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This activity uses a short informational passage to build reading fluency and check comprehension about renewable and nonrenewable energy. Use the reading fluency recording to note students' accuracy, expression, and pacing. For the comprehension pages, review student answers to see if they can identify key facts and cause–effect relationships in the text. Minimal prep: a quiet space for students to record their reading and simple drawing or recording tools for open responses. For the paragraph question, a high-quality answer explains why choosing renewable energy matters, mentions at least two reasons (e.g., they don't run out quickly, they make less pollution), and uses examples from the passage (sun, wind, water). For the multimedia task, a strong response clearly shows at least one renewable energy source and explains or labels how it helps (spoken or written), or includes a clear drawing or photo that matches the explanation. Teacher scoring can be simple: correct (meets criteria) or incorrect (missing key reasoning or examples).