Reading Comprehension Nonfiction: The World's Oldest Stories

Students suffer from a knowledge deficit. Students only exposed to fiction will lack the necessary background and vocabulary to understand history and science texts. But reading nonfiction can be difficult. Nonfiction does not follow the predictable structure of fiction stories and often contains tricky vocabulary and new concepts. Most reading after high school is nonfiction reading. Students will develop skills and strategies for navigating nonfiction and understanding its organization and structure with manageable two-page activities.