Reading for Information: Chinese Emigration

A simple exercise in close reading of informational text that may be useful in a variety of classes including social studies, religion, and ELD. It includes 12 short passages about Chinese history, with a question immediately following...

In this reading for information learning exercise, students read about the preservation of the pandas in the Wolong Nature Reserve in China. Students answer 6 multiple choice questions.

Traditions surrounding the celebration of the Chinese New Year are the focus of a reading comprehension activity designed for intermediate level language learners.

Here are two reading passages one on the life and times of Marco Polo and one on the Mongol Empire. Included are 7 comprehension questions. A great way to practice reading informational texts with high comprehension or for comparative...

Who was Golda Mier and what was her life like? Your pupils can find out through an article from a 1969 issue of TIME. The biography is about a page long, and provides information about her past and present. After completing the reading,...

In this top five ancient Chinese inventions worksheet, students investigate each Chinese invention in detail along with the top five British inventions of all time. Students then answer five comprehension questions while writing an essay...

This is a lesson of two parts. First, learners read a poem and work with partners to deliver an expressive two-voice reading of the poem. Next, they read an essay by Yah Phou Lee, a Chinese citizen sent to school in the United States in...

In this seismoscope reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to seismoscopes and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.

In this compass reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to compass and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information

Students research and use traditional Chinese characters to notate numbers. They compare and contrast Chinese calligraphy with Arabic numerals. Students demonstrate their comprehension of number concepts through their drawings and...