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

"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about studying the behaviors of animals including the sawfly and the poppy-bee. They learn about animals by observing them. 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 paragraph and writing a summary of key ideas and support for them. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 requiring close reading, textual evidence.