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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: City Government [Pdf]

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"City Government" is a one-page, nonfiction, reading passage about Chicago's city government system. It explains that Chicago is divided into 50 wards, and each ward elects an Alderman to represent them. It is followed by constructed-response questions that require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining the main idea and underlining supporting text. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.

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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice
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