Blackline Masters


These are links to some of our favorite Nonfiction Blackline Masters used to help students deepen their comprehension of text…before, during and after reading.

Compiled from a variety of sources by Lynn Swift, Gail Martindale and Carol Walters.

  • 4 Corners
  • Inferred Word Meaning
  • Determining Importance
  • ABC Brainstorm
  • Images – See, Think, Wonder
  • Inside/Outside Circles
  • Learning Intention
  • Let’s Connect
  • Placemat
  • Turn it into a question
  • What I know
  • What’s my line
  • Inferring
  • Inferring Word Meaning
  • Thin and Thick Questions
  • Vocab Squares
  • Transforming Thinking