ESL Novel Study - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw - Jeff Kinney
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "The Last Straw" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
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Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "The Last Straw" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
A novel study workbook (Rainbow Horizons Publishing) for The Egypt Game, with chapter-based vocabulary, comprehension, and creative/writing activities and a full answer key.
Solve each page's puzzle format (fill in a crossword from clues, unscramble/build words, complete analogies, sort words into categories, decode riddles or codes, find homophone pairs, etc.) using vocabulary and reasoning; a teacher answer key is provided for every page.
Complete individual grammar/language-usage worksheets (e.g., identifying or labeling parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, usage) and record name, period, date, and score on each sheet, as skill practice, reinforcement, or formal assessment.
Students record talk details (when/where it was held, speaker, topic), discuss pre-listening warm-up questions with a partner or in writing, log up to 10 new vocabulary words and their meanings, take while-listening notes (classify the main idea as informative/persuasive/entertaining and list key points, facts, or examples)…
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "Dog Days" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet packet built around an informational passage about the Loch Ness Monster legend, Scotland, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary-in-context, and essay-writing skills.
Give students and teachers a concise refresher explaining core fraction concepts and procedures.
Complete individual grammar/language-usage worksheets (e.g., identifying or labeling parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, usage) and record name, period, date, and score on each sheet, as skill practice, reinforcement, or formal assessment.
Complete a sequence of leveled worksheets (4 difficulty levels per lesson), flash cards, wall-chart reference activities, hands-on projects (e.g. paper cut-outs of solids, straw models, metric ruler-making), coloring/math-art pages, and assessments across 7 lesson plans covering solids, plane figures…
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "Cabin Fever" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
A one-day, no-prep worksheet packet for Grade 5 students to review science, math, English, and social studies content and to write creatively.
Use the topic cards (e.g. Roman Empire in Britain, Magna Carta, Henry VIII, Industrial Revolution, England/Scotland/Northern Ireland/Wales, UK cities, economic sectors, London landmarks, British cuisine) to guide research, then record findings in the blank fill-in grid under a 'Student/Research Group Name' heading…
A Grade 7 end-of-year math review packet covering pre-algebra topics (proportional relationships, signed rational numbers, two-step equations, circles, probability/statistics), delivered as a student worksheet, answer key, teacher's guide, and games.
Students match problems to answers, fill in missing addends/factors/numbers, solve word problems, color by computed answer, roll dice and compute, solve maze-style chained operations, evaluate true/false number statements, and solve puzzles with a missing number, for each of the four operations in turn.
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "Hard Luck" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
Students read informational/scientific passages on each topic, answer comprehension questions requiring accurate detail recall, and complete analysis, case-study, and claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) writing tasks scored with rubrics; also use vocabulary cards, worksheets, and unit tests.
A set of worksheets for practicing telling time on analog and digital clocks, across multiple sub-skills: hour, half-hour, and quarter-hour increments, AM/PM identification, sequencing times, and time-duration/unit-conversion calculations.
A movie-study resource for the 2024 film "IF" (grades 7-12), covering character development, symbolism, film techniques, emotional growth, and imagination through 30 activities across a student worksheet, answer key, and teacher guide.
Read informational pages on Thurgood Marshall's biography and the Supreme Court, complete reading-response worksheets (true/false, short answer), fill in vocabulary cards, sequence a life-events timeline (cut and paste), write facts, compare two paired biographical texts, and respond to writing prompts.
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "Old School" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
A no-prep, multi-activity packet introducing elementary students to dentists, dental hygienists, and oral care through reading, writing, and skills practice.
Read informational slides and two paired texts ("Life of Harriet Tubman" and "The Underground Railroad"), answer reading-response questions (short answer and true/false), compare the two paired texts, write four facts and four vocabulary words with definitions, sequence life events on a timeline, respond to writing prompts, trace/write…
A worksheet packet for practicing the correct spelling and usage of the homophone pair EIGHT/ATE.