Exercise Reading Comprehension Article

Exercise and health informational text for older students, covering types of exercise, their benefits, general guidelines and a worked maximum heart rate example, with 11 comprehension questions.
Year groups
Years 9–11 (Key Stages 3–4)
File type
Multiple File Types

Updated Feb 19, 2024

Subject
Human Body, Life Sciences, Science
Topic
Human Bodyy, Exercise
Resource types
Worksheets

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Exercise and Its Importance for Health Reading Comprehension This informative reading comprehension article helps students in Year 9 and up improve literacy and understand the science behind exercise and its benefits. Suitable for whole class instruction or independent study, the engaging 2.5-3 page reading tackles topics like types of exercise, physical and mental benefits, aerobic vs anaerobic activity, cardiovascular health, and more. Differentiated questions target knowledge recall, critical thinking skills, real world connections and open-ended reflection. Formatted for seamless implementation in Word, Google Docs or PDF versions. Includes answer key. Extend learning for gifted students or provide engaging cover lessons focused on health and science topics relevant to teenage lives.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Define exercise and compare aerobic and anaerobic activity using the passage

  • Calculate maximum heart rate from the worked example

  • Reflect in writing on exercise guidelines and benefits

Skills covered

  • Close reading — students locate definitions and benefits in a cited informational passage

  • Heart rate calculation — students apply the passage's maximum heart rate method to a new case

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Aerobic exercise

  • Anaerobic exercise

  • Maximum heart rate

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