Nonfiction Reading Passages
These nonfiction reading passages pair informational text with comprehension and analysis questions, built for middle and high school classrooms. Each set gives students a focused, standards-friendly passage on a real science or history topic, followed by text-dependent questions that ask them to find evidence, summarize, and draw conclusions — not just recall facts. Passages print cleanly on US Letter paper, use a readable layout with room to write, and come with a complete answer key. Use them as a do-now, a reading-day assignment, a sub-day activity, or a homework set. Topics are grouped by subject — earth and nature science, space and astronomy, US history, and world history — so the reading reinforces the unit you're teaching instead of standing apart from it. Singles and multi-passage bundles are both available.
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Earth & Nature Science
Four complete nonfiction reading-passage sets in one download - 20 original passages across the science topics middle schoolers actually study: ecosystems and biomes, dinosaurs and prehistoric life, oceans and marine life, and space and the solar system. Every passage comes with comprehension questions and a full answer key, and each set carries its own standards page.
Five original nonfiction reading passages on ecosystems and biomes, each with comprehension questions and a full answer key. Print and go, or assign one passage at a time. Built for middle school (grades 6-8) and aligned to CCSS reading and NGSS life-science standards.
Five original nonfiction reading passages on dinosaurs and prehistoric life, each with comprehension questions and a full answer key. Print and go, or assign one passage at a time. Built for middle school (grades 6-8) and aligned to the reading standards below.
Five original nonfiction reading passages on the ocean and marine life, each with comprehension questions and a full answer key. Print and go, or assign one passage at a time. Built for middle school (grades 6-8) and aligned to the reading standards below.
Space & Astronomy
Five original nonfiction reading passages on space and the solar system, each with comprehension questions and a full answer key. Print and go, or assign one passage at a time. Built for middle school (grades 6-8) and aligned to the reading standards below.
US History
Five original nonfiction reading passages on the causes, course, and outcome of the American Revolution, each with comprehension questions and a full answer key. Print and go, or assign one passage at a time. Built for middle school (grades 6-8) and aligned to the reading standards below.
World History
Five original nonfiction reading passages on ancient China - its dynasties, thinkers, and inventions, each with comprehension questions and a full answer key. Print and go, or assign one passage at a time. Built for middle school (grades 6-8) and aligned to the reading standards below.