De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Prairie Ecology Questions and Activities [Pdf]

"Prairie Ecology Questions and Activities" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about prairie ecology the interdependence of its plants and animals. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining main idea, underlining supporting text, drawing pictures to depict the information in each paragraph, answering the multiple choice quiz, and writing a page about the butterfly following the directions given. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.