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High-Interest Informational Articles + Questions 1 Middle School Digital + Print

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Grade Levels
5th - 8th
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21 pages
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My students love this resource. It gets them engaged and participating in the lesson. It doesn't take much time to implement the resources into your lesson plans which is always a huge plus!
This is a great resource to help students practice their reading comprehension. Students found the topics interesting and engaging!
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  1. Informational Articles and Questions for Middle School Bundle contains 6 high-interest topics that are great for gaining interest and practicing analyzing nonfiction texts in your classroom. The topics Self-Driving Cars, Parkour, Instant Ramen Noodles, Legos, Energy Drinks, and Movie Theaters will h
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Informational Articles and Questions for Middle School Volume 1 contains 3 high-interest topics that are great for gaining interest and practicing analyzing nonfiction texts in your classroom. The topics Parkour, Ramen Noodles, and Self-Driving Cars will help engage your students and help them prepare for any Common Core State Assessment. Your students will enjoy reading and learning about these three topics because my middle school students picked them.

These nonfiction text sets are perfect for students in grades 5-8 and require no prep. Each nonfiction article set works well as a class lesson, partner work, or as an assessment. Questions in clue multiple choice, matching, short answer, and pre-writing guides. It is also a great way to review before testing. The questions are aligned with Informational Reading Common Core State Standards.

Included:

  • All articles and questions are available on both Google Slides and Forms.
  • 3 Nonfiction Articles Instant Ramen Noodles: Friend or Foe, Parkour: Hardcore Play, and Self-Driving Cars: Here Comes the Future
  • 8 Multiple Choice questions per article
  • 2 Short Answer questions per article
  • Context Clue based vocabulary for each article
  • Pre-Writing Activity for each article
  • Questions are based directly off of Common Core State Tests
  • Student-guided checklist for short answer questions
  • Articles and questions formatted on Google Slides for easy student use
  • Includes 21 pages!
  • Answer Key for each set of questions including sample writing responses
  • Short answer Questions are perfect for practicing RACE model

Check out Volume 2 which includes 3 brand-new high-interest articles!

Check out the Bundle to get all 6 articles and save money!

*Updated 4/2023*

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Total Pages
21 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 Week
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

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