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Reading: Climbing Mount Everest
In this reading: Climbing Mount Everest worksheet, learners read an interview and assess comprehension. Students choose one or more answers to complete eight sentences.
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Climbing Mount Everest: Vocabulary Practice
For this vocabulary practice worksheet, students use the words in a word box to complete ten sentences about climbing Mount Everest.
PBS
Sherpas on Everest
Every successful climb of Mount Everest can be attributed to the assistance of the local Sherpas. A short, informative article explains the history behind the Sherpa's involvement in Mount Everest expeditions, the physiological reasons...
Scholastic
Hillary Conquers Everest
If a field trip to the summit of Mount Everest isn't in your school budget, make the trek virtually! An interactive lesson allows class members to follow Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's trail up the mountain, and provides...
PBS
Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa man who made history when he reached the summit of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary, is the focus of an informative article. Class members read about Norgay's perspective on the way up the mountain, the...
Lee & Low Books
Classroom Guide for Sacred Mountain: Everest
The most famous climbers of Mount Everest could never have made it to the summit without the assistance of the local Sherpa. Christine Taylor-Butler's nonfiction children's book Sacred Mountain: Everest is the focus of an extensive...
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Mount Everest
Students brainstorm about what different professions roles are and what skills they obtain. In this critical thinking lesson, students discuss reasons of why different people would want and need to climb Mount...
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Reading: Climbing Mount Everest
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read an interview based on an actual interview with Edmund Hillary and answer comprehension questions. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions.
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Breaking News English: Everest Wedding
In this English worksheet, students read "Everest Wedding," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Must and Have to
Use this assignment to help address CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.4.1b in your fourth grade language arts curriculum. The modal auxiliary verbs "must" and "have to" are explained in terms of the roles that they play. Examples are provided, and...
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TAKS Quiz-Meaning Based on Context
In this TAKS quiz learning exercise, students take an online quiz focused on meaning based on context. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.
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Vocabulary Practice: Completing Sentences
In this vocabulary worksheet, students use a word pool to fill in blanks and correctly complete a set of 10 sentences. Word bank contains 12 words, 2 will not be used.
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Total English (Elementary)
In this geography word puzzle worksheet, students read 10 clues pertaining to geography terms. Students place the answers in a word puzzle grid. This is intended for ESL use but could be used by all.
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Vocabulary Building Worksheet
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks for sentences and answer definition questions about vocabulary words. Students complete 4 pages, with 6 words each and 18 questions per page.
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Future Real Conditional/Future Unreal Conditional
In this conditional form worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with the future real conditional or the future unreal conditional form of the word. Students complete 10 sentences.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: True Everest: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [Pdf]
This 29-page PDF article "True Everest: Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer published in September 1996 in Outside Magazine focuses on his experience in climbing Mount Everest and the impact on him after the deaths of his fellow climbers.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [Pdf]
This is an 11- page PDF about Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer's book about his experience climbing Mount Everest. It includes a short summary of the book, a biography about the author, book reviews, discussion questions, an interview with...
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Read Works: Going Up a Mountain
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about climbing Mount Everest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.