This product contains several resources about inspirational people to help you teach, review, and assess CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.10.

RI.6.10 says students should, “By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.”

This product contains the following resources:

4-Page Lesson Progression

Suggestions about how you can use these resources to teach an engaging lesson on RI.6.10.

Informational Passage #1 about Harriet Tubman

This passage about Harriet's life illustrates why she is one of the bravest people to ever live. It is 1,016 words and is written at a sixth-grade reading level.

Collaboration Activity

These questions will guide students as they discuss brave things that Harriet did during her life.

Writing Prompt

In part 1 of the prompt, students will summarize why Harriet risked her life to help slaves escape to freedom. In part 2 of the prompt, students will describe a time when they did something brave.

Quiz #1

Includes 4 multiple-choice questions and 1 short-answer question. Students must use passage #1 to complete the quiz. All questions correlate to RI.6.10 and meet the rigor of the standard without being confusing for students.

The following are provided as bonus resources to help you assess or reteach RI.6.10:

Informational Passage #2 about Marta

This passage is about Brazilian soccer superstar Marta Vieira da Silva, who is one of the world's best soccer players. It is 968 words and is written at a sixth-grade reading level.

Quiz #2

Includes 4 multiple-choice questions and 1 short-answer question. Students must use passage #2 to complete the quiz. All questions correlate to RI.6.10 and meet the rigor of the standard without being confusing for students.

Informational Passage #3 about David Ortiz

This passage is about former baseball superstar David Ortiz. The passage describes his childhood in the Dominican Republic. It is 511 words and is written at a sixth-grade reading level.

Quiz #3

Includes 3 multiple-choice questions and 1 short-answer question. Students must use passage #3 to complete the quiz. All questions correlate to RI.6.10 and meet the rigor of the standard without being confusing for students.

An answer key is included for the writing prompt and quiz questions.

Google Resources

In addition to these paper resources, the passages are also available in Google Slides. The quizzes are also available in Google Forms. The third page of this file contains links to make copies of those resources to your Google Drive if you want. If not, you can just print the resources from the PDF file.

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If you have already purchased my passages about Harriet Tubman, my passages about David Ortiz, or my passages about Marta, please note the passages in this lesson pack are similar to the ones used in those resources.

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