Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities - Roller Coasters
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities - Roller Coasters: Bring nonfiction into your classroom with this comprehensive resource, designed to meet your informational text standards. Use the included presentation slides to guide this high-interest nonfiction reading comprehension lesson where students will read an article about one of the longest and fastest roller coasters in the world, the Yukon Striker. Students will then show their comprehension and analysis of the article with a ready-to-use response assignment, focusing on finding text evidence, making inferences, using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary, evaluating figures of speech, and creative thinking. Also included is a fun and creative assignment where students compare their own life to a roller coaster. This nonfiction reading comprehension lesson has everything you need to help your students be stronger at reading and analyzing informational texts.
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➡️ Roller Coaster Presentation Slides: Use this PowerPoint presentation to guide you through every element of the lesson. From pre-reading discussion questions to activity prompts and answer keys, each slide is crafted to facilitate engaging classroom discussions. Additionally, the presentation includes a link to a related video and a video writing prompt, enabling students to make meaningful text-to-self connections.
➡️ Roller Coaster Nonfiction Article: Engage your students in an original nonfiction article that explores the one of the longest and fastest roller coasters in the world, the Yukon Striker. This informative piece provides a foundation for in-depth discussions, reading comprehension, and critical analysis.
➡️ Roller Coaster Reading Response Assignment: Challenge students to analyze the text and show comprehension with this reading response assignment. Designed to meet informational text curriculum standards, this assignment encourages students to analyze and reflect on key concepts like finding text evidence, making inferences, using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary, evaluating figures of speech, and creative thinking. A detailed teacher answer key is provided for easy grading and review.
➡️ Life is a Roller Coaster Creative Response Assignment: Foster creativity and critical thinking skills with this engaging assignment where students compare their own life to a roller coaster. Life shares many similarities to a ride on a roller coaster. There are climbs, drops, twists, and loops that everyone experiences like a roller coaster in many ways! Students will reflect on their own life and share a moment of ascent (challenge), dive drop (excitement), twist or turn (surprising), and loop-de-loop (big change).
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