De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Seasons on the Prairie [Pdf]

"Seasons on the Prairie" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about what grew in the prairie each season. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: choosing five important words from the passage and writing their meanings, determining the main idea, and listing supporting text. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.