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Reading Comprehension Plus Writing Grade 8

Week 1:

• What is America’s oldest state capital? 

• Could another ice age happen? 

• Who is Nelson Mandela? 

Week 2: 

• Can dolphins really talk? 

• What is Kwanzaa? 

• What disaster can fall out of the sky? 

Week 3: 

• What were the Negro leagues? 

• How do spinning ice skaters keep from getting dizzy? 

• Where did potato chips come from? 

Week 4: 

• What place on Earth gets the most rain? 

• Who was Georgia O’Keeffe? 

• How can bacteria clean up our own messes? 

Week 5: 

• When was the Internet invented? 

• How was the Grand Canyon formed? 

• What vehicle helped win a war? 

Week 6: 

• Who was the “African Eve”?

• What is salsa? 

• How are fireworks made? 

Week 7: 

• Who was Sequoya? 

• What is it like to be inside an erupting volcano? 

• What useful invention was almost too late? 

Week 8: 

• How can you make your own paper? 

• Who is Ellen Ochoa? 

• What is the truth about wolves? 

Week 9: 

• Who was the “underground man”?

• How can a plant invade a country? 

• What is an urban legend? 

Week 10: 

• Are termites helpful or harmful? 

• What did Josephine Cochrane invent? 

• When can elephants be backyard pets? 

Week 11: 

• What is Lascaux Cave? 

• How can 1,000 pets fit into a city apartment? 

• What was discovered in the middle of New York city? 

Week 12: 

• How can you have fun and save the environment, too? 

• Where did the guitar come from? 

• What can be learned from garbage? 

Week 13: 

• Who is Carlos Santana? 

• Can a butterfly cause a tornado? 

• What was Pompeii? 

Week 14: 

• What is the most dangerous animal on Earth? 

• What is the American Indian Dance Theater? 

• How can you save a choking person’s life? 

Week 15: 

• Who was Bertha von Suttner? 

• Are you a “lefty” or a “righty”?

• What was the Donner party? 

• How has an Incan secret changed cotton?