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Reading Comprehension - Short Stories: "Remains of a Marriage" WorksheetReading Comprehension - Short Stories: "Remains of a Marriage" Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension - Short Stories: "Remains of a Marriage"

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Planning a short story unit? Consider including this worksheet early in your plan. "Remains of a Marriage" provides the text that could be used as the basis of a lesson on close reading, on comprehension strategies, and/or group discussion. The answer and explanation key models how to draw directly from the story to support interpretations and conclusions.

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9th - 11th
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English Language Arts
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