Article of the Week Club, 7th Grade | Nonfiction Reading Passages Middle School

Article of the Week Club, Grade 7 (7th Grade Nonfiction Articles + Activities)

7th Grade Article of the Week Club is your solution for teaching ALL of the CCSS for Grade 7 Reading Informational Text! You’ll receive 25 nonfiction article + activity packs. This includes a pre-assessment, midterm, and final assessment for reading informational text standards. Your students will enjoy practicing all of the common core reading informational text standards with these high-interest informational text passages.

The first article is FREE, so download yours today!

Each article + activity pack includes these components:

original article written at the 7th grade level

modified version of each article

professional audio recording of each article and modified article

editable version of all activities and assessments

digital Google Slides version of all articles and activities

self-grading Google Forms assessments (3 per article)

Each article + activity pack includes these activities:

Activity 1 - Literal Comprehension Check (multiple choice)

Activity 2 - Literal Comprehension Check (open-ended) (alternate option for Act 1)

Activity 3 - Text Evidence Practice (annotation version)

Activity 4 - Text Evidence Practice (multiple choice version) (alternate option for Act 3)

Activity 5 - Skills focus (focuses on one CCSS skill)

Activity 6 - Integrating Sources Activity

Activity 7 - Skills Test

Activity 8 - Modified Skills Test (alternate option for Act 7)

Articles Currently Available (Download Today!)

7-1: Skill RI.7.2 Development of Central Ideas / Topic: How Gross Is Your Bathroom?

7-2: Skill RI.7.2 Summarize / Topic: Should Homework Be Banned?

7-3: Skill RI.7.3 Analyze Relationships in a Text / Topic: Is Fossil Fuel Overuse Threatening Your Health?

7-4: Skill RI.7.3 Analyze Influence of Individuals and Events / Topic: NFL Protests: Taking a Stand by Taking a Knee

7-5: Skill RI.7.2 and RI.7.3 REVIEW / Topic: Brazil's Snake Island: Legend Meets Science

7-6: Skill RI.7.4 Connotative & Technical Meaning / Topic: North Korea Explained

7-7: Skill RI.7.4 Analyze Word Choice / Topic: Aliens

7-8: Skill RI.7.5 Analyze Text Structure / Topic: Life in North Korea Today

7-9: Skill RI.7.5 Analyze Text Structure / Topic: Water Shortage! Drought in California

7-10: Skill RI.7.6 Analyze Point of View and Purpose/ Topic: Uncontacted! The Hidden Peoples of Brazil

7-11: Skill RI.7.6 Analyze Point of View and Purpose/ Topic: How Technology Transformed Television

7-12 (Review of RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6) Mystery of Anastasia Romanov

7-13 MIDTERM (RI.7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6) / Topic: Youth Sports Injuries on the Rise

7-14: Skill RI.7.8 Evaluate Argument & Claims / Topic: The Disastrous Response to Hurricane Maria

7-15: Skill RI.7.8 Evaluate Arguments & Claims / Topic: The REAL Fortnite™ Battle: Parents Vs. Kids

7-16: Skill RI.7.7 Analyze a Famous Speech/Compare Text to Audio & Video: Malala Yousafzai's 2013 United Nations Speech

7-17: Skill RI.7.9 Analyze Presentation of Topic (Multiple Authors) / Topic: Service Dogs

7-18: Skill RI.7.9 Analyze Presentation of Topic (Multiple Authors) / Topic: School Lunches

7-19: Review of RI.7.7, RI.7.8, RI.7.9 / Topic: Lost Boys of Sudan (Salva Dut)

7-20: Skill RI.7.1 Cite Text Evidence w/ACE Method Questions / Topic: Toxic Black Mold

7-21: Skill RI.7.4 TONE / Topic: British Royal Family

7-22: Test Prep / Standardized Test Practice w/Question Analysis & Tips

7-23: End of the Year Review ESCAPE ROOM / Topic: One-Way Ticket to Mars

7-24: FINAL EXAM / Topic: The Life of Malcolm X

7-25: PRE-ASSESSMENT / Topic: Danger on the Water Slide (Recreational Water Illnesses)

For details about which CCSS skills are included in which articles, check out this working Google Doc anytime for updates: https://goo.gl/2XNGQg

Nonfiction Article of the Week Clubs are also available for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades:

5th Grade Article of the Week Club

6th Grade Article of the Week Club

8th Grade Article of the Week Club