Read 180

The World’s Most Effective System for Raising Reading Achievement

Middle School

Stage B • Grades 6–8

  • Student rBook

    Read. Write. React. Rigor.

    READ 180 Next Generation rBooks are engaging, interactive worktexts that provide daily instruction in critical reading, vocabulary, writing, 21st Century learning, and grammar skills. Each student receives their own rBook to use during Whole- and Small-Group Instruction.

    Nine rBook Workshops:
    Engaging Literature and Nonfiction

    The rBook is organized around nine Workshops that provide enough content for approximately one year of instruction in comprehension and writing skills.


    Rollover each Workshop image to see the Reading and Writing Skill being taught.

  • Social Studies Expository

    The New Americans

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Main Ideas and Details

    Writing Skill:

    • Expository

    Science Expository

    When Disaster Strikes

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Sequence of Events

    Writing Skill:

    • Narrative

    Literature

    Identity Crisis

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Story Elements

    Writing Skill:

    • Literature Response

    Social Studies Expository

    Stolen Childhoods

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Summarize

    Writing Skill:

    • Expository Summary

    Life Issues Expository

    Under Pressure

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Problem and Solution

    Writing Skill:

    • Persuasive

    Literature

    Poe: The Master of Horror

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Story Elements

    Writing Skill:

    • Literature Review

    Science Expository

    Alien Invaders

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Cause and Effect

    Writing Skill:

    • Persuasive

    Life Issues Expository

    Turning Points

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Compare and Contrast

    Writing Skill:

    • Descriptive

    Expository and Literature

    The Streets of Harlem

    Comprehension Skill:

    • Make Inferences

    Writing Skill:

    • Personal Narrative