This fictionalised journal, ‘A Race Against Time’ tells how and why the Pony Express operated before it was replaced by the telegraph. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Olympic Events’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Olympic horse events. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text, to make judgements and draw conclusions about the text, as well as form opinions about the text as a whole in …More
The paired texts, ‘Second Best’ and ‘Charros’ give the stories of an American and a Mexican cowboy competing in different rodeos. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.