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8th Grade Paragraphs & Passages Worksheets

Ages 13-14 · 2 sub-topics · Free previews · Print-ready PDFs

Reading passages pair a story, excerpt or article with questions that ask students to cite evidence and explain what they read. There are 40 worksheets for 8th grade, each with an answer key: 13 fiction passages and 27 nonfiction passages. Harker and the Count's Mirror, Thurgood Marshall Argues for Equal Schools and Why Roller Coaster Loops Are Not Circles are three of the sheets. The sheets practice RL.8.1, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, RL.8.9, RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.5, RI.8.6 and RI.8.8.

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

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Frequently Asked Questions

The fiction sheets include excerpts from Dracula, White Fang, Little Women, Treasure Island and The Wind in the Willows, along with original short stories. The nonfiction sheets include biographies, science articles, geography articles and two arguments. Most passages run two pages, followed by a page of questions.

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