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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.

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What Each Text Contributes

RI.5.9

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1.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.The owner's reasons for selling his house
  • C.Outside facts such as the union's view
2.Text 1 lists the rules of a game. Text 2 is a video of the game being played. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How the rules look in action
  • B.A longer list of rules
  • C.The history of the game
3.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.Where the canals ran
  • B.What happened to the canals over time
  • C.The names of canal boats
4.Text 1 explains how tea became a habit at home. Text 2 explains how coffee houses became meeting places. What do they show together?
  • A.Both plants grow in Britain
  • B.Both drinks were mostly smuggled
  • C.The two drinks spread in different ways
5.Text 1 says sleep helps memory. Text 2 reports that teenagers' body clocks shift later. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  • B.Teenagers need no sleep
  • C.Memory has nothing to do with sleep
6.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.Another writer's opinion
  • C.The explorer's own words and feelings
7.Text 1 explains how a volcano forms. Text 2 is a survivor's diary of an eruption. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  • B.The science of magma
  • C.A map of the world's volcanoes
8.Text 1 reports that the mill closed with 214 jobs lost. Text 2 is a weaver's memory of the closing day. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The year the mill opened
  • B.How the closure felt to a worker
  • C.The number of jobs lost

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Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

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  1. 1.Outside facts such as the union's view
  2. 2.How the rules look in action
  3. 3.What happened to the canals over time
  4. 4.The two drinks spread in different ways
  5. 5.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  6. 6.The explorer's own words and feelings
  7. 7.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  8. 8.How the closure felt to a worker

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.5.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.