High Interest Science Reading Comprehension with Text-Dependent Questions –

Ignite critical thinking and sharpen reading comprehension skills in your 7th-9th graders with this engaging Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) future-science resource! Packed with exciting activities, thought-provoking questions, and scaffolded reading tasks, students will explore this cutting-edge technology while developing critical analysis and problem-solving skills. Easy-to-use lesson plans and captivating content ensure a successful learning experience that keeps students engaged and eager to turn the page!

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Go beyond the text and ignite your students’ imagination with this BCI Reading Comprehension Lesson Plan! Use this resource for grades 7-9 in your English langauge or language arts classes. Incorporate it into a science or technology lesson for more engagement. Supplement existing curriculum and give your students something relevant to student.

Do you have ELLs in your class? This is the perfect resource for English language learners! The guided instructions help your ELLs engage in the content easier, and the scaffolded reading tasks chunk the information into manageable pieces.

The activities in this incredible reading comprehension resource get your students unpacking the the technology of BCI in a way they will actually understand and learn from:

  • a variety of academic vocabulary activities
  • scaffolded reading tasks
  • critical thinking questions and prompts
  • group discussion questions
  • big idea writing assignment
  • group project
  • …and MORE!

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✅ An Immersive Learning Experience: This resource will inject life into your classroom in a way you never thought possible! Its filled with thought-provoking questions and stunning visuals that will transport your readers to the world of BCI. They’ll read about invasive and non-invasive implants, Elon Musk’s Neuralink™, ethical issues, and MORE!

✅ NO PLANNING: This lesson is already planned and ready to go. Simply give students their workbook and follow the guides in the lesson plan. Get your time back and focus on the important stuff; the students!

✅ A Complicated Topic Made Easy: This resource was built for students who want to know more about Brain-Computer Interfacing but may find the topic too complex. 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 artificial intelligence more personal for them. With questions like ”How do the fictional examples of mind control compare to your understanding of BCI?”, students will be inspired to go beyond the topic and learn more.

✅ Read and Link to Real-World Issues Facing Society: Students will not only be reading about BCI technology and how it is incorporating itself in society, 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 Brain-Computer Interfacing. 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 BCI:

  • Convergence – As BCI technology converges with our brains, how might our understanding of what it means to be human change?

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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 student workbook and separate reading passage, 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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Terms of Use:

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.

**If you wish to use this resource for multiple classrooms or share it with fellow educators, please purchase additional licenses.Your adherence to these usage terms is greatly appreciated.

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About this Series

Lessons in this series are all about cutting-edge scientific topics & innovations that I consider to be ‘forces of change’ in our society.

Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - Critical Thinking Tasks

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