Here's a great comprehension worksheet that models for young readers how to focus on short sections of a complicated text and then to create a summary of the entire document based on their understanding of the sections.

Concepts

colonization, the mayflower compact, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have groups work together to respond to the questions on the document analysis sheet

Classroom Considerations

• Some readers may need additional support to understand the antiquated language in the document
• the full text of the Compact is not included

Pros

• The two-column format breaks the Compact into sections and focuses readers' attention on small portions of text

Cons

• The worksheet does not include the full text of the Compact