Article of the Week Full Year Mega Bundle

Article of the Week Full Year Mega Bundle | PDF and Digital: This resource contains 44 high-interest non-fiction articles and 41 non-fiction-aligned graphic organizers. Each article contains 3 post-reading activities to assist with reading comprehension and standardized test prep.

• This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom as well as Google Slides formatted lessons for 1:1 schools.

Resource Includes:

• 43 High-interest non-fiction/informational text articles
• 41 Different graphic organizers
• Article of the Week Differentiated Lesson Plans (modelled, scaffolded, independent, advanced)
• Modified and regular text versions of each article
• Monthly teaching plan
• Teacher lesson plan for each article
• Pre-reading K-W-L chart for each article
• Mp3 audio file for each article
• 3 Post-reading activities {comprehension questions, grammar questions (2 options: paper and self-grading Google Forms), long answer writing response}
• PDF and Google Slides formats
• Individual PDFs for Google Classroom

Included Articles

1. Benefits of Reading
2. School Uniforms
3. Electric Cars
4. The Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster
5. The Homework Debate
6. Crime Scene Investigations
7. The History of Television
8. Halloween
9. Benefits of Exercise
10. Diwali
11. Daylight Savings
12. St. Patrick's Day
13. Dangerous North American Spiders
14. The D.B. Cooper Mystery
15. Natural Disasters
16. April Fools' Day
17. Ramadan
18. Earth Day
19. Dangerous North American Animals
20. Dangerous North American Snakes
21. Alcatraz
22. Dangers of Caffeine and Energy Drinks
23. North American Amusement Parks
24. Public Swimming Pool Safety
25. The Titanic
26. Life In Space
27. Hanukkah
28. Self-Driving Cars
29. Regifting
30. Christmas
31. The Mystery of Oak Island
32. Podcasts
33. Smartphone Addiction
34. The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
35. The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
36. eSports
37. Groundhog Day
38. Chinese New Year
39. Valentine's Day
40. Drones
41. The Mystery of Big Foot
42. Popular Desserts Around The World
43. Kwanzaa
44. Japan's Cat Islands

Included Graphic Organizers

7 Summarizing Strategies Graphic Organizers

• 3,2,1 Chart (2 options)
• 5 W’s + H 
• GIST
• Key Ideas
• Alphabet Summary (2 options)

7 Reading Strategies Graphic Organizers

• Predictions
• Connections
• Questions
• Author’s Purpose
• Main Idea
• Determining Importance
• Extending Answers

27 Common Core Aligned Reading: Informational Text Graphic Organizers

• Grade 6 - organizers for standards 6.1 - 6.9
• Grade 7 - organizers for standards 7.1 - 7.9
• Grade 8 - organizers for standards 8.1 - 8.9

Teacher Feedback

1. “I have not used all of the articles yet--but my students and I have loved the ones that we have read! There are so many different topics and students enjoy discussing the topics after we read. I used these for regular lessons and have pulled a couple of them as emergency sub plans! Thanks for another great product!!!”
2. “As per usual, this creator's resources are just amazing. I always come to them first and I'm never disappointed!”
3. “Another amazing resource from this author! Thanks!”