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.
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.
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 Liverpool, England (UK), used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary-in-context, and essay-writing skills.
Work through vocabulary introductions (proportion, equivalent proportion, cross products, percent, fractional percent, ratio), solve worked proportion problems (recipe scaling, map-distance-to-real-distance conversion, gas-fill-up proportions), and complete a Proportion Quiz.
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.
Teach the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) and support informative, narrative, and opinion writing aligned to Common Core writing standards for grades 3-5.
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.
Learn vocabulary terms (defense, domestic, establish, insure, justice, liberty, ordain, posterity, secure, tranquility, union, welfare) via definition cards, answer who/what/when/where/why questions about the Preamble, read an informational passage and answer multiple-choice/short-answer comprehension questions…
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "Partypooper" by Jeff Kinney, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
Complete pencil-to-paper practice exercises across four subject areas (fill in blanks, circle/underline, short written responses); specific tasks vary by section and grade level (e.g. a common and proper nouns worksheet).
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 reproducible worksheet pages (fill in missing numbers, solve computation problems, color/count, answer word problems, read graphs, etc.), one skill-focused page per topic.
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 solve crossword-grid-style puzzles where Across and Down clues are arithmetic expressions whose numeric answers fill the grid cells; also complete word problems and cumulative reviews.
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 pencil-to-paper practice exercises across four subject areas; Language Arts activities specifically reinforce word origins, word relationships, context/vocabulary comprehension, complex literature, writing to specific audiences, English conventions. Students may respond orally or in writing depending on class…
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.
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.
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.