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Grade 8 · Comparing Two Texts: Should Schools Ban Phones?
Grade 8 informational reading worksheet with two original texts on banning phones at school: compare each author’s claim, evidence, purpose and audience in a table, calculate the survey percentages each text uses, explain how the authors interpret the same survey differently, find points of agreement, and judge which argument is better supported.
About this worksheet
- Learning goal
- I can compare how two texts present conflicting information.
- Level
- Level 5 of 5 (Challenge)
- Learning path
- Reading informational text, step 4 of 4
- Teaching style
- Guided practice. Clear steps: an example, then practice that builds to independence.
- Ages and thinking
- Ages 13–14 · Apply and explain · British spelling
- Includes
- Worksheet, clear instructions and an answer key for grown-ups
- US standards
- CCSS RI.8.6, RI.8.8, RI.8.9
- National Curriculum in England
- Key Stage 3 · English: reading (compare viewpoints)
- Australian Curriculum v9
- Year 8 · English: Literacy (comparing texts)
- Pages
- 2
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- Grades
- 8th Grade
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