Amazing Places in South America BUNDLE | ESL Reading Comprehension

What do the world's tallest waterfall, driest desert, highest capital city, and largest rainforest have in common? They are all found in South America! Your adult and high school ELLs will learn about four amazing, record-breaking destinations with these engaging reading passages and activities.

Each one-page passage is appropriate and entertaining for high A2 through B2 learners.

The topics include...

1. Angel Falls (Salto Ángel), Venezuela
2. The Atacama Desert, Chile
3. The Amazon Rainforest
4. La Paz, Bolivia

In addition to the text, in each reading packet you'll find...

• Warm-up questions
• "Did you know" background info
• A reading comprehension activity
• A fun follow-up activity
• A webquest finding related world records and practicing the superlative structure
• Final conversation questions

There are many ways to utilize these reading packets! You could go through them as a class or in small groups, assign them as homework, or ask students to read the passages at home and do the activities in class--the choice is yours.

Inspire your students to stay curious and explore the limits of human ability!

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