Differentiated reading comprehension for a faithful retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s traditional tale ‘Thumbelina’, in which a tiny girl named Thumbelina grows from a magic seed. She is kidnapped by a toad but floats away on a lily pad. A beetle and a mouse shelter her through winter before a swallow saves her. The swallow takes her to a fairy palace where she marries a prince and gets her wings.
Suitable for readersof traditional tales aged 7 to 12 years. Includes 2 levels of story text and 8 question worksheets.
➼ The higher/middle level text uses more complex vocabulary, includes more details, and employs some additional literary devices. It has a larger word count and is 2 A4 pages in length. Four versions of comprehension questions accompany this level of text:
• A classic worksheet with 18 retrieval/factual questions.
• A classic worksheet with 17 different retrieval/factual questions.
• A multiple-choice SAT-style version with 32 questions that include a mix of factual, main idea, detail, sequencing, inference, vocabulary, true or false, cause and effect, and authors purpose questions.
• A mixed question format sheet, with A 9 event sequence sorting question, 7 question written response, and 20 multi-choice double sided question sheet (i.e. 28 mixed question format).
➼ The lower-level text has been simplified and shortened for easier reading, using easier to read words whenever possible, while keeping the key details, main plot points, and essence intact. It has a larger font size and spans 2 A4 pages in length and includes four sets of question sheets, perfect for lower level readers and EAL learners:
• A 9 event sequence sorting question with 16 retrieval/factual questions requiring a written response.
• A 6 event sequence sorting question with 25 simple questions that can be answered with short simple sentences, phrases or one word answers.
• A 6 event sequence sorting question with 20 2 answer multiple choice questions.
• A multiple-choice SAT-style version with 24 questions that include a mix of factual, main idea, detail, sequencing, inference, vocabulary, true or false, cause and effect, and authors purpose questions and 1 6 event sequencing question.
Answer sheets are provided for all levels of worksheets.
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