Stranger Things – ESL Reading & Writing Worksheets
- Grades
- Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
- Pages
- 3
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Language Development, ESL, Vocabulary, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Holiday & Seasonal, Holidays, Halloween
- Topic
- Stranger Things, ESL Reading
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Writing Prompts, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- RI.8.1
Product description
From the author
Read about Stranger Things with this three-page resource for intermediate and advanced ESL learners. A two-page informational passage leads to twenty comprehension and vocabulary questions.
Three writing prompts invite a personal opinion, comparison with another familiar series or film, and an imagined diary entry. The opinion prompt includes an option for students who have not watched Stranger Things. Supply extra writing paper. The horror theme can connect with a Halloween lesson.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students answer comprehension questions using explicit and inferential information from an informational text.
Students define and use vocabulary in context, including providing synonyms and explaining specialized terms.
Students write an opinion essay, a comparative essay, and a narrative diary entry in response to the reading.
Teaching tips
Pre-teach the vocabulary items (synonyms for "thrill"/"supernatural," definitions of "nostalgic"/"psychokinetic") before assigning the full comprehension set, since they appear only near the end of the question list.
Use the true/false question about the Hawkins, Indiana setting as a quick close-reading check, since the text explicitly states the town is fictional.
Provide a notebook or extra paper for the extended writing prompts.
Skills covered
Reading comprehension of an informational/analytical text.
Vocabulary in context, including synonyms and term explanation.
Opinion and comparison essays, plus imaginative diary writing.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Do students need to have watched the show to complete the activity?
The reading supports the comprehension questions, and the opinion prompt offers a non-viewer option. The comparison prompt requires students to know another series or film.
What kind of vocabulary work is included?
Students supply synonyms for words like "thrill" and "supernatural" and explain terms such as "nostalgic" and "psychokinetic" in their own words.
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Standards
Standards
- RI.8.1
Core concepts
Core concepts
ESL reading comprehension
Vocabulary in context
Opinion, comparative, and narrative writing
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