Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle: Women *Diversity Boost SEL

These high-interest Reading Comprehension Passages are the perfect bundle to add to your Women's History Month!

• Improve students' reading comprehension skills with current topics and differentiated reading passages.

• Use them for independent reading, homework, or in-class discussions.

• Perfect to leave with a substitute teacher or supply teacher. Each reading comprehension passage is self-contained and has a complete answer key.

• Celebrate and amplify the contributions of women. Ideal for Women's History Month or any time of the year.

Help students improve their reading comprehension skills while learning about the everyday contributions of current women.

This bundle includes:

• Carefully researched topics and reading passages that challenge stereotypes and engage students.

• Reading comprehension passages are differentiated and written at four different grade levels to accommodate a range of readers.

• Passages that cover a diverse range of women, backgrounds, and experiences.

• An in-depth answer key for each reading comprehension passage provides a way to assess student understanding (Bloom's Taxonomy).

OH NO, you missed it!

• The price of this bundle was artificially lowered to $5.00 for WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

• When I write more non-fiction articles about women, I will add them to this bundle.

• If I add any additional resources, the price of this bundle will increase accordingly.

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The TOTAL value of resources currently in the bundle: $33.00

• Who is Invisible - FREE version

1. Who is Invisible with Handouts - PAID version $5
2. Active Reading Strategies Power Up $5 ($2)
3. Being Girly: Empowering Girls and STEM $3
4. Born Here. Failed 6 years (Miss USA) $3
5. What if I took it off for you? $3
6. California Surfer breaks stereotypes $3 ($2.5)
7. Green Leader (Collaboration) $4 ($3)
8. Hot Toast, Toasted Skin, and TikTok $3 ($2.5)
9. Rosa Parks - Quiet Courage in Assertive Communication $4 ($3)

Want to see exactly what you get before you buy this product?

Check out the individual product previews - read the entire differentiated reading comprehension passages BEFORE YOU BUY!

1. Who is Invisible with Handouts - PAID version

• Look at the complete SLIDESHOW LESSON.
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource and worksheets.)

2. Active Reading Strategies Power Up

• Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO.
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource and handouts.)

3. Being Girly: Empowering Girls and STEM

• Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO.
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource. Read the entire article before you buy!)

4. Born Here. Failed 6 years (Miss USA)

• Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO.
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource. Read the entire article before you buy!)

5. What if I took it off for you?

• Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO.
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource. Read the entire article before you buy!)

6. California Surfer breaks stereotypes

• Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource. Read the entire article before you buy!)

7. Green Leader (Collaboration)

• Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource. Read the entire article before you buy!)

8. Hot Toast, Toasted Skin, and TikTok

• Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource. Read the entire article before you buy!)

9. Rosa Parks - Quiet Courage in Assertive Communication

• Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO
• Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource. Read the entire article before you buy!)

This bundle currently includes NINE resources to help you amplify the voices and contributions of WOMEN in March.

(You can also use these resources any time of the year!)

• Start with the Who is Invisible lesson. The worksheets help students understand how some groups of people are hidden or stereotyped.

• Then teach the Active Reading Power UP slideshow lesson. The handouts help students gain a deeper understanding of any text. (Use this with your existing Women's History Month resources.)

• Choose from SEVEN High-Interest Reading Comprehension Articles and Worksheets to help amplify the voices of women. Each article is differentiated at three or four grade levels.

WARNING

This bundle of resources is meant to supplement the resources you already have for Women's History Month.

• This product DOES NOT contain any specific references to Women's History Month.

• The articles do NOT specifically focus on the gender of the people in the article.

Some of the reading comprehension passages overlap with the Black History Month bundle and the Reading Comprehension Mega Bundle.

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UNIT PLAN Ideas for Women's History Month

Here are some ideas on HOW you can integrate this bundle into your existing classroom resources

WEEK 1. 

• Start with WHO IS INVISIBLE (provided) so students understand some groups of people are “invisible” or portrayed in stereotypical ways.

• NOTE: When your students say that women are now equally represented on TV or in movies, make sure to check out Who is Invisible Handout - Part 6 (pg 8), which explores the myth that gender imbalance issues in film and television have gotten better over time.

• Explain Women's History Month (not-provided)

WEEK 2.

• Teach the Active Reading Strategy POWER UP lesson (provided) to boost student discussions and reading comprehension. (The lesson + handouts work with ANY TEXT.) 

• Explore famous people from the past typically associated with Women's History Month (not-provided)

WEEK 3 and onwards

• Explore the contributions of women with examples from today. Choose a different article every week.

RESOURCE OVERVIEW

About the WHO IS INVISIBLE resource

• Students watch a series of goal-setting videos to determine which groups of people are visible and which groups are stereotyped or left out entirely.

• The free slideshow lesson goes through the videos and helps students by asking guiding questions. 

• All you have to do is lead the class discussion! 

• Learning Objective: Students develop a better understanding of why we need to amplify the voices of some groups of people!

Timing

This resource includes both the FREE version and the FULL PAID version with the handouts. 

Timing - FREE version (3.5 hours) 

• The FREE version contains the slideshow lesson (220 minutes of content.)

• The FREE version is easy-prep: 1) Open slideshow. 2) Teach.

