Two Texts, One Topic is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on comparing two information texts on one topic, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.9. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 6 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Two Texts, One Topic
RI.1.9
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Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.
1.Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.
Text 1: How Seeds Travel
A seed cannot grow in its parent's shadow. There is not enough light. So seeds have to move away.
Some seeds have wings. A sycamore seed spins like a tiny helicopter and lands far from the tree.
Some seeds hook onto fur. A burr catches on a passing fox and drops off somewhere new.
Some seeds sit inside fruit. A bird eats the fruit and the seed comes out later, miles away.
1. What is the main idea of this text?
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.
Text 2: What Roots Do
Roots grow down while the stem grows up. They do two jobs.
First, roots hold the plant in the ground. A tall tree in a storm stays up because its roots spread wide under the soil.
Second, roots drink. Tiny hairs on the roots take in water from the soil. The water travels up the stem to the leaves.
A plant with damaged roots wilts, even if it is watered.
1. How are roots like a building's foundation?
2. How is a sycamore seed different from a burr?
3. How is a root different from a seed?
LessonPrint · RI.1.9 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two Texts, One Topic
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Seeds have different ways of travelling away from the parent plant.
2.1. Both are underground and both hold something upright. 2. A sycamore seed travels on the wind; a burr has to hook onto an animal. 3. A root holds and feeds a growing plant; a seed is what the plant starts from.
More practice for RI.1.9
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