Engage your students with a high-interest, sports-themed reading comprehension, grammar, and writing packet! This no-prep Peyton Manning resource blends biography, critical thinking, and 7th-grade ELA skills into one seamless lesson. Perfect for whole-class instruction, small groups, or independent work.

Your students will love reading about Peyton Manning’s journey from Tennessee to NFL stardom — and you’ll love how easy this is to implement. This packet covers theme, character development, author’s craft, and text evidence skills, while also targeting 8th-grade tested grammar standards like pronoun-antecedent agreement, verb tense consistency, parallel structure, and sentence combining.

This resource goes beyond surface-level “find and copy” questions. Each comprehension question is thoughtfully designed with plausible distractors and Part A/Part B pairings to build inference and reasoning skills — exactly what your students need for standardized test prep.

The Contents

• 7th–8th Grade Reading Passage: 1,000+ word narrative nonfiction article on Peyton Manning’s college career and legacy

• 10 High-Rigor Comprehension Questions: Theme, inference, text structure, best-evidence questions, multi-select, and vocabulary-in-context

• 3 Short Answer Questions: Theme and character development practice
  Expository Essay Prompt with Sentence Stems: Perfect for writing practice and differentiation

• 10 Grammar & Revise/Edit Questions: Aligned to middle school priority skills (verbals, modifiers, punctuation, conciseness, parallel structure)

• Teacher Answer Keys: Fully explained answers for comprehension and grammar sections

Ideas for Use

• ELA Test Prep: Build stamina and practice for state assessments

• Sub Plans: No-prep, print-and-go lessons for a full class period

• Stations/Rotations: Break into reading, grammar, and writing practice stations

• Small-Group Intervention: Target theme, inference, or grammar skills with focused reteach

Why You'll Love It

Teachers will save hours of prep time while delivering a high-interest, skill-packed lesson that engages even reluctant readers. Students will connect with the story of perseverance and teamwork — and practice the same skills they’ll see on standardized tests.

Additional Details

• Grades: 7–9

• Standards: RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.5, RL.7.10, L.7.1, L.7.2, W.7.2

• Format: PDF (Printable & Projectable)

• Length: 10 Student Pages + Teacher Keys

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• Sports Legends Reading Comprehension Bundle

• Main Idea Mastery Packet – 7th Grade

• ✏️ Cause & Effect Text Structure Passages – Advanced Level

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