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Reading Comprehension Plus Writing Grade 8
Week 1:
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What is America’s oldest state capital?
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Could another ice age happen?
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Who is Nelson Mandela?
Week 2:
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Can dolphins really talk?
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What is Kwanzaa?
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What disaster can fall out of the sky?
Week 3:
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What were the Negro leagues?
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How do spinning ice skaters keep from getting dizzy?
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Where did potato chips come from?
Week 4:
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What place on Earth gets the most rain?
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Who was Georgia O’Keeffe?
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How can bacteria clean up our own messes?
Week 5:
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When was the Internet invented?
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How was the Grand Canyon formed?
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What vehicle helped win a war?
Week 6:
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Who was the “African Eve”?
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What is salsa?
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How are fireworks made?
Week 7:
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Who was Sequoya?
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What is it like to be inside an erupting volcano?
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What useful invention was almost too late?
Week 8:
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How can you make your own paper?
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Who is Ellen Ochoa?
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What is the truth about wolves?
Week 9:
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Who was the “underground man”?
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How can a plant invade a country?
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What is an urban legend?
Week 10:
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Are termites helpful or harmful?
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What did Josephine Cochrane invent?
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When can elephants be backyard pets?
Week 11:
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What is Lascaux Cave?
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How can 1,000 pets fit into a city apartment?
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What was discovered in the middle of New York city?
Week 12:
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How can you have fun and save the environment, too?
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Where did the guitar come from?
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What can be learned from garbage?
Week 13:
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Who is Carlos Santana?
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Can a butterfly cause a tornado?
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What was Pompeii?
Week 14:
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What is the most dangerous animal on Earth?
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What is the American Indian Dance Theater?
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How can you save a choking person’s life?
Week 15:
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Who was Bertha von Suttner?
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Are you a “lefty” or a “righty”?
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What was the Donner party?
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How has an Incan secret changed cotton?




