ESL Novel Study - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway - Jeff Kinney
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "The Getaway" 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 Getaway" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
Answer chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions across 10 chapter groupings (spanning chapters 1-34), complete vocabulary work, writing tasks, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; teacher materials include an assessment rubric, graphic organizer transparencies, and a Bloom's-Taxonomy skills matrix.
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)…
Read a short informational article, answer written comprehension questions (including one true/false question that requires arguing the answer from the text), complete a short synonym-writing vocabulary exercise, then write a full essay responding to one of two or three provided writing prompts.
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.
Identify where and when the novel takes place; complete two 10-item numbered vocabulary lists; write a postcard as if returning from an adventure with Jack and Annie in the Swiss Alps; then write an essay proposing an alternate ending to the novel and explaining how it changes the story's message, themes and character development.
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet packet built around an informational passage about Liverpool, England (UK), used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary-in-context, and essay-writing skills.
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)…
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet packet built around an informational passage about Munich, Bavaria, Germany, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary-in-context, and essay-writing skills.
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "Partypooper" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
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.
A 30-activity movie-study lesson plan and worksheet packet built around the 2020 Netflix film 'We Can Be Heroes', covering vocabulary, reading comprehension/retelling, teamwork/leadership and SEL themes, math (word problems, tally charts, coordinate grids), and creative writing, for a core 90-minute lesson or a week of…
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)…
Read a short informational article, answer written comprehension questions (including one true/false question that requires arguing the answer from the text), complete a short synonym-writing vocabulary exercise, then write a full essay responding to one of two or three provided writing prompts.
A multi-part lesson packet teaching the history and technical structure of the Internet (from 1961 packet-switching theory through ARPANET, TCP/IP, domain names, and network topology) via a slide-deck timeline, a second slide deck on Internet structure, research/worksheet questions, and teacher notes.
For each worksheet, students work through the problem using the 5-step process (think, conjecture/attempt, discuss, trial, review) and then check their reasoning against the worked strategy and solution printed on the reverse side.
An ESL/English reading comprehension worksheet and accompanying teacher lesson plan that introduces the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas through a biographical passage, comprehension questions, vocabulary work, and creative speaking/writing activities.
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)…
Read a short informational article, answer written comprehension questions (including one true/false question that requires arguing the answer from the text), complete a short synonym-writing vocabulary exercise, then write a full essay responding to one of two or three provided writing prompts.
For each of the five myths: read a close-reading passage, annotate it using provided bookmarks/anchor charts, answer text-dependent questions and essential questions (including compare/contrast and 'write a new ending' writing prompts), complete a CLOZE fill-in-the-blank worksheet, complete a character-analysis organizer, complete a…
Answer setting questions, complete vocabulary lists, write a postcard as Jack/Annie describing the adventure, and write an alternate-ending essay for the novel; all response areas are blank lines in the scanned file.
A short-story analysis worksheet packet and two-lesson teaching plan for D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking-Horse Winner,' building reading comprehension, vocabulary, and symbolism analysis skills for high school/AP Literature and ESL/ELL students.
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)…
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet packet built around a biographical informational passage about Naomi Osaka, tennis player, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary-in-context, and essay-writing skills.