Informational Reading Comprehension: Water Protectors

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet! Designed for seventh- and eighth-grade readers, this worksheet invites students to read an engaging informational passage profiling three indigenous women—Josephine Mandamin, Autumn Peltier, and Deb Haaland—who have each worked to protect one of Earth’s most precious resources: water. With a two-page passage and an additional two pages of comprehension questions, this extensive worksheet will give readers a chance to practice essential reading comprehension skills, such as comparing and contrasting, making inferences, and identifying cause and effect in nonfiction text. Additional bonus prompts invite learners to consider the impact of water in their own lives and choose one or more extension activities to complete.