The Fir Tree Christmas Scaffolded English Reading Comprehension

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! It’s that time of year when we light the world with our Christmas trees and joy. So, get ready to sleigh the holiday season with English resources that are snow joke! This festive “The Fir-Tree” story adapted from Hans Christian Andersen, will have your students saying, “Yule love learning this Christmas!”

This resource is best used over a number of lessons.

What’s included?

1.5 x A4 Page Story
3 x Pages of Vocabulary Worksheets
• Vocabulary word bank with meanings
• Fill in the gap activity
• Word association grid
• Write own sentences
3x Pages of Scaffolded Reading Comprehension Questions
• Remembering and Understanding: Fact retrieval (Questions 1-6)
• Analysing and Applying: Character, setting, theme and figurative language analysis (Questions. 7-12)
• Evaluating and Creating (Questions 13-15)

ANSWERS INCLUDED

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Christmas
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6 x Christmas English Writing Bundle
7 Christmas Figurative Language English Workbook Bundle
5 Christmas Bitesize Reading Comprehension Bundle

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