Non-fiction texts

The first step is to choose a text:  it has to be inetresting, or at least relevant to your students.  You can't always make them find the text interesting, but you can make it relevant if the subject matter continues on through the unit.

The second step is to think about what you want students to understand from the text and ask questions to highlight those key points. 

One problem is that students often cannot distinguish between main idea and details or between important and unimportant details.  We can only teach them by example.  Ask main idea and detail questions, then have the students identify the question type.