The Greater Call

This rigorous reading comprehension worksheet is designed for students in Grades 10, 11, and 12 who are developing advanced literary analysis and critical reading skills. Using the passage “The Last Rally,” students examine a complex conflict between personal ambition and social responsibility, focusing on theme development, character motivation, textual evidence, inferencing, and interpretation of moral choices through language and detail.

Instructional Objectives

• Theme Analysis (Grades 10-12)
  Students identify the central theme and trace how it develops across the passage.
• Textual Evidence & Analysis
  Learners support interpretations with specific quotations and details from the text.
• Character Development & Motivation
  Students analyze the protagonist’s internal struggle between education and community justice.
• Critical Reading & Interpretation
  Close reading focuses on word choice, tone, and details that reveal values and ethical conflict.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by educators to align with upper high school ELA standards and expectations.
• Depth of Thinking
  Encourages synthesis, inference, and evaluation rather than surface-level comprehension.
• Assessment-Ready
  Suitable for formative assessment, literary analysis practice, or discussion preparation.
• Flexible Use
  Works well for independent reading, small-group analysis, homework, or exam prep.

This printable worksheet helps students strengthen higher-order reading comprehension, thematic reasoning, and evidence-based analysis through a meaningful moral dilemma. By exploring how personal goals intersect with social responsibility, learners build deeper understanding of literature, character values, and ethical decision-making. Whether used in a high school classroom or an advanced homeschool setting, this no-prep resource supports thoughtful interpretation, analytical writing, and confident engagement with complex texts.

This worksheet is part of our Grade 12 Reading Comprehension collection.