I always loved my 9th grade students. They still had a touch of that helpfulness that elementary students have. They were still adapting to high school and to being freshmen. Those were the days!
This page contains all of my reading worksheets that were written at a 9th grade reading level. I used this readability scanner to determine the grade level for these worksheets. I recommend looking two grade levels above and below to increase your range.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Kevlar | Nonfiction Reading Test - Kevlar may be best known for its ability to form clothing that can stop bullets, but its used in a bunch of other products too. Learn more about this miracle fiber and the woman who discovered it in this reading passage. View my readibility scores.
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Tigers | Nonfiction Reading Test - Tigers are beautiful, deadly, and vanishing. Learn more about these ferocious felines and answer multiple-choice questions to demonstrate and improve your reading skills. View my readibility scores.
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Figurative Language Worksheets
Idioms Worksheet 5 - This worksheet has another 15 idioms used in context-rich sentences. Students determine the meaning of each idiom based on how it is used. View my readibility scores.
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Poetic Devices Worksheet 3 - This worksheet has 10 snippets taken from classic poems. Each is rich in poetic devices such as alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, and rhythm. Students identify which techniques are being used in each question and then explain their answers. View my readibility scores.
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Poetic Devices Worksheet 4 - This worksheet has five pages and 26 examples of poetry packed with rich language. Students determine whether each example is using alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, and / or rhythm. View my readibility scores.
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Personification Worksheet 7 - This worksheet features 10 more poetic examples of personification. Students identify what is being personified and then explain the human quality or trait that is given. View my readibility scores.
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Genre Worksheets
Genre Worksheet 2 - This genre worksheet has 17 short descriptions of different texts. Students identify the genre and subgenre of each text based on details in the descriptions. Then students explain their answers. View my readibility scores.
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Genre Worksheet 4 - This worksheet has 9 problems to help students become genre experts. Students read short descriptions of texts and determine the genre and subgenre based on textual details. Then they explain their answers. View my readibility scores.
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Genre Worksheet 8 - This worksheet has 8 more descriptions of texts. Students read the descriptions, identify the genre and subgenre of each text, and then explain their answers. View my readibility scores.
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Genre and Author's Purpose Worksheet - This worksheet features descriptions of 9 texts. Students determine the genre, subgenre, and author's purpose of each text based on these descriptions. Then students explain their answers. View my readibility scores.
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Main Idea Worksheets
Main Idea Worksheet 1 - This worksheet is great for giving students rapid-fire practice with main idea. It has seven problems. Students read a short passage and write the main idea in a single sentence. They also come up with a title for the passage. View my readibility scores.
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Main Idea Worksheet 2 - This worksheets has six more nonfiction passages. Students read each passage, interpret the main idea, and come up with a title for the passage that expresses the main idea. View my readibility scores.
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Main Idea With Robots Worksheet - This worksheet has six passages related to robots. Students read each passage, interpret the main idea of the text, and think of a title that expresses the main idea of each. View my readibility scores.
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Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet 1 - This worksheet contains 6 paragraphs about everything from rodeo clowns to machine guns. Students write a sentence explaining the main idea of each paragraph, create a title related to the main idea of the passage, and then create and use a graphic organizer to visually represent the structure of the passage. View my readibility scores.
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Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Amnesia - In this unforgettable worksheet, students read six amnesia-themed passages, explain the main idea of each passage, and create a graphic organizer that visually represent the structure of the text. This is one to remember. View my readibility scores.
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Summarizing
Summary and Main Idea with Ninjas - Students read four short passages about ninjas. They summarize each paragraph and think of a title that expresses the main idea. View my readibility scores.
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Summarizing Activity about the Lost Colony of Roanoke - Students read a text about the lost colony of Roanoke, the first English colony in America, and summarize each paragraph. There are seven paragraph in this text. View my readibility scores.
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Text Structure
Text Structure Worksheet | Schooling - This worksheet has 5 paragraphs related to schooling. Students identify the text structure of each and place information from the passages into appropriate graphic organizers. View my readibility scores.
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Text Structure Worksheet | The Revolutionary War - Students read 5 paragraphs about the American Revolutionary War. Students determine the text structure of each passage. Then they create and use graphic organizers to represent important information from each paragraph. View my readibility scores.
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Those were the worksheets that I have written at or around the 9th grade reading level. I loved working with 9th grade students and I hope that you do too. If these worksheets and activities have helped you, then please tell me about it in the comments. I appreciate any stories, corrections, or feedback that you have to offer. Your words inspire me and make this website richer.
Steven
/ December 16, 2023Very effective material
Steven
/ December 16, 2023I find these worksheets effective. I focus on atleast one story per week to teach my kids correct reading skills and these worksheets has done wonders. My students confidence have risen tremendously.
Diego
/ December 12, 2023These are all great! Thank you so much for these resources; how can we give you credit if we use any? 🙂
Mr. Morton
/ December 19, 2023If you would like to do that, you can just link to my website or cite my authorship: Donald E. Morton.
Best wishes!
Irish
/ November 12, 2023Good
patricia
/ October 16, 2023WOW… thank you for sharing your awesome worksheets….they are brilliant for my year 9 boy who I tutor once a week. He only reads when I am with him and I am sure these easy to follow worksheets will help him. again thank you…
Maaz Abobaker
/ September 8, 2023I find these comprehensions effective
Cridem
/ June 13, 2023The materials are what it says, very effective for practices
Kweku
/ October 1, 2020I find the materials effective
Maria Belen Valendo Ragaza
/ May 13, 2019Congrats EReading..this is significant for my learner’s and me.
Maria Belen Valendo Ragaza
/ May 13, 2019I find the materials effective