Read and Highlight Comprehension Activities for older students - SLP & SPED
Target comprehension and transition goals with this handy, easy to use, and versatile Read & Highlight Activity. This item includes 20 career-focused paragraphs with accompanying comprehension activities. Your students will practice improving their comprehension skills by highlighting key details and answers to questions within paragraphs. Introduce your students to 10 career industries and 10 related occupations to target career exploration goals!
Created by a speech therapist, this activity can be used by SLPs and Intervention Specialists to target comprehension and transition with students who have language and learning disabilities in 6th-12th grade.
STUDENTS WILL…
•find the main idea and identify/highlight key details (8 paragraphs)
•highlight information to answer comprehension questions (12 paragraphs)
•make inferences and use context clues to define vocabulary
Each paragraph includes grammar and vocabulary for students in 6th through 12th grade.
PARAGRAPH TOPICS...
Industry Paragraph / Related Career Paragraph
•Restaurant / Food Truck Owner
•Grocery Stores / Cashier
•Banks / Financial Advisor
•Apps / App Developer
•Schools / Custodian
•Hospitals / Rehabilitation Therapies
•Influencer Marketing / YouTuber
•9-1-1 / 9-1-1 Dispatcher
•National Parks / Park Ranger
•Construction / HVAC
2 COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES...
TASK #1: (8 paragraphs) Determine the main idea and identify/highlight 3 key details.
TASK #2: (12 paragraphs) Answer comprehension questions and highlight answers. Make inferences and use context clues to define unknown vocabulary
BONUS!!
Career exploration worksheet.
AVAILALE FORMATS...
Printable PDF
Editable Google Doc (for easy highlighting)
CHECK OUT MY INFER & HIGHLIGHT ACTIVITY FOR MORE PRACTICE FINDING EVIDENCE AND MAKING INFERENCES!
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