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Reading strategies Common Core RI.8.9 resources
Reading Interactive Notebook: Nonfiction Text Activities
Nonfiction Reading Interactive Notebooks for Nonfiction Text - Common Core Aligned Grades 4-8This reading interactive notebook is the nonfiction (informational text) companion for my TpT top seller Interactive Reading Literature Notebooks.This is the *original* Interactive Reading Notebooks for Informational Text! Over 32,000 copies sold!--------------------------------------------------------------After learning about interactive notebooks two summers ago, I resolved to use this technique for e
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in: Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5
Article of the Week Club, 8th Grade | Nonfiction Reading Passages Middle School
Article of the Week Club, Grade 8 (8th Grade Nonfiction Articles + Activities)8th Grade Article of the Week Club is your solution for teaching ALL of the CCSS for Grade 8 Reading Informational Text! You’ll receive 25 nonfiction article + activity packs according to the schedule below. This includes a midterm and final assessment for reading informational text standards. Your students will enjoy practicing all of the common core reading informational text standards with these high-interest inform
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7th - 9th
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Author's Purpose & Point of View RI.8.6 | Instagram Influencers Article #8-10
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-10: The Rise of the Instagram InfluencerTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.6, Analyze Author's Purpose and Point of View, Including Conflicting Viewpoints, with this high-interest article on the rise of Instagram Influencers. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the tenth in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research
Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug
Grades:
5th - 10th
Citing Text Evidence RI.8.1 | High School Football Turns Deadly Article #8-20
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-20: When High School Football Turns DeadlyTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.1, Citing Text Evidence, Including Literal Comprehension and Drawing Inferences, with this article about the dangers of high school football injuries, specifically brain damage, concussions, and CTE. Students will analyze literal and inferential comprehension questions and respond using the ACE method (Answer, Cite, Explain). Students will also complete additio
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Analyze Text Structure RI.8.5 | Edgar Allan Poe BIOGRAPHY Article #8-8
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-8: Stranger Than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe Teach reading informational text standard RI.8.5, Analyze Text Structure, with this high-interest article on the strange life of author Edgar Allan Poe. This article is great to pair nonfiction with any Edgar Allan Poe story or poem. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment all related to this or
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Conflicting Viewpoints /Point of View RI.8.6 | Holocaust Survivors Article #8-11
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-11: Surviving the HolocaustTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.6, Analyze Author's Purpose and Point of View, Primarily Conflicting Viewpoints, with this high-interest article about a study on the lives of Holocaust survivors. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the eleventh in a set of 25 informational text articles + activi
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Great Minds in Science - 19 Science Sub Plans BUNDLE | Print & Distance Learning
Updated for distance learning. This science article / sub plan comes in two versions (with answer key): 1) easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides for paperless online learning. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides. When we teach science, the important scientific figures behind the science are only mentioned in a cursory way. My Great Minds in Science Series of 19 ARTICLES functions to enliven and deepen the understanding of the people behind the discoveri
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7th - 12th
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Novel Study Unit - 150+ Pages, No-Prep PDF
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Novel Study Unit - 150-page novel guide with student worksheets, activities, quizzes, tests, and teacher resources for teaching Mark Twain's classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Classroom-tested by over 650 teachers with a 4.9/5 Rating! This Printable PDF is perfect for in-person classrooms or distance learning but will need to be modified for use in Google Classroom.In this comprehensive Adventures of Tom Sawyer Teaching Unit, you'll find:Informational Text Artic
Grades:
6th - 9th
Analyze Connections RI.8.3 | Do Video Games Cause Violence? Article #8-4
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-4: Do Video Games Cause Violence?Teach reading informational text standard RI.8.3, Analyze Connections in a Text, with this high-interest article on the controversial topic of whether or not video games cause violence. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the fourth in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Analyze Text Structure RI.8.5 | Maggots as Medicine Article #8-9
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-9: Maggots as MedicineTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.5, Analyze Text Structure, with this high-interest article on the use of Maggots as Medicine. This article is great to pair nonfiction with a related short story or novel. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the ninth in a set of 25 informational text articles + activi
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Review of RI.8.2 & RI.8.3 | Human Experimentation Article #8-5
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-5: The Disturbing History of Human Experimentation Teach or review reading informational text standards RI.8.2 (Development of Central Ideas and Writing an Objective Summary) and RI.8.3 (Analyze Relationships and Influence Between Ideas and Individuals in a Text) with this high-interest article on the fascinating and disturbing history of human experimentation. I wrote this article as a paired text for the short story "Flowers for Algernon," but it
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Figurative and Connotative Meaning RI.8.4 | Louis Zamperini Bio Article #8-6
