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Grade 8 Worksheet: Saving the Children by Bob Simon

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  • 2 pages total

  • 3 differentiated practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

  • 2 pages total

  • 3 differentiated practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
— Nelson Mandela

Additional Info:

  1. Text Type: Television Transcript (Nonfiction / Informational Text)

  2. Difficulty Level: Medium to Difficult

  3. Skill Focus: Analyzing Informational Text in Broadcast Media
    Students analyze a television news transcript by identifying central ideas, evaluating supporting evidence, interpreting tone and purpose, and examining how language choices influence meaning and audience response.

  4. Standards Alignment:

CCSS (USA)

  • RI.8.1 – Cite textual evidence to support analysis

  • RI.8.2 – Determine central ideas and summarize objectively

  • RI.8.6 – Analyze author’s purpose and point of view

CEFR

  • B1+/B2: Can understand extended factual texts and identify viewpoints, attitudes, and implied meanings

ACARA (Australia)

  • ACELY1733 – Interpret and analyze how information is presented in news media

  • ACELY1744 – Analyze the ways ideas and viewpoints are developed in texts

Cambridge

  • Reading for Meaning and Analysis

  • Understanding purpose, audience, and language features in nonfiction texts

This Grade 8 worksheet uses the television transcript Saving the Children by Bob Simon to develop students’ informational reading and media analysis skills. Learners identify central ideas, examine evidence, analyze tone and purpose, and respond critically to real-world issues through scaffolded and differentiated activities, with a complete answer key included.

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