8th Grade Non-Fiction Reading

Solidify your reading skills with this collection of non-fiction stories.

Solidify your reading and understanding skills:

• This collection of 10 original stories was written specifically for this app

• Read and test your comprehension with a variety of questions about the selected passages

• Study anywhere and learn at your own pace

• Each passage and question set takes approximately 5-8 minutes to complete

• Specifically appropriate content chosen at the 8th grade level

• Works well in classrooms for independent study time

• Increase student reading comprehension and their scores!

Peekaboo Studios reading passages have been written by award winning authors, teachers, and Pulitzer Prize nominees specifically for our apps.

Aligned with CCSS - Common Core State Standards for 8th Grade:

• Read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently

• Determine a theme or central idea of a text

• Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

Non-Fiction topics include:

• Alessandro Volta

• Apollo 11

• Jesse Owens

• Honey Bees

• The Washington Monument

• J.K. Rowling

• Mesa Verde National Park

• George Foster Peabody

• Marie Antoinette

• The Golden Gate Bridge

*With practice you can achieve your best score!*