Reading comprehension Worksheets

Learning Objectives

• Analyze how point of view shapes meaning, including motives, stakes, and values in a text.
• Evaluate how cultural experience and identity influence what a narrator emphasizes, withholds, or frames as normal.
• Use evidence from narration and speaker perspective to make interpretations about bias and social pressure.

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• Identify how word choice and figurative language create meanings beyond the literal level.
• Analyze how metaphors, similes, personification, symbolism, and imagery connect to mood, theme, and character perspective.
• Explain how diction choices (sensory verbs, concrete nouns, and charged abstract words) shape interpretation.

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• Identify how an author uses logical ordering and transitions to connect ideas in an explanatory or argumentative text.
• Recognize common relationship structures (comparison, contrast, cause-effect, problem-solution) and match them to textual evidence.
• Explain how individual sentences and paragraphs build meaning step by step rather than presenting disconnected facts.

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• Model how seafloor spreading and subduction zones drive changes in Earth’s surface and seafloor features.
• Explain how volcanic arc systems and mountain belt uplift result from crustal deformation and faulting.
• Use evidence such as seafloor magnetic anomaly patterns and geologic cross-sections to support plate tectonics.

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• Evaluate the credibility, relevance, and potential bias of sources used in evidence-based writing.
• Choose sources that match the topic and provide sufficient depth for an argument or explanation.
• Synthesize information from multiple sources and accurately integrate citations to support claims.

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• Explain how current and conductor resistance contribute to power (energy) loss during electrical transmission.
• Describe how increasing transmission voltage helps reduce current and resistive losses over long distances.
• Evaluate trade-offs in transmission infrastructure, including insulation, transformer use, and grid reliability.

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• Identify whether a phrase or a dependent clause is functioning as a descriptive element in a sentence.
• Distinguish independent and dependent clauses and explain how dependent clauses add meaning such as cause, reason, or condition.
• Revise sentences to correct misplaced or overstuffed phrase/clause structures for clearer logic and flow.

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• Explain how organ structure and tissue types work together to carry out physiological functions (e.g., nutrient processing, gas exchange).
• Analyze how organ-level interfaces with the external environment support survival and reproduction across different environments in Alberta.
• Use examples from plant root systems and mammalian digestive organs to describe structure–function relationships, including vascularization and microbial interactions.

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• Explain how enzyme kinetics influence cellular metabolism and metabolic flux
• Describe feedback inhibition and how regulatory motifs balance energy production and biosynthesis
• Evaluate how compartmentalization and environmental conditions affect enzyme activity in Alberta species+ Show more

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• Explain how proxy archives (tree rings, lake sediments, peat deposits) preserve evidence of past climate variability.
• Describe how scientists extract and validate temporal signals in proxy records.
• Interpret how proxy evidence can reconstruct past temperature, precipitation, and fire regimes.+ Show more

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• Explain how river flow patterns and timing influence habitat suitability and primary productivity in floodplain and riparian ecosystems.
• Describe how wetlands regulate nutrient cycling and ecosystem services through water storage, filtering, and habitat complexity.
• Interpret how groundwater availability and seasonal water use affect plant communities and species distributions.

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• Explain how reflection follows angle relationships when light meets a surface
• Describe how refraction changes the direction of light as it moves between media
• Use ideas about refractive index and lenses to predict what happens to images and light paths

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• Explain how filtration and sieving separate mixtures using particle size and a barrier or screen
• Identify the correct method for separating different mixtures (sand-water, flour-grain sorting)
• Describe how the design of a filter or sieve affects what passes through and what gets trapped

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• Explain how atomic and molecular particulate models account for observable properties such as density, phase, and conductivity
• Compare major atomic models and relate each model to evidence available at the time
• Use particulate reasoning to predict how particle motion and intermolecular forces influence physical behaviour

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• Identify what makes a counterclaim credible, specific, and fairly represented.
• Write a rebuttal that uses logical reasoning and relevant evidence to strengthen the original claim.
• Evaluate whether a counterclaim is a straw position or a real alternative viewpoint.

