This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Strange Land’, features instructions for students to write a story about living in a strange place. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest that the place could be another country or even another planet and advise students to describe three confusing, annoying, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘An Uneasy Move’, features a narrative about a boy who must suddenly move to the United States when his father is transferred there for work. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about cause and effect, comparison/contrast, character, emotional reaction, making an …More
This history poster ‘Annie Moore’ features important factual background information about the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island in NY, USA. Annie Moore came to represent emigrants from around the world, not least of which the Irish. This is a great resource for broadening students’ knowledge of significant figures from Irish history and could …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Ellis Island’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about this historic place. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text and to clarify their meaning, as well as draw conclusions and form opinions about the text as a whole in order …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Fair Laws for All!’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about US immigration laws. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Hakeem Olajuwon’, features a biographical text about a famous basketball player who immigrated to the United States from Nigeria. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, drawing a conclusion, cause and effect, making a judgment, character, validity, and genre. Answer …More
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Millie’, features a poem about the difficulties a girl faces when she moves with her family to America. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about vocabulary, making a judgment, pronoun meaning, making an inference, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file download.
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