This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Circus Adventure’, features instructions for students to create a newspaper report about an imagined class trip to the circus. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest describing what the class saw, what was most interesting, and what was most surprising.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘History in Houses’, features three everyday texts about a historic house: a real estate advertisement, a report about a council meeting, and a letter to the editor. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, making a judgment, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘London in Ashes’, features a text in the form of a newspaper report about the Great Fire of London. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, cause and effect, classifying, validity, reasoning, cause and effect, and predicting outcome. …More
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘Report on a Natural Disaster’, features instructions for students to create a newspaper report about a natural disaster. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest using senses to describe the event and including people’s reactions during and after the crisis.
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.