Looking for fun ELA intervention activities to teach middle school reading skills? Middle school students and teachers will love this nonfiction ELA reading comprehension bundle for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. It contains 9 nonfiction lessons, main idea and key details anchor charts + graphic organizers, and an ELA test prep escape room.
Nonfiction text features and reading skills, such as understanding the central idea, supporting details, the author’s purpose, and point of view, can be complex concepts for students to grasp. Each of the eight close reading lessons contains nonfiction reading comprehension passages and text-dependent questions, providing the perfect solution for helping your students analyze complex texts and become stronger readers.
⛔ What Skills Are Currently Included:
- Central Idea and Supporting Details
- Analyzing the Author’s Point of View
- Making Connections to Text
- Context Clues
- Identifying/Citing Text Evidence
✍ What’s Included:
• The Substitute Files Nonfiction Test Prep Escape Room
• 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!
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!”
