Tag Archives: building vocabulary/conceptual knowledge

Cultural Literacy: Julia Ward Howe

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” This is a half-page document with a reading of two sentences, the first of which is long and might needed to be edited to a more manageable length for English language learners and emergent readers, and three comprehension questions.

Ms. Ward was an abolitionist and social reformer–a significant figure in her time. So I mean no respect when I say that when I hear the the melody of “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” I hear Allan Sherman’s rendition of it, i.e. “Harry Lewis.”

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

The Weekly Text, 29 March 2024, Women’s History Month Week 5: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Emmeline Pankhurst

For this, the final Friday of Women’s History Month 2024, here is a reading on Emmeline Pankhurst with its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet. This is a surprisingly thorough account, for a single page of text, of the legendary suffragist and social reformer.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Sarah Bernhardt

OK, it’s just about time to leave for school, but finally this morning here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Sarah Bernhardt. This is a half-page document with a reading of two sentences and two comprehension questions. In other words, the sparest of introductions to this major figure in French culture.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Jane Eyre

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Jane Eyre. This is a full-page worksheet with a reading of four simple sentences and four comprehension questions. A basic, symmetrical, introduction to this landmark novel by Charlotte Bronte.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

The Weekly Text, 22 March 2024, Women’s History Month Week 4: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Mrs. Dalloway

On this, the penultimate Friday of Women’s History Month 2024, here is a reading on Mrs. Dalloway, the novel by Virginia Woolf, and its attendant vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet. I rather doubt anyone is teaching this book at the secondary level. I confess I have found this book, at which I’ve taken several passes, more than a bit of a challenge. Still, these materials introduce the novel, and in so doing introduce Virginia Woolf herself, a significant figure in women’s history.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: George Sand

Moving right along this morning, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on George Sand, nom de plume of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin. This is a half-page document with a reading of two sentences and two comprehension question. A short, symmetrical, introduction to this important nineteenth-century author.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Golda Meir

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Golda Meir. This is a half-page document with a reading of three simple sentences and three comprehension questions. A short, symmetical introduction to this world leader.

Did you know she was born and raised in Milwaukee? That makes her part of United States history as well as women’s history.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

The Weekly Text, 15 March 2024, Women’s History Month Week 3: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Patti Smith

On this, the third Friday of Women’s History Month 2024, here is a reading on Patti Smith with its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet. I’d really like to think at this point that this extraordinary artist requires little introduction on this blog, so enough said.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Sandra Day O’Conner

OK: Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Sandra Day O’Conner, who you may know died recently. As is the case with many Supreme Court Justices and the presidents who appoint them (Earl Warren comes immediately to mind), Justice O’Conner was often at political variance with the Republican ideologue, President Ronald Reagan, who appointed her.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Margaret Mead

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Margaret Mead. This is a half-page document with a reading of two very long sentences which might be best broken up if you’re teaching struggling readers, and three comprehension questions.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.