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12th grade informational text microsofts in English (UK)
WWI and the Rise of Totalitarianism (Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin) - Reading Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet gives an account of the post WWI conditions that contributed to the rise of different totalitarian regimes around the world, including Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolph Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in Russia. The text is suitable for advanced intermediate to proficient ESL learners and native English speakers.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a definitions
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: WWI & WWII BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic - Reading Comprehension Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the spread of the Spanish Flu / Influenza pandemic of 1918 and why it was the deadliest and strangely most forgotten medical calamity in history.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword and multiple choice exercises . The text can be used for vocabu
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Modern History Bundle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
What does smoking do to your lungs? - Reading Comprehension / Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the damage that chronic first and second-hand smoking can cause to the lungs, what is COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and how chronic smoking can cause to oxygen deprivation, blood clogging and increase the risk of heart attack, lung infections, pneumonia and lung cancer among others,After carefully reading the text, students are required t
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Medicine, Health & Medical Conditions and Advancements - Reading Texts
A Brief History of Medicine - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the evolution of medicine from the first herbal remedies to the latest medical advances of the 21st century.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: a title match, comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match, a multiple choice exercise and a fun crossword . The
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: A Brief History of... - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Tracing Arguments in Ads
Task: Examine the images and texts in each advertisement very closely. Writers and advertisers whose purpose is to persuade will try to be very convincing so you will agree and take action. Look for a convincing argument by identifying claims, logical reasons, and factual or logical evidence. Also, for more resources like this and other engaging lessons, please check out my Teaching Argument (claims and evidence) with Murder Mysteries (Gdocs version) and Writing and Tracing Arguments Interactive
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The 10 Most Powerful Renewable Energy Sources - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.The text explores “The 10 Most Powerful Renewable Energy Sources” starting from the less powerful and concluding with the most powerful and efficient energy source.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a title match, a multiple choice exercise and a fun crossword. The text can be used for IGCSE and TOEF
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Environment BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
What Is the Opioid Epidemic? - Reading Comprehension Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the opioid epidemic, how it started, it’s devastating effects, the history of prescribing synthetic pain relief medication and what is being done by the CDC to regulated opioid drug prescription and administration among medical professionals.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including compreh
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Medicine, Health & Medical Conditions and Advancements - Reading Texts
How are vaccines made? - Reading Comprehension Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text provides a description of how vaccines are made, how they work, how they have evolved since the early immunization days and other related concepts such as what is herd immunity.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, a definitions match and multiple choice
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Informational Texts BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
A History of Vaccination and Immunization - Reading Comprehension / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the history of vaccines from the first inoculation attempts in 16th century China to the experiments of Edward Jenner, Louis Pasteur and the foundation of CEPI in 2017.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, a multiple choice exercise and an indep
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: A Brief History of... - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
WW1 CRR "The Red Horizon" Patrick MacGill Multi Choice Quiz Pre Reading HW
This multiple choice quiz has 14 questions (answers provided) and can be used for flipped learning, identifying gaps in students’ knowledge and understanding so that subsequent teaching can be more precisely focused. Alternatively, it can be set as homework or used for cover. I have used it to structure a guided reading/revision session as some of the questions lend themselves to further discussion about the effect of the writer’s methods. The extract is a good one for students to practise their
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9th - 12th
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19th cent non fic, CRR, Quiz, Pre, Guided, flipped learning, revision PARENTING
There is a multiple-choice quiz with 15 questions (answers provided). This quiz focuses on the first paragraph of a longer extract, asking students to think about the writer’s viewpoint and the methods that he uses to express this viewpoint.In class, I have used this prior to a lesson which then uses the whole text (included) which is an article from 1857 by Daniel Clarke Eddy on parenting.If you don’t wish to use it in this way, the quiz could serve as a useful homework or cover activity. The q
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10th - 12th
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Non Fic Charles Dickens speech "A Christmas Carol" Scrooge's schooldays
This is an excerpt from a speech given by Dickens on 5th November 1857. There are ten questions with suggested answers provided.This could be used in class, for cover or as homework. Alternatively, the questions could be used to structure a guided reading session.Competing this activity will give students a sound understanding of Dickens’ viewpoint and so this activity could usefully be used alongside the Ghost of Christmas Past and the description of Scrooge’s schooldays.
