Problem and Solution Text Structure Presentation & Escape Room Reading Activity

Problem and Solution Text Structure Presentation & Escape Room Reading Activity: This problem and solution nonfiction text structure reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of the problem and solution nonfiction text structure! The detailed presentation introduces the text structure with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrative back story where they must gain access to a secret room. Then, they must collaborate in groups to crack a problem and solve a nonfiction text structure-related challenge to unlock the solution and find the pin to gain access to the room!

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Included in This Problem and Solution Nonfiction Text Structure Escape Room Challenge Reading Activity:

➡️ Problem and Solution Nonfiction Text Structure Presentation Slides: Use these PowerPoint presentation slides to guide the problem and solution lesson and activity with instructional slides, activity prompts, the narrative story text, story conclusion slides, and answer keys for review.

➡️ Gain Access to the Secret Room Narrative Back Story: Next, students are ready to put what they have learned into action! They will begin the challenge by reading a short backstory that sets up the escape room challenge. After forgetting their project due for Ms. Baleful, a group of students rushes back to school to retrieve it. Upon entering her classroom, they hear footsteps approaching. In a panic, they try to open the secret locked room, causing a framed certificate to fall and reveal hidden papers. Realizing these papers might hold the key to unlocking the room, they quickly gather them and start deciphering the puzzle to avoid getting caught by Ms. Baleful.

➡️ Problem and Solution Nonfiction Text Structure Escape Room Style Challenge: In this interactive escape-room style problem and solution challenge, students must read an original short story and read a variety of articles and find the solutions to the problems within each to gain access to the PIN to access the locked room!

How This Problem and Solution Nonfiction Text Structure Escape Room Challenge Reading Activity Works:

• Start by using the presentation slides to guide you through each element of the lesson and activity. The slides will help you teach the problem and solution nonfiction text structure, introduce the story and challenge, and review the answers.
• Read the narrative story as a class to hook students and introduce the challenge.
• Once you taught the problem and solution nonfiction text structure and read the story, students are ready to try the escape-room style reading challenge!
• When students successfully solve the challenge, you can share the conclusion slides which will wrap up the narrative story.

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