De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Breaking the Food Chain [Pdf]

"Breaking the Food Chain" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about the food chain which links plants and animals. If the food chain is disrupted, it can cause plants and animals to disappear. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes determining the main idea and underlining five sentence that support it. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1, and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, central ideas/themes, and summarizing key ideas.