"Columbus and the Egg" is a one page, historical fictional passage about Christopher Columbus's return to Spain after discovering America. Some people said anyone could sail the seas. Columbus used an egg to make a point. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes inferring the lesson to be learned and underlining text that supports your answer. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standard 1 requiring close reading and textual evidence.

Concepts

historical fiction, christopher columbus, close reading

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Additional Tags

"columbus and the egg", "thirty more famous stories retold" by james baldwin by american book company, 5th grade reading, common core anchor reading standard 1, depaul university, polk brothers foundation center for urban education

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)