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6th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages
Short passages with questions under each, written for Grade 6. Every question sends the reader back into the text, and every answer explains why.
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- Free Story About 350 words The Long Way Home Every day after school, Sam takes the long way home to stay away from one corner and the girl who waits there.
- Free History About 350 words How the Printing Press Changed the World Six hundred years ago, most people in Europe never owned a book. Then a goldsmith in Germany found a faster way to make them.
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- With a plan Folk tale About 400 words The Old Man and His Grandson A very old man spills his soup at supper, so his family moves him away from the table. Then his small grandson starts a project.
- With a plan History About 400 words The Dust Bowl In the 1930s, giant clouds of dust rolled across the southern Great Plains. What turned good farmland into the Dust Bowl?
- With a plan Science About 400 words Why Teenagers Need Sleep Wide awake at bedtime and groggy at breakfast? Scientists have found a reason, and it matters more than you might think.
- With a plan Story About 400 words The Audition Tess and Priya have been best friends since second grade. Now they both want the same part in the spring play.
- With a plan History About 400 words Building the Panama Canal A shortcut between two oceans looked simple on a map. Building it meant beating deadly disease, sliding hills and uneven land.
- With a plan Opinion About 400 words Should Every Player Get a Trophy? At the end of the season, many leagues hand a trophy to every player, win or lose. Is that a good idea? One writer makes a case.
- With a plan Poem Short "Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers A short poem from 1891 pictures hope as a creature with feathers. Where does it live, and what does it ask for?
- With a plan Biography About 450 words Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor For centuries, no one knew what the bottom of the ocean looked like. A mapmaker at a desk in New York set out to draw it.