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This activity focuses on reading informational text about medieval Europe, with fluency practice and comprehension checks. Use the reading-fluency recordings to hear students' pace, accuracy, and expression; follow up with targeted small-group work for students who read hesitantly. For the open-ended Paragraph and multimedia tasks, look for responses that show correct understanding of the feudal classes and the church’s roles. A high-quality paragraph will explain at least two ways the church affected people’s lives and give an example from the passage. A strong multimedia response will clearly show or tell (through drawing, photo, voice, or video) how the church helped communities and mention one detail from the text (education, hospitals, or ownership of land).