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• Explain how rules, roles, and team strategies affect game play in cooperative and competitive sports
• Use strategic thinking (positioning, teamwork, and decision-making) to improve personal and team effectiveness
• Identify tactics that help a team create space, maintain possession, and respond to opponents

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• Select quotations or closely paraphrased details that directly support a claim about what a text states or implies.
• Evaluate whether evidence is specific, relevant, and connected to the reasoning behind an interpretation.
• Explain how evidence clarifies an author’s purpose without repeating plot or general observations.+ Show more

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• Identify an author’s claim and key positions in an informational text
• Analyze how evidence, explanations, and assumptions work together to support reasoning
• Evaluate how writers address counterpoints or constraints to strengthen credibility+ Show more

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• Identify key safety practices for landing, stopping, and changing directions during physical activities.
• Explain how controlled movement and body positioning reduce the risk of injury in modified games.
• Apply safety principles to different environments (space, surface, and equipment) to improve both safety and performance.

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• Explain how balanced diets support growth, energy, and immune health.
• Identify the main food groups and describe how each contributes to the body.
• Evaluate food choices using portion size and food quality criteria.

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• Explain how verbal and non-verbal communication affect understanding and relationships
• Use active listening and respectful dialogue techniques to reduce misunderstandings
• Apply conflict-resolution steps such as finding common ground and clarifying needs

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• Explain how Earth’s tilt, orbital eccentricity, and precession can change incoming solar energy and seasonal intensity
• Describe how paleoclimate evidence (ice cores and sediment layers) can reveal repeating climate rhythms
• Evaluate how climate models connect astronomical cycles to long-term insulation patterns

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• Identify the subject, predicate, and complement components of a sentence.
• Distinguish between simple and compound sentences and use correct punctuation to combine clauses.
• Revise sentences to improve clarity by matching subjects with correct predicates and complements.

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• Use context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in Grade 6 reading and listening tasks.
• Identify meanings of common word roots and affixes to decode the meaning of new vocabulary.
• Use dictionaries to confirm definitions and select the definition that best fits a sentence.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation about its axis causes alternation of daylight and darkness
• Describe how apparent daily motion of celestial objects is linked to Earth’s rotation
• Use the sequence of sunrise, solar noon, and sunset to connect time-of-day observations to Earth’s rotation

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• Describe how growth rings form and how ring width and density can reflect environmental conditions.
• Explain how scientists use growth rings and dendrochronology to reconstruct past climate and disturbance events.
• Interpret growth-ring clues to make evidence-based claims about tree age, growth rates, and long-term forest health.

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• Identify essential parts of a science data table, including clear column headings and units
• Explain why consistent time stamps and metadata improve data quality and reusability
• Interpret and revise data tables by checking for clarity, completeness, and consistent conventions

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• Coordinate scientific inquiry steps: framing questions, designing fair investigations, choosing measurements, and handling data
• Use Alberta-scale watershed examples to explain how multi-site monitoring supports stronger evidence-based conclusions
• Communicate results clearly, including data provenance, cross-site comparability, and limitations

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• Interpret pedigree patterns to infer likely modes of inheritance (autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and X-linked).
• Estimate genotype probabilities for individuals in a pedigree using allele-based reasoning.
• Predict recurrence risks by linking phenotypes, meiosis, and inheritance rules.

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• Explain why DNA replication is semiconservative and how template strands guide new strand synthesis
• Describe the roles of helicase, primase, and DNA polymerase in producing leading and lagging strands
• Compare leading-strand synthesis and lagging-strand synthesis, including Okazaki fragments+ Show more

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• Explain how immune responses help maintain homeostasis during infection and tissue damage.
• Describe how inflammation and fever involve coordinated signaling across immune cells, the nervous system, and endocrine mediators.
• Evaluate how chronic immune activation can disrupt physiological set points and affect long-term health.

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• Explain how multiple organ systems coordinate to maintain homeostasis during dynamic challenges such as exercise, dehydration, and infection.
• Describe feedback mechanisms (positive and negative feedback) that regulate key variables like blood pressure, blood pH, and fluid balance.
• Analyze emergent outcomes that arise from system-level interactions rather than single-organ responses.

