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Stranger Things Reading Comprehension

Twenty comprehension questions and three writing prompts follow a two-page informational passage tracing the origin, setting, characters, themes, and cultural impact of the Netflix series "Stranger Things," aimed at intermediate-advanced ESL students.
Grades
Grades 7–12, High School, Middle School
Pages
3
File type
PDF
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Print ready

Updated Sep 14, 2025

Subject
Reading Comprehension, Holidays, ESL, Holiday & Seasonal, Vocabulary, Writing, Reading, Language Development, ELA
Topic
ESL, English Second Language
Resource types
Writing Prompts, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation
Print ready

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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on "Stranger Things" - TV Series

This ESL EFL Teaching Resource on "Stranger Things" - Netflix TV Series" (3 PDF Worksheets Slides; Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity) can be ideal to improve Language skills in English. Ideal students for this ESL EFL TESOL Reading + Writing Activity are Foreign Students at middle and High School (7th-12th Grade; teens). Newcomers or any ESL Learner is also more than suitable for this ESL EFL TESOL TEFL (English as a Second or Foreign Language) Activity on "Stranger Things" - Netflix TV Series" (origins, background and history + setting, characters and overall plot + themes and influences + success, popularity and legacy of this sci-fi, horror coming of age TV series). This Teaching Educational Resource Product can also be ideal for ESL EFL TESOL Centres worldwide or any English second language tutor.

Intermediate Advanced English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL EFL TESOL TEFL) learners are suitable for this ESL EFL TESOL Teaching Resource (Reading Comprehensin + Writing Activity) on "Stranger Things" - Netflix TV Series" (Worksheet; 3 PDF Printable slides)

In this English Second or Foreign Language (ESL EFL TESOL) Reading Comprehension + Essay Writing Activity Worksheet on "Stranger Things" - Netflix TV Series" (origins, background and history + setting, characters and overall plot + themes and influences + success, popularity and legacy of this sci-fi, horror coming of age TV series) activities are included:

  • 1 text on "Stranger Things" - Netflix TV Series" (origins, background and history + setting, characters and overall plot + themes and influences + success, popularity and legacy of this sci-fi, horror coming of age TV series)

  • 20 Questions related to the text (with related space where students can answer)

  • 3 essay prompts for a writing activity on "Stranger Things" - Netflix TV Series" (writing an essay on your own personal opinion on Stranger Things; whether you have ever watched this Netflix TV Series or not and whether you liked it or not + writing about another TV series which evokes nostalgia of teenage years; describing it and comparing it to Stranger Things + pretending to be in the imaginary world of "Stranger Things" for a day and to write a page of diary on your imaginary experience)

This ESL Teaching Resource (Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Workssheets) can be ideal for Halloween Season activities

This ESL, EFL (English Second or Foreign Language) Teaching Resource Reading + Writing Activity on "Stranger Things" - Netflix TV Series" (origins, background and history + setting, characters and overall plot + themes and influences + success, popularity and legacy of this sci-fi, horror coming of age TV series) is great for Intermediate Advanced English as a second or foreign language learners (ESL- EFL - TESOL). This English Second Language Worksheet on "Stranger Things" - Netflix TV Series" (origins, background and history + setting, characters and overall plot + themes and influences + success, popularity and legacy of this sci-fi, horror coming of age TV series) aims to train and Reading Comprehension + Writing Skills.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students answer comprehension questions using explicit and inferential information from an informational text.

  • Students define and use vocabulary in context, including providing synonyms and explaining specialized terms.

  • Students evaluate a true/false claim about the text's setting and support their answer with textual evidence.

  • Students write an opinion essay, a comparative essay, and a narrative diary entry in response to the reading.

Teaching tips

  • Pre-teach the vocabulary items (synonyms for "thrill"/"supernatural," definitions of "nostalgic"/"psychokinetic") before assigning the full comprehension set, since they appear only near the end of the question list.

  • Use the true/false question about the Hawkins, Indiana setting as a quick close-reading check, since the text explicitly states the town is fictional.

  • Offer the three writing prompts as leveled options — the opinion essay is the most accessible entry point, while the comparison essay asks students to draw on outside knowledge of another series.

  • Students do not need to have watched the show; the reading passage itself supplies all the background the comprehension and writing tasks require.

Skills covered

  • Reading comprehension of an informational/analytical text.

  • Vocabulary in context, including synonyms and term explanation.

  • Evidence-based true/false argumentation.

  • Opinion, comparative, and narrative essay writing.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do students need to have watched the show to complete the activity?

No — the reading passage itself provides all the background (origins, setting, characters, plot, themes) that the questions and writing prompts draw from, and the first prompt explicitly offers an option for students who have not watched it.

What kind of vocabulary work is included?

Students supply synonyms for words like "thrill" and "supernatural" and explain terms such as "nostalgic" and "psychokinetic" in their own words.

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Core concepts

  • ESL reading comprehension

  • Vocabulary in context

  • Opinion, comparative, and narrative writing

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