De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Animal Studies [Pdf]

"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about scientists learning about animal behaviors by observing them. They discuss the sawfly and poppy-bees specifically. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes underlining the most important information in each paragraphs, determining the main idea, and writing a summary. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 requiring close reading, textual evidence, and main idea.