If your learners are curious about human achievement, superlatives, or esoteric trivia, the Guinness Book of Records is a way to tap into instrinsic motivation and relevance. Here's an informational reading that will grab their attention while they practice comprehension strategies, making inferences, vocabulary development, and test prep. 

Concepts

nonfiction, reading comprehension

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

informational reading, nonfiction text, reading comprehension, guinness book of records, guiness, english language arts

Show More Show Less

Instructional Ideas

• Have individual research a topic of interest

Classroom Considerations

• The resource may be used to model how to draw inferences, as guided practice, or as an assessment

Pros

• Seven multiple choice questions on comprehension, inference, vocabulary and more follow the reading
• Includes detailed explanations for answers to each question

Cons

• None