Make teaching fun with this fascinating close read historical fiction reading passage for St. Patty's Day or year round in print or digital worksheets. Students will be challenged and engaged as they close read, A Bloody Bad Life, about Ross Castle of Killarney, Ireland in the 1400s. This second person passage, packed with common core standards, walks students through an Irish castle as if they were the peasants living an unsanitary life. This is a great topic for St. Patrick's Day.Click HERE