Natural Disasters Reading Comprehension Article - Grade 8 and Up
- Grades
- Grades 8–10
- Pages
- 44
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- Science, Earth Sciences, Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- Natural disasters, Science reading
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Answer key
- Included
- Standards
- RI.8.1
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From the author
Explore natural-disaster types and causes through an informational article, fifteen comprehension questions and three extension tasks. The natural-disasters material is supplied as a 22-page PDF and an editable Word file, with answer material and references.
Use selected sections for a science-literacy lesson or spread the reading across several sessions. Extension choices include connecting the topic with news and creating an infographic.
The supplied Google Docs access sheet currently links to How Weather Works, a different article. Use the included natural-disasters PDF or Word file until the correct digital link is available.
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Teaching tips
- Ask students to connect one disaster type with the process described in its section.
Skills covered
Informational text comprehension — citing textual evidence to answer 15 short-answer questions about causes and mechanisms of natural disasters
Scientific classification — sorting real-world disaster examples into five defined categories (meteorological, climatological, geological/geophysical, hydrological, extraterrestrial)
Extension and research skills — connecting article content to current local events and creating an infographic (extension questions 16-18)
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Do the extension tasks all need internet access?
The news-article task requires finding an outside source. An infographic can be made with the suggested digital tools or another format you choose.
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Standards
Standards
- RI.8.1
Core concepts
Core concepts
Natural disaster categories
Earth science vocabulary
Textual evidence citation
Disaster mechanisms
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