Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities - Shooting a Basketball

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities - Shooting a Basketball: 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 how to properly shoot a basketball. Students will then show their comprehension and analysis of the article with a ready-to-use response assignment, focusing on evaluating text features, evaluating the author’s writing style, summarizing information, inferring information, analyzing idioms, and making reflections. Also included is a fun and creative assignment where students practice the process of instructional writing by writing the steps for making the perfect sandwich. This nonfiction reading comprehension basketball lesson has everything you need to help your students be stronger at reading and analyzing informational texts.

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Included in This Basketball Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities Resource:

➡️ Basketball 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.

➡️ How to Shoot a Basketball Nonfiction Article: Engage your students in an original nonfiction article about how to properly shoot a basketball. This informative piece provides a foundation for in-depth discussions, reading comprehension, and critical analysis.

➡️ Basketball 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 evaluating text features, evaluating the author’s writing style, summarizing information, inferring information, analyzing idioms, and making reflections. A detailed teacher answer key is provided for easy grading and review.

➡️ How to Make the Perfect Sandwich Creative Response Assignment (Instructional Writing): Foster creativity and critical thinking skills with this engaging assignment where students practice the process of instructional writing by writing the steps for making the perfect sandwich. This assignment allows students to take what they have learned from the writing style of the article and apply it to their own instructional writing.

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