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• Explain how positive feedback amplifies an initial change in a biological system.
• Identify real-world examples of positive feedback in human physiology and other processes.
• Compare positive feedback with negative feedback in terms of direction and outcome.+ Show more

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• Explain how negative feedback systems maintain internal stability using sensors, control centers, and effectors.
• Interpret how deviations from a set point trigger antagonistic (opposite) corrective responses.
• Compare negative feedback to positive feedback using temperature, blood glucose, and blood pressure examples.

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• Explain how insulin and glucagon regulate blood glucose using negative feedback during fasting and after eating.
• Compare insulin and glucagon effects on the liver, muscle, and adipose tissue to maintain energy homeostasis.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to describe what happens to blood glucose when one hormone is increased or decreased.

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• Explain trophic efficiency and how energy transfer between trophic levels is constrained by metabolic losses and heat dissipation.
• Use trophic efficiency to predict how energy availability affects biomass pyramids and the maximum number of trophic levels in an ecosystem.
• Analyze how differences in trophic efficiency among ecosystems can shape food web structure and predator abundance.

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• Explain how energy enters ecosystems through sunlight and moves through trophic levels.
• Describe how energy transfer losses limit biomass and population sizes at higher trophic levels.
• Use food chains and food webs to interpret energy flow and ecosystem constraints.

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• Compare photosynthesis and cellular respiration by tracing their inputs and outputs at the cellular level.
• Explain how carbon atoms and energy change forms as they move through autotrophs and heterotrophs.
• Use reaction and system-scale comparisons to interpret reciprocal relationships between processes.

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• Use context clues and word parts (prefixes, roots, suffixes) to infer the meaning of academic vocabulary.
• Replace vague words with precise academic nouns and verbs to improve clarity and accuracy.
• Evaluate how word choice affects tone, purpose, and audience in formal writing.

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• Identify complex modifiers (dependent phrases and clauses) and determine what noun or verb they modify
• Revise sentences to prevent misplaced and dangling modifiers by improving modifier placement and attachment
• Explain how complex modifiers add clarity when summarizing events or analyzing claims and character development+ Show more

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• Identify and distinguish metaphor, simile, and personification in context.
• Revise sentences to use figurative language purposefully while preserving clarity.
• Explain how figurative language supports a theme, claim, or characterization in formal writing.+ Show more

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• Identify how parallel structure improves clarity by keeping grammatical forms consistent in lists and comparisons.
• Correct broken parallelism in sentences that combine claims with reasons or evidence with explanations.
• Apply consistent verb, noun, or adjective patterns to strengthen argumentation and persuasive rhythm.

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• Explain how comparing a substance’s properties before and after an interaction can indicate what changed.
• Identify evidence that a new substance formed versus a physical change without forming a new substance.
• Use property clues (color change, gas, solid, new material) to reason about chemical vs. physical changes.

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• Revise writing to improve coherence through clear logical sequencing and consistent perspective.
• Strengthen style and accuracy by replacing vague wording with specific phrasing.
• Enhance emphasis by adjusting sentence variety and aligning paragraph focus with the thesis or controlling idea.+ Show more

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• Explain the main processes that lead to fossil formation, including mineralization, compression, and imprint preservation.
• Describe how fossil distributions and stratigraphic succession provide evidence for environmental change and the relative sequence of life forms.
• Compare relative dating and radiometric (absolute) dating and interpret what each method contributes to geological time.

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• Explain how adaptive radiation leads to rapid formation of multiple closely related species.
• Connect environmental pressures and resource availability to differences in morphology, behavior, and physiology.
• Interpret phylogenetic patterns to describe branching bursts and timing of ecological opportunity.+ Show more

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• Identify a speaker’s central claim and supporting reasons in spoken communication.
• Analyze how tone, phrasing, pacing, and emphasis shape audience understanding.
• Distinguish facts from opinions and evaluate how evidence is used in reasoning.+ Show more

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• Explain what a limiting reagent is and how it determines the maximum product formed in a reaction.
• Use balanced chemical equations and mole ratios to identify the limiting reactant from given quantities.
• Predict what happens to an excess reactant and relate limiting reagents to theoretical yield and conservation of mass.