ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on "Chess"
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice for secondary students, built around a nonfiction feature article about the history and rules of chess.
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ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice for secondary students, built around a nonfiction feature article about the history and rules of chess.
Reading comprehension practice on early American colonization using five short nonfiction passages with follow-up questions.
ESL reading-comprehension and writing practice built around an expository passage distinguishing science from pseudoscience.
Provides a single California CAASPP Grade 11 College Readiness practice test combining ELA/Literacy and Mathematics, with an answer key/scoring guide and a teacher's guide, to prepare students for the college-and-career-readiness portion of state testing.
An end-of-year themed early-literacy activity combining simple sentence reading with drawing, for K-2 students.
A movement-based 'scoot game' teaching upper-elementary students to distinguish positive from negative peer pressure by reading short scenario cards.
Nonfiction reading comprehension lessons about sea animals (stingray, electric eel, whale shark, sharks, ocean habitat, jellyfish), presented as PDF-rendered slide decks, each followed by post-reading activities
A pre-reader phonics pack that introduces the consonant digraphs sh, ch, th and words ending in y, showing the sounds at the start and end of words.
Give upper-intermediate/advanced ESL students a biographical reading passage on Donald Trump to build reading, vocabulary, discussion, and essay-writing skills.
Informational reading packet teaching what architecture is and what an architect does, paired with reading-response and comparison worksheets.
A single-sound phonics workbook (part of the 'Reading Made Simple' / 'Sound It Out Phonics' series) focused on the /ch/ digraph, with reading, writing, tracking, and drawing activities.
A phonics/spelling storybook (Guinea Pig Education 'Zoggy' series) teaching silent letters, prefixes, and suffixes spelling patterns through an illustrated story where an alien named Zoggy learns to play football with a human friend, Dan.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Vicki Feaver's poem 'The Gun'.
Reading-comprehension and activity unit on Ecosystems for grades 1-5, part of the Classroom Complete Press 'Hands-On' science series (single-topic chapter excerpt of a larger multi-topic book).
A phonics reading workbook that teaches the ar, or, ir, ur and er sounds through an illustrated narrative about Sam and Kim, with sentences to read and color-coded word identification.
Give students in grades 5-6 practice with reading comprehension across varied literary genres (realistic fiction, biography, poetry, fantasy, informational articles, myths, legends, tall tales, and plays/skits), paired with teacher tools to plan, assess and track that practice.
Nonfiction Earth/space-science reading passages that teach what objects are visible in the sky (clouds, birds, airplanes, moon, stars, sun) and basic facts about the sun, for reading-comprehension practice.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice built around a nonfiction passage about book discussion clubs.
A baseball-themed cross-curricular unit combining reading comprehension, writing, and math practice for elementary students.
A matching activity for early learners that pairs animals with the sounds they make, supporting pre-reading and language development.
A 5-day book-companion lesson plan for the novel Magic Tree House #19: Tigers at Twilight, combining linked videos, chapter reading, comprehension quizzes, vocabulary work, and drawing activities.
The trade passage introduces goods, services and exports, then uses Revolutionary War trade as its historical example. A partly completed main-idea organiser guides students toward supporting details before matching, multiple-choice and written tasks. Use the supplied sample responses to discuss how an explanation connects vocabulary with information from the passage.
A scripted elementary school play/readers' theater about zoo animals who put on a talent show to save their zoo from closing, for drama and reading practice.
Reading Comprehension - Digital Lesson Plan Gr. 5-8 | MAC Software With an array of essential reading comprehension concepts, the Reading Comprehension - Digital Lesson Plan is characterized by its engagement and interactivity, making it a practical tool for educators. Designed specifically for Grade levels 5 through to 8, this digital resource can be…