25 Complex Text Passages to Meet the Common Core: Literature and Informational Texts: Grade 7-8

A collection of 25 leveled passages with text-dependent comprehension questions that help students tackle increasingly complex texts and provide the academic rigor called for by the Common Core State Standards.
• Each book features passages at various levels of text complexity.
• Companion comprehension questions require students to read closely, reread, and find explicit examples in the text to support their answers.
• Includes detailed qualitative complexity information to help teachers focus on the purpose and meaning, structure and language, and knowledge demands of each passage.