In an attempt to make reading more fun and relevant to students, I surveyed my students at the beginning of the year about the topics that they would like to read about in regards to nonfiction. The link above is to a Google folder where I am collecting short nonfiction texts for my students. I will continue collecting additional nonfiction throughout the year for these students and for future classes.
With the integration of technology and students having access to school-provided laptops, providing novels to all of my students has become much easier. For those students who could not afford to purchase novels, students can download PDF versions of the texts to their laptops to read at home. I have provided Google folders containing copies of a few novels, short stories, and paired texts that I currently use or have used in the past.