Grade 10 Reading passage
The Night the Ice Storm Reached Marnwood's Water Plant
A grade 10 informational passage on a fictional plant's overnight power failure, the outage procedure its operators follow, and the careers that keep a system running.
Water English Language Arts · Grade 10
Reading passages, essays, and argument writing are grounded in genuine water issues, from informational texts about treatment plants to editorials on proposed rate increases.
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Grade 10 Reading passage
Ninebark's Activated Sludge Process: A Reading Passage
A grade 10 informational passage on how a fictional plant uses microbes and aeration to clean wastewater, with a wet-weather exception and comprehension questions.
Grade 10 Worksheet
Which Summary Is Fair? The Ormsley Lagoon Report
A grade 10 ELA worksheet in which students judge four summaries of a fictional wastewater lagoon report for overstatement, scope error, and causal overreach.
Grade 10 Worksheet
Two Statements on the Peat Hollow Taste-and-Odor Event
A grade 10 worksheet comparing a utility statement and a lake association statement about an earthy taste in tap water, with twelve items on hedging and word choice.
Grade 10 Writing prompt
Should Pennerly Require Septic Inspections at Sale?
A grade 10 ELA argument prompt on a fictional township's proposal to require septic inspections before a home sale, with two-sided background, an exemplar, and a rubric.
Grade 10 Debate kit
Quarry Bend Reservoir Drought Allocation: A Debate Kit
A grade 10 ELA debate kit on whether a drought-stricken authority should cut farm irrigation to protect city drinking water, with two-sided evidence and a rubric.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
Redgate's Boil-Water Notice: Writing for a Public Audience
A 50-minute grade 10 lesson in which students turn a jargon-heavy operations bulletin about a main break into an accurate public notice residents can act on.
Grade 10 Worksheet
Does the Rowanfield Filter Letter Prove Its Claims?
A grade 10 ELA worksheet in which students test a fictional home-filter sales letter against the town's own water data and write a short evidence-based evaluation.
Grade 10 Reading passage
Snowpack, Streamflow, and the Siskin Basin Forecast
A grade 10 informational passage on how a mountain water authority turns April snow measurements into a summer supply forecast, with six comprehension questions.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos in Tamsbrook's Wipes Campaign
A grade 10 ELA lesson in which students analyze the rhetorical appeals in three public messages a fictional utility wrote about wipes clogging its sewer pumps.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
Thornbury's Tiered Water Rate: A Grade 10 Argument Lesson
A grade 10 ELA lesson where students analyze two position statements on a fictional town's tiered water rate, then draft a claim, counterclaim, and rebuttal.
Grade 10 Reading passage
Measuring the Tullis River in February: Winter Stream Gaging
A grade 10 informational passage following a hydrologic technician through a winter discharge measurement under ice, with six comprehension questions and a key.
Grade 10 Worksheet
Verdin Falls Lead Sampling Instructions: A Reading Worksheet
A grade 10 ELA worksheet where students follow a fictional home lead-sampling instruction sheet, track its exceptions, and explain why each step protects the result.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
Metering the Willow Bench Wells: Analyzing Two Letters
A 55-minute grade 10 lesson in which students analyze two letters to a county board about metering irrigation wells and write an evaluation of the reasoning.
Grade 10 Debate kit
Should Wistmore Install Hourly-Reading Water Meters?
A grade 10 ELA debate kit on a fictional district's proposal to replace manual-read meters with hourly-reporting meters, with two-sided evidence, roles, and a rubric.
Grade 10 Writing prompt
Wren Valley's Water Conservation Rule: An Argument Prompt
A grade 10 argument prompt where students take a position on a fictional town's proposed water conservation mandate, using real household water-use figures as evidence.
Grade 10 Worksheet
Reading a Water-Testing Field Report: An Aquatic Chemistry Worksheet
A grade 10 worksheet where students read a technician's field report on pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity, then write an evidence-based judgment of water quality.
Grade 10 Worksheet
Aging Pipes and a Rate Increase: An Argument-Analysis Worksheet
A grade 10 worksheet in which students read a short editorial on funding pipe replacement through higher water rates and analyze its claims, evidence, and counterclaims.
Grade 10 Writing prompt
Should Fairview Fund Extra PFAS Filtration Early? A Writing Prompt
A grade 10 argument writing prompt on whether a fictional town should install PFAS filtration ahead of the federal deadline, using the actual EPA limit as evidence.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
Should Heron Lake Farms Face New Runoff Limits? An Argument Lesson
A grade 10 argument writing lesson on whether farms near a fictional lake should face new fertilizer runoff limits, using dissolved oxygen and fish-health evidence.
Grade 10 Debate kit
Who Pays to Replace a Lead Service Line? A Grade 10 Debate Kit
A grade 10 debate kit on whether homeowners or the utility should pay to replace the private-property portion of a lead service line, with two-sided evidence.
Grade 10 Reading passage
Millbrook's Constructed Wetland: A Biotechnology Reading Passage
A grade 10 informational passage on how a fictional town's constructed wetland uses plants and microbes to treat stormwater, with comprehension questions.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
A Night Shift at Millrace Plant: Narrative Writing on a Water Career
A grade 10 narrative writing lesson in which students draft a first-person overnight shift at a water treatment plant, grounded in real operator career data.
Grade 10 Reading passage
Turning Salty Groundwater into Tap Water: A Reverse Osmosis Passage
A grade 10 informational passage on how a fictional inland town uses reverse osmosis to treat brackish groundwater, with comprehension and vocabulary questions.