This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the gay rights movement in the United States from Henry Gerber’s 1924 foundation of the Society for Human Rights to president Trump’s new transgender policy announcement for the military in 2018 (that banned most transgendered people from military service). After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a definition match, multiple choice exercises and a crossword. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. Total number of pages: 7 Answer key included

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the history of vaccines from the first inoculation attempts in 16th century China to the experiments of Edward Jenner, Louis Pasteur and the foundation of CEPI in 2017. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, a multiple choice exercise and an independent fill-in-the gaps exercise on a mini reading on How Vaccines are Made . This worksheet / informational text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 7

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the damage that chronic first and second-hand smoking can cause to the lungs, what is COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and how chronic smoking can cause to oxygen deprivation, blood clogging and increase the risk of heart attack, lung infections, pneumonia and lung cancer among others, After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a multiple choice exercise, a definitions match and a crossword. This worksheet / informational text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 5

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the spread of the Spanish Flu / Influenza pandemic of 1918 and why it was the deadliest and strangely most forgotten medical calamity in history. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword and multiple choice exercises . The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 5

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the COVID-19 outbreak from late 2019 to early 2020 along with possible origins, symptoms and diagnosis, treatments and prevention measures. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, and comprehension questions. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 5

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text provides a description of how vaccines are made, how they work, how they have evolved since the early immunization days and other related concepts such as what is herd immunity. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, a definitions match and multiple choice exercises . The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 6

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text explains how the eye rretina translates light into colour and what the most common colour impairements are. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False and a word search exercise. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes gives a description of how the immune system works, which organs, cells and proteins constitute the immune system. What is the adaptive and innate immune systems and how they work together to fight disease and keep the body healthy. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a true or false exercise, a multiple choice exercise, a crossword and an independent fill-in-the gaps exercise on “What is Autoimmune Disease?”. This worksheet / informational text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 7

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text explains breaks down the symptoms, diagnosis and research around autisms. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, True or False exercises and a word search exercise. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the opioid epidemic, how it started, it’s devastating effects, the history of prescribing synthetic pain relief medication and what is being done by the CDC to regulated opioid drug prescription and administration among medical professionals. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a true and false exercise, a multiple choice exercise and a crossword. This worksheet / informational text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 5

The Obesity Epidemic: Why do people become overweight? This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the environmental and genetic factors behind the obesity epidemic. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a multiple choice exercise and a crossword. This worksheet / informational text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 6

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores why the world is still in search for a licensed coronavirus vaccine and why the research, development, manufacturing and distribution of a vaccine against COVID-19 is such an arduous process. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: a multiple choice exercise a fill in the gaps exercise on “Covid-19: How to protect yourself and others” a crossword based on the text 8 comprehension questions The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 7

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native speakers. The text explores the devastating consequences of air pollution on human health and the environment. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a definitions match, a word search, a multiple choice exercise, a fill in the gaps exercise and a fun crossword. This worksheet can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL vocabulary building purposes (environment themed). The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 11

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text enumerates the 5 most uninhabitable places on earth. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a true or false exercise, comprehension questions, a fun crossword, a fill in the gaps exercise and a definitions match exercise. The text can be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key included.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives an account of all the tragic events that took place during the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: True or False exercises, a definitions match exercise, a fill-in-the-gaps exercise, a fun crossword and engage in an in class discussion over nuclear energy, radiation and it’s effects on human health. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Ideally, this handout could be used along a #GoogleExpeditions NASA virtual reality trip! A full answer key is included.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native speakers. The text explores how and why hurricanes are formed. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: -comprehension questions -a word search a multiple choice exercise a fun crossword This worksheet can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 7

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the long term and short term effects of ionizing radiation on human health. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a true or false exercise, a fill in the gaps exercise and a fun crossword. The text can be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key included.

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores “The 10 Most Powerful Renewable Energy Sources” starting from the less powerful and concluding with the most powerful and efficient energy source. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a title match, a multiple choice exercise and a fun crossword. The text can be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key included. No of pages: 6

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. A summary of Markus Rediker’s book “The Slave Ship”, the text explores the history of the slave trade across the Middle Passage and the horrors pf life aboard a slave ship. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a True or False exercises, a definitions match, a multiple choice exercise and a fun crossword. This worksheet can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 7

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. The text explores the controversial theme of genetic engineering, its applications as well as its possible adverse effects and benefits. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match, a definitions match and a fun crossword. This worksheet can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included.