About this Product

• This is a SINGLE reading passage with text-based comprehension questions

• Short answer questions probe lower, mid and higher order thinking

• Multiple choice questions align with informational text ELA CCSS standards

• Passages are Immersive Reader ready and can be read aloud and translated

• Answer key included.

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Important Note:

This passage is from the Engineering Design Reading Passages. If you plan to purchase more than half of the passages from this resource, it is more economical to purchase the entire unit rather than the passages individually.

What is included with this reading passage?

• A single passage with a Lexile score below 1100L

• A short summary with key points and vocabulary

• Link to an Immersive-Reader passage (internet required - read below)

• 5 Short answer questions tiered to Bloom's Taxonomy

• 10 Multiple choice questions aligned with Middle School ELA CCSS RI.1 - RI.10

DIGITAL RESOURCES

This resource includes modified files that facilitate online - distance learning:

• Fillable slides designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint

Important Notes about Fillable Slides:

• Digital assignments work seamlessly with Google Slides: WATCH ME

• Each assignment is saved as an individual file with the key removed.

• Digital assignments CANNOT be edited. Only the text boxes or forms can be manipulated.

All Digital resources can be shared via platforms that are password-protected or accessible only to students.

IMMERSIVE READER

This resource includes a version of the reading passage that can be read to a student with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader. The Immersive-Reader compatible passage is a read-only word document accessed in a web browser. Internet access required. Students are provided a link to the Immersive Reader compatible passage in the printable and digital versions of the passage.

Immersive Reader is a FREE Microsoft educational tool. You do NOT need a Microsoft account to access this tool in a web browser. Learn more about Immersive Reader HERE.

Immersive Reader can:

• Read the entire passage to a student

• Help pronounce individual words in a passage as a student reads

• Translate the entire passage or individual words in the passage for ESL students

• Change the font, text color and background color for students with visual impairments

Additional Notes

• The video preview provides a brief overview of Immersive Reader's capability

• Written and video instructions for students are included: http://safesha.re/ppk

• Download a FREE unit of Immersive Reader compatible reading passages HERE.

PAYMENT PLAN & CUSTOM BUNDLES

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TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).