This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Biography: Harriet Tubman’ encourages students to understand similarities and differences within and among literary works from various genres and cultures. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Guide and a Princess’, features two biographical texts about the courageous Native American women Sacagawea and Sarah Winnemucca. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about making an inference, making a judgment, detail, drawing a conclusion, reasoning, predicting outcome, and comparison/contrast.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Land of Their Own’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a new territory in Canada.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Long Walk to Protect Bison’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about protecting bison in Yellowstone National Park.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Native American Museum’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a new Native American museum in Washington, D.C.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Star Myth’, features instructions for students to invent a myth about a group of stars. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest that the story could describe the origin and the current influence of the star group, and could feature people or …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Abigail Adams’ asks students to answer questions about Abigail Adams, who married John Adams, the second President of the United States. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘African Americans in Combat’ asks students to answer questions about how African American soldiers were often treated unfairly. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings and author purpose.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Alice Walker’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘All Aboard the Race for Space’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, summarise, make predictions, draw conclusions and think about author purpose.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘American History: The American Revolution’ encourages students to organise events in a story into sequential order using a timeline. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 7 readers.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Great Depression’ encourages students to use text organisers to determine the main ideas and to locate information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘An Account of the Still Family History’ asks students to answer questions about the life of Dr James Still. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘An Essay on Playing Competitive Sport’, features instructions for students to write an essay about how teams should be chosen. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest considering the advantages and disadvantages of choosing only the best players and of allowing all students …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘An Even Grander Old Flag’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on the history of the American anthem flag.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Another Star on the Flag’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Puerto Rico and the United States.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Battle of Trenton’ asks students to answer questions about a battle that took place in America in 1776. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Benjamin Franklin’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Benjamin Franklin’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 6 readers.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Biography: Madame Marie Curie’ encourages students to use text organisers to determine the main ideas and to locate information in a text. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Booker T. Washington’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Cesar Chavez’ asks students to answer questions about a man who fought to improve the conditions of migrant workers. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This Editing Task worksheet, ‘Cherokee Nation’, features a rough draft of an informational text about the Native American tribes that settled in the southeast. It encourages students to identify spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalisation errors in the text and then to write out a correct version. The purpose of this task is to develop students’ …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Chief Joseph’ asks students to answer questions about Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Native Americans. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Chipmunk and Bear’ asks students to answer questions about a Native American tale about a chipmunk and a bear. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and make comparisons.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Clinton’s Early Years’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This writing prompt, ‘Colony Mystery’ helps students to write about what they think happened to the colonists at Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in America. It encourages students to think about a real-life mystery and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Double Trouble’, features a narrative text about a couple’s dramatic journey home after a night out in the city. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about setting, fact/opinion, reasoning, validity, emotion, character, detail, the main idea, and genre. Answer sheet provided …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Early American Artists’ asks students to answer questions about different American artists. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Edward the Brave’ asks students to answer questions about Edward Kennedy, Jr, who overcame childhood cancer. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make predictions and draw conclusions.
This Editing Task worksheet, ‘First Day at University’, features a narrative text about a young woman’s experiences as she starts university. It encourages students to identify spelling, punctuation, capitalisation, and usage errors in the text and then to write out a correct version. The purpose of this task is to develop students’ accuracy in written …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘From Paraguay’ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Frozen in Time’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on the Andes Mountains in Peru.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Gideon’s Request’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘Great Escapes: Alcatraz Escape’ features the carefully planned escape of three prisoners from Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, USA, masterminded by inmate Frank Morris. It provides factual information about one of the most famous prison escapes in history, as well as a fun spot the difference activity. It also has a glossary …More
This history article, ‘Great Escapes: Henry ‘Box’ Brown – Slave Escape’ features the amazing tale of Henry Brown, a slave in America’s South, who sealed himself in a box and mailed the box to a free state in the north of America! It provides factual information about Henry Brown’s incredible escape, complete with a glossary …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘How Coyote Got His Special Power’ asks students to answer questions about a Native American tale about Coyote. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and make predictions.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘I Will Survive’, features a humorous poem about the difficulties of early childhood. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about making an inference, figurative language, vocabulary, cause and effect, predicting outcome, and mood/tone. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Isolationism vs. Imperialism’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Jackie Robinson’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 6 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘James P. Beckwourth, Mountain Man’ asks students to answer questions about a famous African American mountain man. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Jewish Immigration’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘John F. Kennedy’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Johnny Appleseed’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Joshua’s Poems’, features a poem about a boy who writes poems about places he visits, rather than taking photographs or collecting souvenirs. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about figurative language, cause and effect, comparison/contrast, and detail. Answer sheet provided with …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Lady Judge’ asks students to answer questions about a famous American female judge named Sandra Day O’Connor. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Ladybird Law’ asks students to answer questions about a true story in which some American children manage to get a law passed. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This Editing Task worksheet, ‘Learning Together’, features a rough draft of a narrative text about two classmates who are worried they will get into trouble with their teacher. It encourages students to identify spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, and usage errors in the text and then to write out a correct version. The purpose of this task …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 Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Making a Tipi’, features a procedural text and diagrams about making a model of the tipi used by the Great Plains tribes of North America. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and diagrams, and includes questions about vocabulary, importance, questioning, sequence, author’s purpose, visual …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Medgar Evers’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tone, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Mount St Helens Erupts’ asks students to answer questions about the eruption of Mount St Helens in the state of Washington in the United States. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave’ asks students to answer questions about Frederick Douglass. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Native American Childhood’, features an informational text about growing up in an American Indian village and covers discipline, schooling, toys, games, family roles, and rituals. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about author’s purpose, reasoning, cause and effect, importance, making a …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘New Amsterdam Life’ asks students to answer questions about life in New Amsterdam, which is now New York City. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about author purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘New Amsterdam’s Buildings’ asks students to answer questions about buildings in New Amsterdam, which is now New York City. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This Editing Task worksheet, ‘Nicky’s Determination’, features the rough draft of a narrative text about a small boy making the rugby team. It encourages students to identify spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, and usage errors in the text and then to write out a correct version. The purpose of this task is to develop students’ accuracy in …More
This Writing Traits activity ‘Writing Enticing Leads’ encourages students to write creative leads to attract a reader to read their articles.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Paul Robeson’ asks students to answer questions about a famous man who stood up for what he believed in. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Pilgrim Children’ asks students to answer questions about Pilgrim children who lived in New England in America in the 1600s. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.