Science articles on Newsela

Click here to read and answer 4 questions about the article 'It's getting harder for polar bears to act naturally in nature.'

Click here to read and answer 4 questions about the article 'Supersize it! Study shows evolution makes animals bigger over time.'

Or choose any article on the site that interests you.

You must create a Newsela account to read any articles.  Sign up as a student, and enter the class code: 3GN3T2.

Paragraph examples

Grammar Practice

Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons

• Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
• Is it a complete sentence or run-on?
• Is it a complete sentence, fragment, or run-on?

Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences

• Identify dependent and independent clauses
• Is the sentence simple, compound or complex?

Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

• correct shifts in verb tense

Obama's Speech, Bloody Sunday/Selma, & Ferguson Report

Survey about Bloody Sunday and Obama's Speech

Click here to watch Obama's speech on Bloody Sunday

Click here to read about the Ferguson report that came out last week which Obama mentions in the opening of his speech. (class code: 3GN3T2)

Ferguson article questions
 
 Click here to read and answer 4 questions about the article 'In the wake of lethal confrontations, police and young black men try talking.'  (class code: 3GN3T2) 

Click here to watch a video about Bloody Sunday. Ask me for a sign in code.

Click here to take a quiz based on the Selma article we read in class. Click on "question quest: February 23, 2015." Ask me for a sign in code.