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Integrate Two Texts is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on using two texts together to write about a subject, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.9. 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.

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Integrate Two Texts

RI.4.9

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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: What a Beaver Dam Does

A beaver does not build a dam for shelter. It builds one to make a pond, and it lives in a lodge in the pond. The dam raises the water so the lodge entrance stays underwater. A predator that cannot swim cannot get in. But the pond does far more than protect one family. Behind a dam, water slows, and slow water drops the silt it carries. Over years this builds rich wet ground. That ground holds water in a drought and holds it back in a flood. It supports plants, insects, amphibians and birds that were not there before. Where beavers have been reintroduced, the number of species in a valley typically rises within five years.

  1. 1. Determine the main idea of this text and explain how key details support it.
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.

Text 2: The Wolves and the Rivers

Wolves were shot out of Yellowstone by 1926. Fourteen were brought back in 1995. With no wolves, elk had grazed the valleys freely for seventy years. Young willow and aspen were eaten as soon as they grew. The wolves killed some elk. More importantly, they changed where elk would stand still. Open valley floors became dangerous, so the elk stopped lingering there. Willow and aspen grew back along the rivers. Beavers, which need willow, returned. Their dams made ponds. Roots held the banks. The rivers narrowed, deepened and moved less. Some researchers describe this as wolves changing the shape of rivers, though others argue the effect has been overstated.

  1. 1. How is a beaver dam different from a coral reef?
  2. 2. How is this text more cautious than the beaver text?
  3. 3. How is a beaver dam like a coral reef?

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Answer key — Integrate Two Texts

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  1. 1.1. A beaver dam changes a whole valley, not just one family — supported by the silt, the wet ground and the rise in species.
  2. 2.1. A dam is built of wood and mud to change a river; a reef is built of calcium cups in the sea. 2. It ends by reporting that some researchers think the effect has been overstated. 3. Both are structures built by animals that create a habitat for many other species.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.