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8th - 12th
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GCSE-AQA-English-Language for the grade 9-1 Exams
This resource is designed to assist and enable students studying the AQA’s new grade 9-1 English Language course. It contains clear explanations, exam-style texts, relevant practice questions, in-depth advice for the final exams and sample answers designed to help students achieve top marks. Easy to utilize and person centered, this resource is ideal for students and teachers alike.All links are written in blue and each page concludes with a click here emblem to progress to the next stage of the
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
What Is a Pandemic? - Reading Comprehension / Understanding Coronavirus
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the spread of pandemics, how they spread and declared, how governments can impose anti-spread measures and what can be done to help stop a pandemic from spreading. The text includes the most recent pandemics including the Spanish flu, type A flu, the swine flu and the 2020 Covid-19 / coronavirus pandemic.After carefully reading the text, students are req
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Medicine, Health & Medical Conditions and Advancements - Reading Texts
Writing a Persuasive Text- Session for students.
This lesson program includes:· Understanding persuasive writing, Identifying the audience, Crafting strong arguments, Organizing a persuasive text, Hooking the reader, Writing the persuasive text, Revising and editing, Presenting persuasive texts and Conclusion.This program includes a writing booklet, persuasive writing template and 25 persuasive writing topics. Enjoy!Fifth Floor Drama
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Non Fiction Viewpoint Workhouse Pre 20C "A Christmas Carol" Close Reading CRR
This is a straightforward comprehension activity, useful for developing students’ understanding of the context of “A Christmas Carol” and why “some would rather die” than go to the workhouse. There are 10 questions and the activity could be used in class, as a cover activity or for homework. Suggested answers are provided.
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10th - 12th
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GCSE-AQA-Language Techniques- Pick a Number Game.
This resource is designed to assist students to identify different language techniques and language structure within a game format. Ideally used as a means of formative assessment, this resource is incredibly versatile and fun for both educators and learners alike.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argumentative Essay- How to write an Argumentative essay.
•Students to learn the definition of an Argumentative Essay.•How to do an Introduction for an argumentative essay( plus examples).•How to develop the body for an Argumentative essay( plus examples).•How to create a meaningful conclusion with a call to action ( plus examples)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
A Brief History of Pandemics - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the history’s worst pandemics from the Antonine Plague to the HIV pandemic in the late 20th century.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, multiple choice exercises and a fill-in-the-gaps exercise. The text can be used for vocabulary building pur
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: A Brief History of... - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
English Bill of Rights (1689) Critical Reading
This political document critical reading is a great exercise for any history or politics unit. It can be used as an in-class activity that gives way to a discussion and/or exploration of U.S. History during the time of the colonies and Revolutionary War, as this document inspired the writers of our revolutionary documents. Interactive, Colorful, and Engaging!Students are asked to:1. First, complete the Background Information reading. 2. Next, make a prediction about the document based on the Wor
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8th - 12th
Also included in: U.S. History Critical Reading Bundle! ELA/History
Structuring A Sentence: Relative Clauses - Grammar - Levels: Upper Intermediate
-22 PPT Slides. Grammar.- Goals - Can recognize defining and non-defining relative clauses and explain the difference between the two.■Can successfully use a relative clause to introduce additional information about atopic- Speaking, reading, grammar.- Match the two parts of the sentence.- Fill in the gaps.- Complete the sentence- Plus many more activities using the relative clauses.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Celebrating Christmas Around The World - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
This Reading Comprehension handout is best suited for upper elementary to higher intermediate ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores some of the strangest modern-day Christmas traditions around the world.After carefully reading the text the students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: a titles match, True or False, a multiple choice exercise and a fun crossword. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. A full answer key is inclu
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Christmas Reading Comprehension Super Bundle
Non fic John Steinbeck War reportage Blitz air raid CRR HW Home study WW2
The text used is abridged from John Steinbeck’s war correspondent reports. This is an account of an attack on a cinema in London, 1943.It is a harrowing account of children’s deaths and injuries and you will be able to decide whether it’s suitable for use with your class. I would suggest that if you propose to use it for homework, you read through it in class with the children first. There are ten questions with suggested answers provided. The answers are merely indicative - some students will c
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10th - 12th
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Informational Reading Text - The Opium Wars
This informational text on the Opium Wars is a great resource for students learning about China, or imperialism in the 19th century. Pressed for time?? *4 reading comprehension questions included.*MS Word for easy editing.*Great for Kagan style instruction.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Informational Text: Reading Bundle
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