Sign Up
Student Instructions
1. Read the passage aloud when asked so your teacher can check your reading fluency. 2. Answer the questions about the passage on the next pages. Read each question carefully. 3. For the Show It pages, use the tools listed to share your ideas. Be creative! 4. Finally, answer the quick poll about how you feel about what you learned.
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
This activity focuses on reading fluency and comprehension of an informational text about medieval knighthood. Page one collects a reading sample for fluency. Pages two through four include auto-graded comprehension checks (multiple choice, drag-and-drop, and short answer) that assess detail, sequence, and vocabulary. Pages five and six are open-ended to let students explain and show understanding with writing and multimedia. Minimal prep: remind students how to use recording/drawing tools and provide paper and pencils if they prefer drawing before recording. High-quality paragraph answers should use details from the passage (for example, reference 'page', 'squire', and the ceremony where a squire is dubbed a knight) and explain reasoning clearly in complete sentences. For the multimedia frame, strong responses will show or tell a clear example (photo, drawing, or short video) and connect it to the passage (e.g., draw a squire caring for a horse and explain what that shows about training). Teachers can mark open-ended responses as correct if the student accurately uses passage details and shows clear understanding; mark incorrect if responses are unrelated or show major factual errors about the passage.
