Evaluate Arguments & Claims RI.6.8 | Pet Adoption Article #6-14

Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #6-14: Adopt, Don't Shop!

Teach reading informational text standard RI.6.8, Evaluate Arguments & Claims, with this high-interest article on pet adoption, specifically dogs and puppies, including pet shelters and puppy mills. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.

This is the fourteenth in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 6th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! The focus in this resource is on teaching students to analyze text structure, including text features, in a nonfiction text.

Each article + activity pack includes these components:

-original article written at the 6th grade level

-modified version of each article (one grade level below)

-professional audio recording of each article and modified article

-editable version of all activities and assessments

-digital Google Slides version of all articles and activities

-self-grading Google Forms assessments (3 per article)

-articles also included digitally via Google Docs

Here are the activities included (see preview file for full-page samples)

Activity 1 - Literal Comprehension Check (multiple choice)

Activity 2 - Literal Comprehension Check (open-ended) (alternate option for Act 1)

Activity 3 - Text Evidence Practice (annotation version)

Activity 4 - Text Evidence Practice (multiple choice version) (alternate option for Act 3)

Activity 5 - Skills Focus (focuses on one CCSS skill: RI.6.8)

Activity 6 - Integrating Sources Activity

Activity 7 - Skills Test

Activity 8 - Modified Skills Test (alternate option for Act 7)

Each article + activity pack includes these activities:

Activity 1 - Literal Comprehension Check (multiple choice)

Activity 2 - Literal Comprehension Check (open-ended) (alternate option for Act 1)

Activity 3 - Text Evidence Practice (annotation version)

Activity 4 - Text Evidence Practice (multiple choice version) (alternate option for Act 3)

Activity 5 - Skills focus (focuses on one CCSS skill)

Activity 6 - Integrating Sources Activity

Activity 7 - Skills Test

Activity 8 - Modified Skills Test (alternate option for Act 7)

Check the preview file for complete lesson plans and samples of this resource. If you'd like to assess the overall quality of these articles, questions, etc., please check out this free unit that's set up the exact same way:

6-1 Central Idea and Key Details RI.6.2 Nonfiction Article + Activity Pack #6-1

You can also check out this blog post to find out more about the series.

Save and purchase the Article of the Week, Grade 6 bundle here!

More 6th Grade Articles and Activities

6-1: Skill RI.6.1 Central Idea and Details (Toys-R-Us)

6-2: Skill RI.6.2 Summarize (Overpopulation in China: China's One-Child Policy)

6-3: Skill RI.6.3 Analyze Key Details in a Text (Competitive Eating: The World's Fast Eaters)

6-4: Skill RI.6.3 Elaboration of Key Details (Supervolcano Lurking Beneath Yellowstone Park)

6-5: REVIEW RI.6.2-RI.6.3 (Unbreakable: Navajo Code Talkers)

6-6: Skill RI.6.4 Connotative & Figurative Meanings (Football vs. Fútbol (Soccer))

6-7: Skill RI.6.4 Connotative & Figurative Meanings (Halloween History)

6-8: Skill RI.6.5 Analyze Text Structure (Underpopulation in Japan)

6-9: Skill RI.6.5 Analyze Text Structure (The Golden Age of Radio)

6-10: Skill RI.6.6 Author's Point of View & Purpose (Too Much Sugar)

6-11: Skill RI.6.6 Author's Point of View & Purpose (Bullying)

6-12: REVIEW RI.6.4-RI.6.5-RI.6.6 (The Harlem Renaissance)

6-13: MIDTERM Assessment RI.6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 (Climate Change)

6-15: Skill RI.6.8 Evaluate Arguments & Claims (UFOs)

6-16: Skill RI.6.7 Integrate Information From Different Media (Screen Time)

6-17: Skill RI.6.9 Compare & Contrast Two Authors' Presentation of Events (Human Computers)

6-18: Skill RI.6.9 Compare & Contrast Two Authors' Presentation of Events (Biography and Autobiography Excerpt) (Frederick Douglass)

6-19: REVIEW RI.6.7-RI.6.8-RI.6.9 (Chocolate!)

6-20: Skill RI.6.1 Citing Text Evidence (SpaceX)

6-21: Skills RI.6.5 and RI.6.6 (Who Were the Mayans?)

6-22: Test Prep / Standardized Test Practice

6-23: End of the Year Review ESCAPE ROOM (The Dawn Wall of El Capitan)