"Flying" is a one page, realistic fiction, reading passage about someone set a goal to be a pilot and worked hard to accomplish that goal. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes sequencing, making inferences, determining character traits, finding the main idea, and summarizing. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing key ideas.

Concepts

close reading, flight, realistic fiction

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Additional Tags

setting goals and accomplishing them, "flying", common core anchor reading standard 1, depaul university, depaul university: center for urban education: flying, polk brothers foundation center for urban education

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional