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Below you'll find 8th grade reading comprehension passages along with questions and answers and related vocabulary activities. Great for reading skills development for middle and rising high school students.
by William H. Edwards from Football Days: Memories of The Game and of the Men Behind the Ball
Chapter XVIII passage: College football in the Unite...
by Helen Keller from The Story of My Life
Chapter XXIII passage: In her dark and silent world...
from The Illinois State Journal - Friday, May 29 1896
On Wednesday, May 27, 1896, a massive tornado struck...
Chapter XV passage: Born in the 19th century as a he...
from Daily Illinois State Journal April 15, 1912
In 1912, the supposedly unsinkable "Titanic" sank in...
by RV Staff Writer J.C.
When her boy has to go away to college, Poppy is so ...
by Orville and Wilbur Wright from The Early History of the Airplane
Chapter I passage: Major moments in history do not a...
CHAPTER XXII passage: Born in 1880, Helen Keller was...
from The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 7, 1904
The world changed forever when the Wright brothers -...
from "Trenton State Gazette" (New Jersey) September 16, 1848
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Californ...