Give Students the Royal Treatment. This resource provides activities with age-appropriate format and illustrations but uses remedial vocabulary. 12 reading information passages with follow-up questions and skill activities in research, word study, phonics, and language complete this resource.

Overall Expectations:

• To provide junior-aged reluctant readers with a learning tool that will increase their awareness about medieval life.
• To extend the reading experiences of reluctant readers by providing age-appropriate seat work pages within their reading level.
• To encourage independent work habits by using success attainable exercises

Introduction:

• Learning Expectations – Skill List
• Overall Expectations
• Teacher Assessment Rubric
• Student Assessment Rubric
• Vocabulary
• Teacher Input Suggestions
• Planning Ahead and More!
• List of Activities
• Student Tracking Sheet
• Answer Key

 Activities:

 Reading Information Cards and Activities

Answer Key

 #1 The Middle Ages

• Skill: Recalling Information

#2 The Feudal System

• Conceptualization

#3 The Manor

• Noting Details

#4 Farming the Manor

• Recalling Information

#5 The Peasant’s Home

• Making Comparisons

#6 Village Life

• Transferring Information

#7 Village Customs

• Drawing Conclusions

#8 Becoming a Knight

• Retrieving Information

#9 Castles

• Skill: Word Meanings

#10 Enjoying Life in the Middle Ages

• Skill: Making Comparisons/Recalling Information

#11 Having Fun

• Skill: Listing and Retrieving Information

#12 Medieval Towns

Skill: Following Instructions and Retrieving Information

Word Study Activities

#1 Alphabetical Order

#2 Antonyms

#3 Syllabication

#4 Plurals

#5 Rhyming Words

#6 Compound words

#7 Vocabulary Recall

#8 Synonyms

#9 Word Search

#10 Crossword Puzzle #1

#11 Crossword Puzzle #2

Answer Key

Language Activities

#1 Writing Sentences

#2 Capitals/Periods

#3 Identifying Complete Sentences

#4 Making a Cartoon Story

#5 Writing a "Tale"

#6 Sentence Completion

#7 Story Writing

#8 Punctuation

#9 True and False

#10 Fill in the Blanks

#11 Acrostic Poetry

Answer Key

Phonics Activities

#1 Short Vowels

#2 Rhyming Words

#3 “R” Controlled Vowels

#4 “OR” Sound

#5 Word Family “IGHT”

#6 Long and Short Vowels

#7 Consonants Sounds

#8 Completing Rhyming Couplets

#9 Consonant Substitution

Answer Key

Research

4 half-page card activities. Students will need to write their research notes in a notebook or paper provided

#1 Draft Horses

#2 Family Crests

#3 Knights

#4 Medieval Clothing

Story Starters

4 half-page card activities. Students will need to write their stories in a notebook or paper provided.

Summary of the focus of each activity:

#1 Write a story about castle life.

#2 Write about your adventures of being a knight.

#3 Write a story about being caught in the woods by a King’s Knight

#4 Write a story about your friend falling into the castle moat. 

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