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ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay - Les Misérables - Musical

Students read a passage on the stage musical Les Misérables and the Victor Hugo novel behind it, answer comprehension and true/false evidence questions, then write an opinion essay and a comparison with another musical.
Grades
Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
Pages
3
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PDF
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Language Development, ESL, Vocabulary, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Creative Writing, Writing, Formal Writing
Topic
ESL, English Second Language
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets, Writing Prompts
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets - Les Misérables - Musical

This ESL - EFL Teaching Resource on "Les Misérables - Musical" (3 PDF Worksheets Slides - Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity) can be ideal to improve Language skills in English. Ideal students for this ESL EFL TESOL Reading + Writing Activity are Foreign Students at middle and High School (7th - 12th Grade; teens). Newcomers or any ESL Learner is also more than suitable for this ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL (English as a Second or Foreign Language) Activity on "Les Misérables - Musical" (origins, background, evolution + plot and characters + legacy, success and popularity). This Teaching Educational Resource Product can also be ideal for ESL EFL TESOL Centers worldwide or any English second language tutor.

Intermediate Advanced English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL) learners are suitable for this ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL Teaching Resource on "Les Misérables - Musical" (Worksheet; 3 PDF Printable slides)

In this English Second or Foreign Language (ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL) Reading Comprehension + Essay Writing Activity Worksheet on "Les Misérables - Musical" (origins, background, evolution + plot and characters + legacy, success and popularity), the following ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL (English Second or Foreign Language) activities are included:

  • 1 text on "Les Misérables - Musical" (origins, background, evolution + plot and characters + legacy, success and popularity)

  • 25 Comprehension Questions related to the previous text on "Les Misérables - Musical" (with related space where students can answer to this text's comprehension questions)

  • 2 essay prompts for a writing activity on "Les Misérables - Musical" (writing an essay on your own personal opinion on "Les Misérables; whether you like it or not and whether you watched it or not + writing an essay on another musical; describing it and comparing it to "Les Misérables")

This ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL ( English Second or Foreign Language ) Teaching Resource Reading + Writing Activity (essay prompts) on "Les Misérables - Musical" (origins, background, evolution + plot and characters + legacy, success and popularity) is great for Intermediate Advanced English as a second or foreign language learners (ESL- EFL - TESOL - TEFL). This English Second Language Worksheet on "Les Misérables - Musical" (origins, background, evolution + plot and characters + legacy, success and popularity) aims to train and Reading Comprehension + Writing Skills.

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Learning objectives

  • Answer comprehension questions about the musical and the novel it is based on
  • Give synonyms for a word used in the passage
  • Defend true or false answers with evidence from the text

Skills covered

  • Opinion essay — a supported personal view of Les Misérables
  • Compare-and-contrast essay — Les Misérables set beside another musical

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