Have you already assigned all five of our 7th-9th grade first-person narrative passages? Here are five more! Each passage includes five Common Core-aligned questions, testing your students’ ability to:
Use Context Clues • Interpret Figurative Language • Draw Inferences
Recall Supporting Facts • Identify the Main Idea • Analyze Perspective
Passage 1: The Sign Language Class
In The Sign Language Class, a student begins a new class taught by a teacher who does not speak. This passage can serve as a great introduction to a conversation about physical disabilities and learning differences. View Resource…
Passage 2: The Drive to Win
Are your students passionate athletes? Spark a debate about the difference between talent and drive using this reading passage, which contrasts two types of players from the point of view of a basketball coach. View Resource…
Passage 3: A Little Piece of Home
Driving a truck for a living can be a lonely job. In this passage, a long-distance truck driver explains how he finds a piece of home in the comforting environment of the roadside diner. View Resource…
Passage 4: The Best Job in the World
The narrator is an ethnomusicologist who studies the music of Ecuador. Learn about her fascinating career in The Best Job in the World. Afterward, lead a discussion with your students about the pros and cons of the jobs they are familiar with. View Resource…
Passage 5: A Rewarding Job
We want to inspire our students to not only be future voters, but also future leaders! Explore the work of a person elected to be town councilor from her perspective in A Rewarding Job. View Resource…
Looking for more fun and fascinating reading passages to help your students build Common Core reading skills? Find five more passages here, and even more below:
Do your students need a break after all that reading? Try out a learning game.
