Fourth graders read a short story and then answer questions based on what they read. Learners are asked to support their answers with evidence from the text.

Concepts

text analysis, literary analysis, main characters, short stories, short answer questions, supporting evidence, supporting details

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members use a highlighter to show where they find their answers in the text

Classroom Considerations

• Passage is a 610L Lexile reading level
• There are 10 short answer questions

Pros

• Common Core designed
• Answer key and vocabulary practice is included
• Great resource to use for standardized test prep

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.10 L.4.4.a L.4.6