De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: After the Chicago Fire [Pdf]

"After the Chicago Fire" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about how Chicago was rebuilt after the great fire. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes sequencing by making a timeline and writing a summary with a fitting title. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1, 2, and 3 requiring close reading, textual evidence, central ideas/themes, summarizing key ideas, and sequencing.