This history article, ‘Who Built Stonehenge?’ outlines the mysteries surrounding Stonehenge and describes some of the wacky theories people have conjured up over the years. It provides factual information about this famous English landmark and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Secrets’, features a narrative text about two boys fascinated by a deserted house. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about setting, validity, cause and effect, making a judgment, detail, drawing a conclusion, character, fact/opinion, mood/tone, literary device, and genre. Answer sheet …More
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘Solve the Mystery’, features instructions for students to create a newspaper article about a real or imaginary mysterious situation. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest using the reporter’s standard Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How questions.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The First UFO’, features an informational text about an unidentified flying object seen in the late 1800s. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, detail, setting, drawing a conclusion, visual comprehension, making a judgment, emotional reaction, validity, and resources. …More
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Ghost Ship’, features a poem about the Mary Celeste, a ship that was mysteriously abandoned by its passengers and crew in 1872. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about the main idea, reasoning, vocabulary, figurative language, detail, drawing a conclusion, and …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Mysterious Great Lakes’, features an informational text about shipping accidents in North America’s Great Lakes. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about vocabulary, validity, making a judgment, drawing a conclusion, making an inference, cause and effect, detail, and genre. Answer …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Ship that Changed Naval Warfare’, features an informational text about a submarine that was lost during the American Civil War. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about importance, mood, validity, visual comprehension, cause and effect, and slant/bias. Answer sheet provided …More
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