ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay Worksheets - Freddie Mercury
Gives ESL/EFL teen learners a reading-comprehension and essay-writing practice activity built around a biographical passage on Freddie Mercury and the band Queen.
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Gives ESL/EFL teen learners a reading-comprehension and essay-writing practice activity built around a biographical passage on Freddie Mercury and the band Queen.
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Gives ESL/EFL teen learners a reading-comprehension and essay-writing practice activity built around a biographical passage on Benjamin Franklin.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for "Children of Dune" by Frank Herbert: guides students through a character web, a place/setting web, a chapter-by-chapter summary grid, and reflection/creative-writing prompts.
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Gives ESL/EFL teen learners a reading-comprehension and essay-writing practice activity built around an informational passage on the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia.
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Gives ESL/EFL teen learners a reading-comprehension and essay-writing practice activity built around an informational passage on the history of ninjas (shinobi) in medieval Japan.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for "Dune" by Frank Herbert: guides students through a character web, a place/setting web, a chapter-by-chapter summary grid, and reflection/creative-writing prompts.
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for "God Emperor of Dune" by Frank Herbert: guides students through a character web, a place/setting web, a chapter-by-chapter summary grid, and reflection/creative-writing prompts.
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Students read a multi-paragraph nonfiction passage, answer open-response reading comprehension questions (including short-answer, vocabulary/synonym, and a true-or-false-with-textual-justification item), then write a personal-opinion or comparison essay responding to a set of guided writing prompts about the topic.
Fill in the author, original language and genre; label a character web and a place/setting web with descriptions of named characters and locations from "Dune Messiah"; summarize the novel chapter by chapter in a fill-in grid; then respond to 6 numbered reflection/creative-writing prompts covering: personal book review of Dune Messiah;…
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Fill in the author, original language and genre; label a character web and a place/setting web with descriptions of named characters and locations from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"; summarize the novel chapter by chapter in a fill-in grid; then respond to 4 numbered reflection/creative-writing prompts covering: personal book…
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Students read a multi-paragraph nonfiction passage, answer open-response reading comprehension questions (including short-answer, vocabulary/synonym, and a true-or-false-with-textual-justification item), then write a personal-opinion or comparison essay responding to a set of guided writing prompts about the topic.
Fill in the author, original language and genre; label a character web and a place/setting web with descriptions of named characters and locations from "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"; summarize the novel chapter by chapter in a fill-in grid; then respond to 5 numbered reflection/creative-writing prompts covering: personal…
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Fill in the author, original language and genre; label a character web and a place/setting web with descriptions of named characters and locations from "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"; summarize the novel chapter by chapter in a fill-in grid; then respond to 5 numbered reflection/creative-writing prompts covering: personal…
Students record the book's author/genre/publishing date, list ten new vocabulary words and their meanings, identify a favourite chapter and explain why, rate and review the novel, and write a three-entry diary as a chosen character.
Students read a nonfiction passage about pizza (history, preparation and international variations), answer short-answer and true/false (with textual justification) comprehension questions, complete vocabulary/synonym exercises, and respond to two extended writing prompt(s) about the topic.
Fill in the author, original language and genre; label a character web and a place/setting web with descriptions of named characters and locations from "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"; summarize the novel chapter by chapter in a fill-in grid; then respond to 6 numbered reflection/creative-writing prompts covering: personal book…