Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Activities - 9 Middle School ELA Lessons

This nonfiction reading comprehension bundle contains 9 nonfiction lessons designed for middle school ELA students. Nonfiction text features and reading skills, like central idea and supporting details and author's purpose and point of view, can be difficult concepts for students to grasp. Each of the eight close reading lessons contains nonfiction reading comprehension passages and text-dependent questions that are the perfect solution to helping your students analyze complex texts and become stronger readers.

⛔ What Skills Are Currently Included:

• Central Idea and Supporting Details
• Analyzing Author's Point of View
• Making Connections to Text

✍ What's Included:

• Analyzing Author's Point of View in Non-Fiction: Animal Testing

• Analyzing Author's Point of View in a Non-Fiction: School Uniforms

• Author's Point of View: Video Games & Violence

• Author's Point of View: Healthier School Lunches

• Central Idea and Supporting Details Lesson: "Anxiety in Students"

• Central Idea and Supporting Details Lesson: "Going to Class Matters!?!"

• Central Idea and Supporting Details Lesson: "No Grades Necessary!?!"

• Central Idea and Supporting Details Lesson: "Wasting Food?"

• Making Connections to Bullying Lesson

• Teacher Models, Answer Keys, and Student Samples

• Lesson PPT Presentations

• Teacher Outline and Teaching Tips

❤️ Why You'll Love This Resource:

✅ CCSS-aligned reading comprehension activities

✅ Introduces concepts to your students and allows them to practice to master the reading skills.

✅ Engaging activities that are designed around real-world topics like video games and school uniforms.

✅ Scaffolded close reading activities to help students deeply analyze the text.

✅ Opportunities for student collaboration

✅ Low Prep Resources- Everything you need to teach is included!

✅ You'll get future nonfiction lessons added to this bundle for FREE!

✍ This resource covers the following Common Core Standards:

• RI.6-8.1
• RI.6-8.2
• RL.6-8.3
• RI.6-8.5
• RI.6-8.6
• W.6-8.2
• W.6-8.4
• W.6-8.5

What Other Teachers Are Saying About This Resource:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Katlyn J says, "As a first year ELA teacher, I have felt so lost with how best to prepare my lessons. Well not anymore thanks to this bundle. Our nonfiction unit is going along so smoothly because of the resources in this bundle. I find them well organized, easy to use, and the fact they are digital is even better."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Leginia O says, "This is a great resource for my students who have specific learning needs. Non-fiction passages are always tough for my students but this resource gives them the tools to help them become more confident readers."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: A Writing Pencil says, "One thing I especially love about these texts is the engaging topics! My 6th graders were focused and interested as they read these texts! Great for review and continued practice with small groups or whole class!"

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Created by Stephanie M. Icenogle, The Creative Classroom © 2016; updated © 2023

All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.