High school informational text resources for Microsoft Word in English (UK)

Informational Text, World History

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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Worksheets, Homework, English (UK)

Also included in: Modern History Bundle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets

What does smoking do to your lungs? - Reading Comprehension / Informational Text

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Biology, Health, 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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Worksheets, English (UK), Lesson

Also included in: Medicine, Health & Medical Conditions and Advancements - Reading Texts

A Brief History of Medicine - Reading Comprehension Text

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Informational Text, Social Studies - History

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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Worksheets, Handouts, English (UK)

Also included in: A Brief History of... - Reading Comprehension Worksheets

The 10 Most Powerful Renewable Energy Sources - Reading Comprehension Text

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Environment, General Science, Informational 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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Homework, English (UK), Lesson

Also included in: Environment BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension Worksheets

What Is the Opioid Epidemic? - Reading Comprehension Informational Text

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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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Informational Text, Reading Strategies, Writing

Also included in: Medicine, Health & Medical Conditions and Advancements - Reading Texts

Mind the Gap - Understanding Genre Audience Purpose

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Madame Gazelle

This guide explains how to use the Mind the Gap strategy to help students read and write effectively.

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6th - 9th

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Handouts, Printables, English (UK)

How are vaccines made? - Reading Comprehension Informational Text

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Biology, 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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Worksheets, Homework, English (UK)

Also included in: Informational Texts BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension Worksheets

A History of Vaccination and Immunization - Reading Comprehension / Text

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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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Homework, English (UK), Lesson

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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

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Informational Text, Reading, Vocabulary

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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Assessment, Homework, English (UK)

19th cent non fic, CRR, Quiz, Pre, Guided, flipped learning, revision PARENTING

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Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading

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

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Close Reading, Informational Text, Literature

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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What Is a Pandemic? - Reading Comprehension / Understanding Coronavirus

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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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Worksheets, Handouts, English (UK)

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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.

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Fifth Floor Drama

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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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing

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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Activities, Printables, English (UK)

A Brief History of Pandemics - Reading Comprehension Text

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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

Non Fiction Viewpoint Workhouse Pre 20C "A Christmas Carol" Close Reading CRR

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Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading

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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A Little Middle School Magic

English Bill of Rights (1689) Critical Reading

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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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British History, Close Reading, Informational Text

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8th - 12th

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Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes, English (UK)

CCSS:

RI.8.1

, RI.8.2

, RI.8.4

, RH.6-8.1

, RH.6-8.2

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Also included in: U.S. History Critical Reading Bundle! ELA/History

Persuasive Writing worksheets

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Nadine Frediani

- Checklist for peer and self assessment of speaking and writing- Research worksheet

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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Study Skills

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, English (UK)

Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet knowledge organiser

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Lthorne81839's store

A knowledge organiser for Shakespeare's tragedy, 'Romeo and Juliet' Contains key quotations listed by character, key themes and symbols, Contextual information (Elizabeth I, patriarchy, astrology and religion), Shakespeare's ideas/intentions and some key subject terminology for language/structure/form. Could be laminated and left on tables or printed and glued into books.

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Informational Text, Literature, Reading

Grades:

5th - 9th

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Handouts, Literature Circles, English (UK)

INCORPORATING STEAM IN AN ESL CLASSROOM: LESSON & RESOURCES

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JOHN DSOUZA

This resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of a steam lesson. It contains full-on activities and assessments to cover the skills of literacy in an easy, structured, cover-your-bases system. It includes everything you need to get going with a steam lesson in your classroom. Lesson Objectives: • Recall the definition and meaning of STEAM. • Analyze the features of sequential information text type. • Explore the structure of sequential text type. • Understand STEAM Pyramid. • In

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English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Informational Text

Grades:

7th - 9th

Types:

English (UK), Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

WHST.6-8.10

Also included in: SKILLS LESSONS AND RESOURCES BUNDLE

Non Fiction Everest Recount Memoir 1922 George Finch CRR Comprehension Gale

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Close Reading, Informational Text

This is an excerpt from George Finch recounting an expedition to climb Mount Everest in 1922. The excerpt describes the mens’ peril due to the ferocity of a gale on the mountain. There are ten questions focusing on inference as well as the writer’s methods and their effect. This could be used for cover or as a homework activity. Alternatively, the questions could be used to structure a guided reading activity.

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Grades:

7th - 11th

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Worksheets, Homework, English (UK)

Celebrating Christmas Around The World - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text

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