~A script between two high school friends discussing what they and their siblings will study and do for work in the future using the future tense. Includes 8 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment in the future tense.
Activity idea: have students underline all the future forms they find in the reading!
Level: Intermediate
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
This reading contains numerous conditional verb forms where two classmates in their senior year of high school are talking about their ideas for college. Reading includes reading comprehension section and a short writing assignment.
Activity idea: Have students circle all the conditional forms they find in the reading.
Editable Word file.
Level: Intermediate
Answer key included.
Examples:
Mike: I’m lucky that I have a sports scholarship. If I were not such a good athlete I would also have to stay here to study.
Carol: What would you do if you had an injury and you could not play?
This German biography is on the famous medieval nun Hildegard von Bingen. It discusses her achievements in music, theology and traditional healing.
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a short reading comprehension section.
Includes answer key.
This short biography makes for a great introduction to the famed German writer Goethe. It discusses his childhood, education and his most famous works.
Includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 5 reading comprehension questions
Answer key included.
This easy Spanish reading includes descriptions of three young people discussing where they live: one lives in the suburbs, one lives in the city and one in the countryside.
Includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Ideal for novice learners to review basic vocabulary!
Level: Beginner
Activity idea: After reading, have students discuss their own experiences of living in different places or have them write it down for homework/ to hand in for marking.
This easy German reading includes descriptions of three young people’s pets: two cats a dog and a parrot.
Includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Ideal for novice learners to review basic vocabulary!
Editable word file.
Activity idea: After reading, have students discuss their own pets in class or write about it for homework.
This 5-page file includes:
~Two readings for total beginners to the Spanish language to learn about how to talk about friends! It includes one page each on a male friend and a female friend talking about their likes, dislikes, age, family pets etc. Each short reading is followed by a reading comprehension section.
~Answer key.
~A worksheet for students to fill out to describe their own friend.
Level: Beginner
Makes for good sub plan as well.
This biography is on America Ferrera, a Honduran-American actress. It discusses her early life, education and career. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a true/false reading comprehension section.
Level: In present and past tenses
Includes answer key.
This easy Spanish reading includes descriptions of three young people’s eating habits: cooking with family, eating out and being a vegetarian.
Includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Ideal for beginner learners to review basic vocabulary!
Activity idea: After reading, have students discuss their own eating and cooking habits in class or write about it for homework.
This easy English reading includes descriptions of three young people’s eating habits: cooking with family, eating out and being a vegetarian.
Includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
Ideal for beginner learners to review basic vocabulary!
Activity idea: After reading, have students discuss their own eating and cooking habits in class or write about it for homework.
A biography of the famous Spanish actress Penélope Cruz. It includes a bit about her early life, rise to fame and successful films.
Includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a true/false reading comprehension section.
Level: Uses present and past tenses
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
This Spanish reading discusses the Quetzal bird of Mexico and Central America. It talks about its physical appearance, habitat, diet and most importantly how it is played an important spiritual role for the Aztec and Maya throughout history.
Followed by 8 reading comprehension questions.
Includes answer key.
This German worksheet features 22 fill in the blank sentences where students are required to complete the sentence with the correct preposition. This worksheet focusses on location based prepositions such as:
Ich wohne in…
Ich fliege nach…
ich komme aus
Level: Beginner
Editable Word file
Answer key included.
This beginner level German reading is centered around two roommates who live together. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 8 reading comprehension questions.
Note: This reading is also available in my Beginner German Workbook.
Level: A1
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish language biography on the life of the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. It includes information about his childhood, early publication of works, political views and his achievement of the Nobel Prize for literature.
~A worksheet that contains 10 true/false reading comprehension questions in Spanish and a short writing activity in the preterite tense.
~Answer key.
Level: mostly past tense
This 3-page file includes:
~A biography of the life of Augusto Pinochet, the president of Chile from 1973-1990. This reading includes a bit about his childhood and family life, as well as his time in and after power. There is also a paragraph about President Allende whom he overthrew to come into power.
~A worksheet with 10 true/false reading comprehension questions as well as a short writing exercise in the preterite tense.
~Answer key
Level: Intermediate
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish biography on the life of Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic woman to serve as judge in the Supreme Court of the United States. This reading talks about her difficult childhood, education, marriage and legal career. The file includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 8 reading comprehension questions.
~Answer Key.
Level: Uses present and past tenses
This German reading is about the life of Amadeus Mozart. It talks about his childhood, education, musical achievements and marriage.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 5 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Level: Intermediate
This German reading is a short biography on the life and times of Johannes Gutenberg. In particular it discusses his invention and how it changed the course of history.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and five reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
This biography introduces Germans students to life and times of Anne Frank. It discusses her early childhood, war times, her diary and her legacy.
Includes a glossary of new vocabulary and five reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.