What Each Text Contributes is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on identifying what a second text adds to the first, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.9. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Text 1 shows that switching tasks wastes time. Text 2 shows that people do not notice the cost. What does Text 2 add?
A.How many tasks people do
B.Why people keep multitasking anyway
C.Proof that switching saves time
2.Text 1 lists the years the Thames froze. Text 2 explains how Old London Bridge slowed the river. What does Text 2 add?
A.More freezing dates
B.A list of London bridges today
C.A reason the river froze
3.Text 1 is an owner's account of closing his mill. Text 2 is a newspaper report of the same closure. What does Text 2 contribute?
A.The owner's private feelings
B.Outside facts such as the union's view
C.The owner's reasons for selling his house
4.Text 1 says sleep helps memory. Text 2 reports that teenagers' body clocks shift later. What do they suggest together?
A.Memory has nothing to do with sleep
B.Teenagers need no sleep
C.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
5.Text 1 is a biography of an explorer. Text 2 is the explorer's own letters home. What does Text 2 add?
A.A summary of the whole life
B.The explorer's own words and feelings
C.Another writer's opinion
6.Text 1 is a map of Britain's canals. Text 2 is a chart of canal profits falling after 1830. What does Text 2 add?
A.The names of canal boats
B.What happened to the canals over time
C.Where the canals ran
7.Text 1 describes Brunel's wide gauge. Text 2 explains that most of the network was already narrower. What does Text 2 add?
A.Why Brunel's gauge lost
B.Where Brunel was born
C.How wide Brunel's gauge was
8.Text 1 explains how a volcano forms. Text 2 is a survivor's diary of an eruption. What does Text 2 add?
A.The science of magma
B.A map of the world's volcanoes
C.A firsthand experience of an eruption
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Answer key — What Each Text Contributes
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Why people keep multitasking anyway
2.A reason the river froze
3.Outside facts such as the union's view
4.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
5.The explorer's own words and feelings
6.What happened to the canals over time
7.Why Brunel's gauge lost
8.A firsthand experience of an eruption
Questions about What Each Text Contributes
What does the What Each Text Contributes worksheet cover?
It practices identifying what a second text adds to the first — 8 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RI.5.9: Combine several texts on one topic into knowledgeable writing. The instruction to students is “Circle the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What Each Text Contributes practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9 — RI.5.9, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What Each Text Contributes is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RI.5.9, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What Each Text Contributes come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of What Each Text Contributes can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is What Each Text Contributes free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What Each Text Contributes, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RI.5.9
Combine several texts on one topic into knowledgeable writing.