This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Lucky Brake’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Larry Champagne, a school student who saved a bus from an accident.
This history article, ‘Canadian Pacific Railway’, features important factual background information about Canada’s transcontinental railway. It describes the construction of the railroad and how it played a role in the development of Canada. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness and could be used as a prompt for further discussion or study …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘The Industrial Age’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.