This is a practice activity for the newly redesigned STAAR test of Reading and Language Arts (RLA) that incorporates new question types.

The selection is entitled “A Gift from Nature” and is intended for grade 3, but it can be used with grades 2 – 5.

The genre of the selection is Fiction.

It features 11 total questions. There are 6 multiple choice, 2 multiselect, 2 inline choice (drop down), and 1 short constructed response.