Nonfiction Navigator: Questions & Creative Prompts for All Texts

Worksheets · Grades 7–10 · PDF · $4.50

A set of nonfiction questions I keep on hand because they fit almost any article, speech, or memoir. Good for grades 7-10.

Students answer 10 questions on the central argument, evidence, bias, audience, context, title, structure, and counterarguments, then pick one of 4 essay prompts: compare two texts, evaluate the author's purpose, compare a historical event across cultures, or write a first-person account from just before a big change.

What's included

• PDF worksheet with 10 questions and answer lines, split over 2 pages
• 4 essay prompts (Comparative Analysis, Author's Intent and Impact, Parallel Histories, Witness to Change)
• One-page PDF reference with all questions and prompts

How teachers use it

• With any nonfiction text you're already teaching
• Sub-day plan: the worksheet works with whatever article you leave
• Use the essay prompts as an extension or a longer writing grade

Topics: ecr, essay, writing, journal, prompts, bell, ringer, intervention, rti, mtss, sped, middle, school, high, grade, 7, 8, 9, 10