The Selfish Giant Reading Comprehension Worksheet | Grade 6 RL.6.1
Help sixth-grade students practice citing textual evidence and making inferences with this reading comprehension worksheet based on Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant. Includes 12 questions.
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Product Description:Build sixth-grade reading comprehension skills with this The Selfish Giant worksheet from Fostering Student Growth. Based on an adapted passage inspired by Oscar Wilde’s classic story, this resource helps students practice Common Core Standard RL.6.1: citing textual evidence to support explicit answers and logical inferences.
The worksheet includes 12 questions that guide students through identifying key details, analyzing descriptions, making inferences about characters, and explaining their thinking using evidence from the passage.
Skills Covered:
Citing textual evidence to support answers
Making logical inferences about characters
Identifying important story details
Analyzing how children affect the garden
Explaining character observations and developing thoughts
Writing clear, text-based responses
What’s Included:
An adapted passage titled “A Small Opening”
12 reading comprehension questions
Questions that progress from identifying evidence to making inferences and explaining ideas in three sentences
Who Is This For?Designed for Grade 6 students, this worksheet can support classroom instruction, independent practice, reading intervention, tutoring sessions, and homes school learning.
Give students an opportunity to strengthen their close-reading skills and learn to support their thinking with evidence from the text.
Created by Fostering Student Growth, providing personalized, assessment-based online tutoring and learning resources.
