Response-Templates

Compiled by Heather Whetham of HoJos Teaching Adventures