Christmas Around the World Reading Comprehension

Are you looking for Christmas around the world reading comprehension passages and questions? There are five Christmas around the world texts and Christmas around the world comprehension questions for each passage. There are over 75 comprehension questions in total.

The four Christmas around the world texts focus on:

• Christmas in Spain
• Christmas in Britain
• Christmas in Australia
• Christmas in Mexico
• Christmas in Germany

Each one is followed by either 15 or 16 questions about the passage for students to answer. There are then comprehensive answers for each question. The questions focus on vocabulary, retrieval from the text, making inferences or finding evidence.

Each text has a passage about how Christmas is celebrated in that country, followed by a postcard, written in the first person, telling a friend about their celebrations. The comprehension questions focus on both of these texts.

Following this activity, you may choose to compare and contrast the passages or have students research how Christmas is celebrated in another country of their choice.

There are no materials, other than paper and pencil, required for these challenges, so they are easy for you, the busy teacher, at this time of year.

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