Auto and Car Mechanic Activity Packet and Worksheets

Students will read two informational passages about car mechanics and cars, then answer literal comprehension questions (who/what/why) about each (pages 2-6).

Students will identify and use vocabulary for car parts, both by labeling a diagram and by writing a short story using at least four of the terms (pages 7-9).

Students will reflect in writing on why they would want to be a car mechanic and what the job would involve (page 18).

Print selected activities from page 2 onward.

Use the labeled diagram as a word reference for the story.

Use the auto-shop senses page to imagine and describe a scene in writing.

Informational text comprehension -- students read two short nonfiction passages about car mechanics and answer literal who/what/why questions about each.

Close reading and text annotation -- students circle, box, underline, and mark specific details in the first passage using four different annotation techniques.

Vocabulary through labeling and writing -- students label a car-parts diagram with a word bank and then reuse at least four of those words in an original short story.