Details
Pages
8 Pages
Subject
Reading Comprehension & Learning, Reading Skills, Spelling & Vocabulary
Languages
English
Product
Digital
Grade
7th, 8th
Resource Type
Literature Circles, Reading Passages, Worksheets
Standard
Common Core English Language Arts Standards
Description
This nonfiction reading comprehension passage includes questions that will assist students in mastering skills such as central idea, figures of speech, text structure, and text organization. It contains embedded academic vocabulary with a review, a quiz, a crossword, and games for increasing retention. To complete this resource, the author has included additional vocabulary accompanied by a context clues assignment for inferring word meanings.
Examples of Academic Vocabulary: brevity, formidable, intimidate, vitality
Examples of Vocabulary for Inferring Meaning: accumulation, probing significance, vanquished
The passage is written in a well-researched literary nonfiction format. It requires no preparation, is aligned with Common Core, and is rich in factual details. Substitutes will find it easy to use.
Subtopics
The Dohyo
Sumo Rituals
The World Discovers Sumo
Sumo's Beginning
The Sumo Lifestyle
The Human Body: An Unyielding Object
Preparing for Battle
Sumo Health Dangers
Measuring Obesity
Types of Body Fat
The Future for Sumo Wrestlers
Student Resources
12 vocabulary words with definitions and parts of speech
reading passage
12 comprehension questions
Teacher Resources
vocabulary review
vocabulary quiz
crossword
contest clues assignment
answer keys
vocabulary retention games, and strategies
Excerpt I
Long before Sho gained fame, sumo athletes were slender and muscular. Then, in the 20th century, people worldwide started watching the matches. As the demand for sumo bouts grew, fighters began winning enormous sums of prize money. Eager for fame and fortune, those trained in this sport sought to improve their chances of winning. Doing so led them to increase their body fat. Thus, today's wrestlers weigh an average of 350 pounds, while others reach over 600 pounds. To understand the significance of this sport to Japan, one must begin with its history.
Excerpt II
Health experts explain that much of the heavy bulk we view as sumo fat is, instead, muscle mass. A typical fighter's combined muscles can exceed 94 pounds, more than twice the weight of an average male's muscles (Anatomy). Because of their strenuous workouts, most Sumo wrestlers remain healthy until they leave the ring. Then, their body fat places them in danger. According to one Asian journal, Japanese males outlive most sumo wrestlers by 10-15 years." (Juadan)."
Examples of Academic Vocabulary: brevity, formidable, intimidate, vitality
Examples of Vocabulary for Inferring Meaning: accumulation, probing significance, vanquished
The passage is written in a well-researched literary nonfiction format. It requires no preparation, is aligned with Common Core, and is rich in factual details. Substitutes will find it easy to use.
Subtopics
The Dohyo
Sumo Rituals
The World Discovers Sumo
Sumo's Beginning
The Sumo Lifestyle
The Human Body: An Unyielding Object
Preparing for Battle
Sumo Health Dangers
Measuring Obesity
Types of Body Fat
The Future for Sumo Wrestlers
Student Resources
12 vocabulary words with definitions and parts of speech
reading passage
12 comprehension questions
Teacher Resources
vocabulary review
vocabulary quiz
crossword
contest clues assignment
answer keys
vocabulary retention games, and strategies
Excerpt I
Long before Sho gained fame, sumo athletes were slender and muscular. Then, in the 20th century, people worldwide started watching the matches. As the demand for sumo bouts grew, fighters began winning enormous sums of prize money. Eager for fame and fortune, those trained in this sport sought to improve their chances of winning. Doing so led them to increase their body fat. Thus, today's wrestlers weigh an average of 350 pounds, while others reach over 600 pounds. To understand the significance of this sport to Japan, one must begin with its history.
Excerpt II
Health experts explain that much of the heavy bulk we view as sumo fat is, instead, muscle mass. A typical fighter's combined muscles can exceed 94 pounds, more than twice the weight of an average male's muscles (Anatomy). Because of their strenuous workouts, most Sumo wrestlers remain healthy until they leave the ring. Then, their body fat places them in danger. According to one Asian journal, Japanese males outlive most sumo wrestlers by 10-15 years." (Juadan)."
This nonfiction reading comprehension passage includes questions that will assist students in mastering skills such as central idea, figures of speech, text structure, and text organization. It contains embedded academic vocabulary with a review, a quiz, a crossword, and games... more
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