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-6: The Incredible Life of Louis ZamperiniTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.4, Figurative and Connotative Meaning, with this high-interest article on The Incredible Life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner, bombardier in World War II who survived a plane crash, 47 days stranded at sea in the Pacific Ocean, and two and a half years as a POW in Japanese prison camps. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Objective Summary RI.8.2 | Apartheid in South Africa Article #8-2
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-2: Apartheid in South Africa: Who's the Criminal? This is the second in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 8th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! The focus in this resource is on teaching students to write an objective summary of nonfiction text.Each article + activity pack includes these components:-original article written at the 8th
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Teaching Reading Nonfiction Informational Text Structures Features Anchor Charts
⭐️Can't decide between the ✨Best-Selling Informational Text Breakdown✨ my new Nonfiction Text Structure Breakdown, or the Nonfiction Choice Board Activities! Snag the bundle & save BIG. These nonfiction graphic organizers, & activities work w/ any type of informational text or nonfiction passage. Students love the Nonfiction Text Features scavenger hunt, Text Structure Sort & the fun dice Nonfiction Game | Nonfiction Reading response worksheet.Click Here for my ✨FREE✨ Nonfiction Text
Grades:
4th - 7th
Analyze Connections in a Text RI.8.3 | Modern Folklore Article #8-3
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-3: Modern Folklore: Urban Legends, Old Wives' Tales, & SuperstitionsTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.3, Analyze Connections in a Text, with this high-interest article on modern folklore. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the third in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of th
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Conflicting Information & Interpretation RI.8.9 | Cookie Dough Article #8-17
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-17: Don't Eat the Dough!Teach reading informational text standard RI.8.9, Analyze Conflicting Information and Interpretation Between Articles, with this high-interest article about the dangers of eating raw cookie dough. Students will enjoy evaluating the included original article as well as a second article published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), comparing the information in each article, analyzing the information that is conflicting,
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Reading TEST PREP: 8th Grade Reading Informational Text TEST PRACTICE
This is the reading informational text TEST PREP unit for Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-22: Test Practice w/Question Analysis & TipsThis resource isn't simply a practice test but rather includes a second column to help students understand and analyze each test question before selecting an answer.All questions are CCSS-style multiple-choice and open-ended assessment for skills RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.7, RI.8.8, and RI.8.9. These are all the skill
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Making Inferences: Inference Detective (The Snowman) Google Form, PDF & Boom
Is it challenging for your students to make valid inferences? Do they struggle to find strong evidence to support their inferences? In this engaging activity, students make inferences by analyzing a case file and a crime scene photo. Inferential questions challenge students to find valid evidence to support their thinking. The final question asks students to synthesize the information and solve the crime like a true detective! THE STORYLINEIma Stealer has stolen a diamond ring. She is hoping to
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5th - 8th
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Analyze Word Choice, Analogy, Allusion RI.8.4 | Arachnophobia Article #8-7
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-7: Born Afraid: ArachnophobiaTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.4, Analyze Word Choice, Allusion, and Analogy with this high-interest article on Arachnophobia. This article is great for getting into the Halloween spirit or anytime, as there are no Halloween references in the article. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the s
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Nonfiction Middle School Reading Unit
The "Nonfiction Middle School Reading Unit" is a comprehensive, rigorous, and engaging resource that teachers and students alike will love. This reading unit is designed to work with ANY nonfiction short article or nonfiction book and is adaptable to a variety of instructional contexts such as whole class text, small group reading instruction (literature circles, guided reading, reading strategy groups), or students independently reading a text of their choice within the genre of this unit. This
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Reading Curriculum Bundle (140 Reading Lessons Total)
Review RI.8.4,RI.8.5, RI.8.6 | Should You Eat Like a Caveman? Article #8-12
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-12: Should You Eat Like a Caveman?Review reading informational text standards RI.8.4 (Analyze Word Choice & Connotative Meanings), RI8.5 (Analyze Text Structure and Text Features), and RI.8.6 (Analyze Author's Point of View (Conflicting Viewpoints) and Purpose) with this high-interest article on the pros and cons of eating like a caveman, or the paleo diet.Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, litera
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Media Literacy Checklist - Evaluating Sources, Fact Checking, and Media Bias
These media literacy handouts provide an easy acronym and a graphic organizer that can be used to evaluate any source and help your students identify credible sources. Includes digital worksheets for distance learning, as well as ready-to-print handouts for evaluating sources within a traditional classroom setting.This resource is also included in Mondays Made Easy's Media Literacy Coronavirus News Lesson for Evaluating Sources. This distance learning resource examines the credibility of coron
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7th - 12th
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8th Grade Reading Informational Text PRETEST | Article #8-25 Child Labor
8th Grade Pre-Assessment Exam for Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-25: Child Labor Then & NowHere's a breakdown of what's included here:-Original Article "Child Labor Then & Now"-Modified Article "Child Labor Then & Now"-Paired Article excerpt from "Child Farmworkers in the United States" (for RI.8.9)-link to Video Clip (for RI.8.7)-Pre-Assessment Exam (36 multiple-choice questions, four per standard)-Modified Final Exam (multiple-choices reduced to 2 instead of 4 as o
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8th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
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