Close Reading Comprehension Passages with Full Lesson Plans & Tasks BUNDLE

Are you looking for set of reading comprehension passages that fit your ESL students’ diverse needs and interests? These are all no-prep lesson plans for reading comprehension based on great topics that use text-dependent activities to advance your students' reading comprehension skills. This is the perfect package for ESL and ELL teachers looking for material their students can read and learn about. Get this package today and deliver masterful lessons without the hours of prep time.

This Bundle of Reading Comprehension Passages hooks your students into the learning with great topics they’ll love to read about:

• ChatGPT
• Social Media
• Fake News
• Smartphone Addiction
• Bilingualism
• The Power of Memory
• The Anthropocene
• A Hidden Temple
• Metacognition
• and a Cultural Reading Text on Cambodia

A total of ten reading comprehension passages are included in this bundle, and they are perfect for middle and high school students, adult learners, homeschooling, and literacy centers.

1. The Russian Market: A Sea of Things
2. Superpowers: Super Memory
3. Superpowers: Bilingualism
4. Social Media: Friend or Unfriend?
5. Read Like an Archaeologist
6. ChatGPT & Generative A.I. Close Reading Passage
7. Smartphone Addiction
8. Fake News: Media Bias Reading Comprehension
9. Short Story Close Reading Comprehension The Hidden Temple
10. The Anthropocene Close Reading Comprehension
    

✔️ A Holistic Approach to Language Learning: Accelerate reading comprehension skills through ESL lessons designed for maximum engagement and long-term retention. The slow-release formula introduces the reading text in a way that builds excitement and anticipation, and greatly sets learners up for success. Their interest in the content will empower them to grow their reading comprehension skills.

✔️ Real-World Relevance: Get ready for real-world topics like "ChatGPT" and "Smartphone Addiction" that are already on your learners' minds. With captivating subjects such as "The Anthropocene" that encourage students to step outside their comfort zones and explore something new, they will build masterful reading skills without even realizing it.

✔️ Flexible Learning Options: Whether you're teaching in a physical classroom or online for distance learning, these reading passages offer flexibility in delivery. Use the provided PDF pages for in-person instruction or seamlessly transition to the online format to cater to your students' needs.

✔️ High Engagement, Minimal Prep-time: All ten reading comprehension lessons come with a detailed lesson plan that includes topic and task setups, answer keys, alternative teaching ideas, instructional guidance, pacing, and general notes. Say goodbye to extensive lesson planning and hello to student-focused and effective teaching!

Do your students struggle to focus during reading? The scaffolded activities help train students to focus on specific parts of the text, carefully chunking information and getting them to hone their reading skills. By starting small with questions about the main idea and supporting details before moving into more complex tasks, students build confidence in their abilities without becoming stressed with trying to understand everything at once.

Some of the scaffolded learning experiences found in this reading bundle include:

• Brainstorming activities
• Paragraph identification
• True and false and Fill-in-the-blank questions
• Summarizing
• Vocabulary tasks
• Classification activities
• Writing assignments
• and MORE!

WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Christine said, "I've used a few of these in class (and they are AWESOME... I can get about 1-2 weeks of work out of each lesson) for high school ESL students (all levels, just modified).”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Laura said, "My Ell students enjoyed these resources. They helped me to reinforce their emerging English language learning.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Catherine said, “Students enjoyed the variety of information while learning to read closely.”

The package includes PDF files and you can open the them using your preferred PDF reader. Along with the student pages, you’ll also get a full lesson plan with resource notes and answer keys for all 10 of the lessons.

Resources in this reading bundle can be used in both your physical classroom or in any online learning environment. You'll get PDF pages and access to the Google Slides® for going paperless.

BONUS!! Purchase this bundle today and get a FREE bound edition of all these reading passages and student pages together. With one book, you can easily keep track of all the pages.

⭐ Get the Series Bundle for Even Bigger Savings ⭐

Purchase the 21st Century Language Learning Series Bundle and get all ten of these reading passages PLUS resources and lessons on listening, speaking and writing.

If you’re looking for MORE reading comprehension resources for building reading skills, be sure to check out my Informational Texts with Graphics. It use infographics to training reading skills, and has topics like Volcanoes, Trains and Elephants.

Looking for MORE resources for reading? Check out my Future Science Series where your students can read about exciting, cutting-edge scientific topics that are changing the world as we know it.

Terms of Use:

This resource was created by Landon S. Seigler of ESL Lifeline, all rights are reserved. The original purchaser is permitted to use it for a single class only. Teachers have the authorization to share this product with their students (and parents) through email, Google Classroom, or the Internet, as long as the site is password protected. Distribution to your own students is allowed, but uploading it to the Internet for public access and download is not permitted.

**If you wish to use this resource for multiple classrooms or share it with fellow educators, please purchase additional licenses from ESL Lifeline’s store on Tpt – they are discounted. Your adherence to these usage terms is greatly appreciated.