Charlotte’s Web Novel Study

Teachers! Download a complete novel study of Charlotte’s Web by EB White (Aimed specifically at ESL students.)

This is an easy-to-use teaching resource for ESL Teachers. It’s a complete novel study of the charming animal story, Charlotte’s Web by EB White.

This is an engaging PowerPoint presentation that is designed to be taught alongside the reading of Charlotte’s Web by EB White. Teachers can use this resource in the classroom or online.

What is in the resource?

Comprehension questions (find the answer in the text) to encourage close reading.
Plot and character analysis questions to encourage discussion.
Vocabulary activities for every chapter. (Match the definition/ gap-fill and use-in-your-own-sentence activities.)
‘Recap’ activities at the beginning of every chapter and ‘retell the story’ at the end of every chapter (with keywords).
Sequence activities, using sequential adverbs to place key events in order.
Who am I? activities, where students guess the character from a list of clues.
Antonym and synonym matching activities
Sentence unjumbling with complex sentences
An essay writing activity for every chapter.
Tried and tested!

I have used this exact presentation to teach Charlotte’s Web to hundreds of online English learners. It works beautifully! The questions and activities keep the students focused and analytical. There is no absolutely no more preparation required, just share your screen and go! (Either get the student to read the chapter beforehand or read it together in the class.)