Other Skills: Character Traits Compare and Contrast Context Clues Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Main / Central Idea Point of View Rhythm & Rhyme Story Elements Summary Symbolism Theme
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 Frederick Douglass from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Chapter VIII passage: Frederick Douglass, born about...
by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert from Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave
Sojourner Truth was a abolitionist, feminist, and po...
by RV Staff Writer J.C.
In a crowded box of crayons, the colors present argu...
by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman worked as a nurse in Union army hospita...
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s address to Congres...
President John F. Kennedy set an ambitious goal in 1961 that America would land on the moon before the end of the decade. In th...
by Abraham Lincoln
Noted for its beautiful and compelling language, Abr...
by Helen Keller from The Story of My Life
Chapter XVIII passage: After overcoming an early chi...
Chapter XIII passage: Helen Keller, born 1880, was a...
Chapter IX passage: After losing her sight and heari...