George's Marvellous Medicine Book Companion Comprehension Worksheets

Fantastic, no prep reading comprehension and writing response worksheets based on George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. This print and go book companion is great for busy teachers who want to explore magic and mischief. Perfect for reluctant readers and writers.

Exciting activities allow students to practise reading and writing skills using this highly engaging book. George’s Marvellous Medicine is a superb book focusing on George making medicine for his Grandma using very bad ingredients with wild and hilarious consequences.

What’s included:

• 29 worksheets
• 21 reading comprehension worksheets
• 5 reading response activities
• 3 writing response worksheets

Worksheets include synthesising, writing an alternative ending, determining importance, visualising, summarising the story, and making inferences.

Reading worksheets:

• Schema
• 2 x Determine importance
• 3 x Making inferences
• 3 x Visualising
• 4 x Predicting
• Retrieving information
• 2 x Summarising
• 2 x Synthesising
• 2 x Asking questions

Reading response worksheets:

• Dictionary skills
• Thesaurus skills
• 2 x character’s point of view
• Design a new book cover

Writing worksheets:

• Alternative ending
• Story summary
• Book review

Engaging activities explore Roald Dahl’s use of language, analyse characters and determine importance.

Ways you can use this resource:

• Guided reading groups
• Literacy Centers or Stations
• Independent practise
• Small group work
• Whole group work
• Reading assessments
• Writing assessments

** Due to copyright reasons George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl is not included in this resource.**