Paired Passages Lesson: Write a Response Using Both Texts, Grades 5-6

Which answer is stronger: "Flat stones help," or an answer that names its evidence? This lesson teaches students to plan and write one paragraph that answers a question with evidence from two texts, citing each piece by text and paragraph number.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Paired texts, 2 pages: Text A, "Seventy-Two Tries" (a feature article), and Text B, "Ask the Coach: Getting Started with Kendama" (an interview), one page each, with numbered paragraphs
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page
• All printables in one ready-to-print PDF, 7 pages

Answer key included

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