This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Gila Monsters’, features an informational text about a poisonous lizard species from the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, sequence, fact/opinion, validity, predicting outcome, making a judgment, the main …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘The Dwarf Gecko’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Two Views of the Gila Monster’, features two persuasive letters about the conservation of this desert lizard species. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the letters and includes questions about the author’s purpose, vocabulary, fact/opinion, slant/bias, comparison/contrast, persuasion, validity, predicting outcome, genre, and key points. Answer …More