• Or, you can do some prep! Look at the 38-page lesson plan for script and discussion ideas.

• The FREE version has an estimated 3.5 hours of content, but you can go faster or slower depending on class discussions.

Timing - PAID version (13.5 hours) 

• The PAID version (included in this Diversity Boost resource) contains everything in the FREE version plus handouts and an answer key. 

• The PAID version requires prep. The 66-page lesson plan provides more scaffolding to help students analyze / evaluate. 

• The PAID version has 13 lessons and an estimated 13.5 hours of content (810 minutes). 

• Lessons vary from 35 minutes to 105 minutes in length and are based on topic (as opposed to trying to have a standard classroom period in mind.) 

About the ACTIVE READING STRATEGIES POWER UP

The slideshow lesson goes through three active reading strategies 

• Say Something, 

• Idea Volleyball, 

• Double-Entry Journal

The "Say Something" handout briefly goes over 6 reading strategies and includes sentence stems (what to say) and pro tips (what to do.)

• READING STRATEGY 1. Ask high-level thinking questions

• READING STRATEGY 2. Make deeper connections

• READING STRATEGY 3. Infer what the author is really saying.

• READING STRATEGY 4. Evaluate and form an opinion.

• READING STRATEGY 5. Find the Main Idea. (This is really about...)

• READING STRATEGY 6. Repairing Comprehension (Oh, I get it...)

GET READING COMPREHENSION MARKS:

Students demonstrate their current understanding of the text in TWO WAYS so you can observe, assess, or evaluate.

• Oral Communication by playing Idea Volleyball.

• Written Communication by using the Double-Entry Journal handout.

About the SEL STORY Articles and 6Cs Articles

• High-interest reading comprehension articles with discussion questions and answer keys. 

• The articles are written at three or four grade levels (differentiation). 

• Paragraph numbers match up between versions. 

Being Girly: Empowering Girls and STEM (SEL Story 004)

• Differentiated - Grades 4, 6, 8, 10

• Answers - Inferring Reading Strategy

• Naomi McGregor started ballet when she was four years old. She was a contestant in the Miss Northern Ireland beauty pageant. Also, McGregor gave a TEDx talk about why girls should not be engineers. In other words, she’s an epic ambassador for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

Born Here: Failed 6 years (Miss USA) - Character (SEL Story 005)

• Differentiated Grades 4, 6, 8, 10

• Answers - Inferring Reading Strategy

• When Deshauna Barber was 19 years old, a stranger asked her if she was born in this country. She was offended right away. But the conversation she had with the stranger would change her future.

• In December 2015, Barber won her state competition. She earned the title of Miss District of Columbia. A few months later, in June 2016, Barber competed and won Miss USA. She became the first soldier serving in the military to win Miss USA. She was also the ninth African American to win the title.

What if I took it off for you? (SEL Story 007)

• Differentiated Grades 4, 6, 8, 10

• Answers - Inferring Reading Strategy

• “what if i took it off for you” is the first song Nemah Hasan (Nemahsis) wrote. On one level, it's about growing up wearing her hijab in a community where she was the only hijabi. Hasan sings about being different and excluded. She wonders if she removed her religious head covering, would people treat her differently? Would it open more doors and possibilities?

California Surfer Breaks Stereotypes - Character (6Cs Article 007)

• Differentiated Grades 5, 7, 9

• Answers - Inferring Reading Strategy

• Local California surfer writes for over a decade about her surfing, surgery, and life.

• Each person in the ad campaign described themselves. Mary Mills was surfer, mom, and stereotype buster.

• Even the title of her blog shows her journey, not only of a surfer but of a stereotype buster. In the beginning, the blog was called “Surf and the fury”. Then the title was “As I Lay Surfing” and “Intruder in the surf.” Finally, the title changed to “Black people don’t surf - did I stutter?”

Green Leader - Collaboration (6Cs Article 008)

• Differentiated Grades 5, 7, 9, 11

• Answers - Inferring Reading Strategy

• On October 3, 2020, Annamie Paul made history in Canada. Members of the Green Party elected her to be their new leader. She is the first Black person and the first Jewish woman to be the leader of a federal political party.

Hot Toast, Toasted Skin, and TikTok - Communication (6Cs Article 012)

• Differentiated - Grades 4, 6, 8, 10

• Answers - Making Connections Reading Strategy

• When the weather gets colder, people turn on their car seat warmers, huddle beside space heaters, and snuggle under electric blankets. Little do they know that they might be literally toasting their skin.

• Sam is a 21-year-old in New Zealand who educates people on TikTok about mental health by talking about living with Borderline Personality Disorder. She shares her life with the TikTok community, and of course, people are naturally curious and ask questions. Sometimes, the questions have nothing to do with her mental health. Instead, people ask about her physical health.

• “This is Toasted Skin Syndrome aka Erythema Ab Igne, from prolonged heat on the skin,” Sam explains by showing her abdomen.

Rosa Parks - Quiet Courage in Assertive Communication (6Cs Article 005)

• Differentiated - Grades 4, 6, 8

• Answers - Asking Questions Reading Strategy

• Although we can talk about Rosa Parks’ courage and strength of character to refuse to give up her seat because she was Black, let’s focus on the moment on the bus when she communicated with the bus driver to let him know she wasn’t going to give up her seat.

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