Fill in the blanks with a Cloze activity based on Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. After listening to a passage read out loud, kids complete the worksheet by using their memories and context clues.

Concepts

cloze reading, maniac magee, jerry spinelli, reading strategies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a warm-up activity before reading
• Have kids complete in small groups during a language arts center
• A good resource for a reading intervention class

Classroom Considerations

• Completion depends more on knowledge and memory of the passage than on context clues and interpretation

Pros

• Includes a scoring guide to help with assessment
• Good introduction to your novel unit

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.5.1 RL.5.2