Escola Secundária/3 de Oliveira do Douro

School Year 2009/2010 - 7th Grade – Class C

Time in the Tower – Extensive Reading

Name: ______________________________ Date: 20th May 2010

Time in the Tower

Extensive Reading Worksheet

A. Read the following parts of the story and match the picture with the correct one.

Excerpt no. _________ Chapter _______

B. Choose 2 or 3 paragraphs that you’ve enjoyed the most!

Page, from line __________________ to line________________ .

C. In group prepare to read it aloud to your classmates!

5. "So, you have an hour and a half to

complete the five questions. You have a

lot to visit, but the group that finishes

first will get a prize,” – says Mrs Kennedy.

"There is a map of the Tower on the back

of your question paper. Off you go."

2. After the tour to London and after

eating their lunch the class arrives at the

Tower of London and a Beefeater meets

them to take them on a tour of the fort. 3. "Come on children, hurry up," shouts Mrs

Kennedy, "we don't want to be late arriving in

London. Everyone, get on the coach."

4. The children finally find their

teachers in the cafe. They are having a

cup of tea and a cake. "There you are

Miss. There you are Sir," dint says.

"We've finished and we want our

prize."

1. This is the Buckingham Palace and this is

where the Queen lives when she is in London.

Activity evaluation

Complete the following sentences according to your opinion (A) and to your

group’s opinion (B).

A) In my opinion, this activity

a) was interesting and it showed me that short-stories can be fun.

b) didn’t change my attitude towards short-stories.

c) wasn’t interesting and it didn’t show me we can spend a good time reading a

short-story.

B) My group thinks it

a) was interesting and nice. We learned that short-stories are not that bad.

b) had some interesting parts, but other were boring.

c) was boring and we didn’t enjoy the activity.