Michigan - Literacy Activities
This section contains Michigan-themed numerous literacy activities including reading comprehension exercises, cloze reading exercises, sentence surgeons, writing prompts, and much more. Use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate activities by grade level or by interactive or printable format.
Aurora (Northern Lights) Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Aurora (Northern Lights) Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 259 words; LEXILE = 1210
Common Loon Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.
Common Loon Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. WORD COUNT: 175; LEXILE LEVEL: 1010
Comparing and Contrasting States - Michigan and Wisconsin
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Michigan, Wisconsin, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Indiana and Michigan
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Indiana, Michigan, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Michigan and Ohio
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Michigan, Ohio, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
French and Indian War Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 423 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Great Lakes Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Henry Ford Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage on Henry Ford and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. LEXILE LEVEL: 710; WORD COUNT: 173.
The Interior Lowlands Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and six multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF. PASSAGE LENGTH: 316 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Iroquois Nation Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a detailed historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 521 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Iroquois Nation Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 521 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Iroquois Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Categorizing Sioux (Lakota) vs Iroquois
Description: This "containers" exercise requires students to drag and drop the different terms to either the "Iroquois" container or the Sioux (Lakota) container. It gives immediate feedback.
Mackinac Island Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a detailed passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 189 Words; LEXILE: 910
Mackinac Island Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a detailed passage and seven multiple choice questions. 189 Words; LEXILE: 910
Michigan Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Michigan Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Michigan Correct-me Passage
Description: This activity requires students to read a paragraph about Michigan and to correct the incorrect facts. Students must click on the words in the paragraph that are incorrect and select the correct answer from the menu that appears. The program gives immediate feedback.
Michigan Sentence Surgeons
Description: This activity requires students to correct poor spelling, grammar, and punctuation from three Michigan-themed sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Robert Sieur de la Salle Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
War of 1812 Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
War of 1812 Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
In Between a Rock and a Hard Place - The American Position before the War of 1812
Description: This writing/drawing prompt describes the American position in regards to France and England before the War of 1812. It then challenges students to think of a situation in which they were similarly in between a rock and hard place and to describe and draw the situation.
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