Automation Close Reading Passage with Text-Dependent Questions and Activities

The scaffolded tasks and activities in this incredible Reading Comprehension resource guide your students through the nuts and bolts of automation in a comprehensible manner:

• a variety of academic vocabulary activities
• scaffolded reading tasks
• critical thinking questions and prompts
• group discussion questions
• making inferences
• compare and contrast writing assignment

✅ An Incredible Learning Experience: Students will not only read about the world of automation; they will see it. Designed for visual learners who love it when complex text is dispersed with stunning visuals, this resource transports readers into a world that is not only filled with easy-to-chew information but also graphics and visuals that make automation more easily comprehensible. Questions and tasks are also presented in a way that breaks up the monotony of academic questions. The difficult information is snuck in under the radar.

✅ A Complicated Topic Made Easy: This resource was built for students who want to know more about automation but may find the topic too abstract. The layout and presentation of this resource scaffolds learning through a series of vocabulary, main idea, supporting details, and reading checks to build awareness of the topic slowly, all before getting to the critical thinking questions. Using this slow-release formula, students are less stressed when reading and more aware of their own pace of learning.

✅ Reading Tasks and Activities that Actually Work: The structure of this reading resource purposefully puts the students first and gets them to read, answer text-dependent questions, AND participate fully in their own learning by making the topic of automation and the future of work more personal for them. With questions like How does automation impact the workforce?” and “Will humans ever be in danger of not having a job due to technology?”, students will be compelled to not only answer questions and have discussions with their peers; they’ll be inspired to go beyond each topic and learn more.

✅ Read and Link to Real-World Issues Facing Society: Students will not only be reading about automation and the future of work, they will also work towards linking the information they learn during the reading with society and the world. The lessons starts with a ‘Big Picture’ theme and question that orients students to the topic of automation. While reading, their confidence level of the topic grows, and they then can offer an answer to the question at the lesson.

Big Picture Theme & Question for this Reading Passage on Automation:

• Creativity – Which human-centric skill do you feel is the most important for young people to master and why?

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The package includes three PDF files compressed into a single zipped file. You can open the PDFs using your preferred PDF reader. Along with the separate student workbook and reading text, you’ll also get a full lesson plan with resource notes and answer keys.

This resource can be used in both your physical classroom or in any online learning environment. You’ll get PDF pages and access to the Google Slides® for going paperless.

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Looking for an activity to teach compare and contrast essay writing? You might like my How to Write a Compare and Contrast Essay pre-planned lesson.

You may also like my Making Inferences Task Cards for High School.

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This resource was created by Landon S. Seigler of ESL Lifeline, all rights are reserved. The original purchaser is permitted to use it for a single class only. Teachers have the authorization to share this product with their students (and parents) through email, Google Classroom, or the Internet, as long as the site is password protected. Distribution to your own students is allowed, but uploading it to the Internet for public access and download is not permitted.

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