Quote the Proof

In this comprehension worksheet, students read a short story about teamwork in soccer and answer text-based questions. For each question, they must include direct quotes from the passage as evidence for their answers. This task teaches students how to support written responses with textual evidence. It builds close reading, quotation integration, and analytical writing skills-key competencies for upper elementary reading comprehension.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Citing Textual Evidence to Support Analysis

English Language Arts – Reading Literature Comprehension

English Language Arts – Constructed Response Writing

English Language Arts – Critical Reading and Inference

This worksheet is part of our Grade 5 Reading Comprehension collection.