Seven Wonders of the World Sentence Practice
A short reading packet for 5th graders built around the Seven Wonders of the World, with bolded indefinite pronouns and prepositional phrases to spotlight for sentence-combining practice. It is designed for emerging bilingual learners working at WIDA reading level 2.0 in a 30 to 45 minute small-group or independent block.
“WIDA ELL reading level 2.0, the 7 wonders of the world, focus on indefinite pronouns and prepositional phrases for emerging bilingual learners practicing sentence-combining worksheets”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Introduce the bolded words first by pointing out indefinite pronouns like "everyone," "nothing," and "someone," then have students sort the prepositional phrases ("in China," "across the mountains") by the place they describe.
- Discussion question: Why do you think the Great Wall is described as "the longest wall in the world" instead of just "very long"? Encourage students to use a sentence frame such as "The ___ is ___ because ___."
- Scaffold for struggling readers by providing a word bank of the indefinite pronouns and a visual of a map showing each wonder's location, so they can match each prepositional phrase to a place before combining sentences.
- Extension for advanced students: have them combine two or three short sentences about one wonder into a single complex sentence using a prepositional phrase and an indefinite pronoun, then compare their versions with a partner.
- Plan roughly 35 minutes for reading and sorting, plus 10 minutes for the sentence-combining worksheet.
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Teacher Guide & Tips
- Introduce the bolded words first by pointing out indefinite pronouns like "everyone," "nothing," and "someone," then have students sort the prepositional phrases ("in China," "across the mountains") by the place they describe.
- Discussion question: Why do you think the Great Wall is described as "the longest wall in the world" instead of just "very long"? Encourage students to use a sentence frame such as "The ___ is ___ because ___."
- Scaffold for struggling readers by providing a word bank of the indefinite pronouns and a visual of a map showing each wonder's location, so they can match each prepositional phrase to a place before combining sentences.
- Extension for advanced students: have them combine two or three short sentences about one wonder into a single complex sentence using a prepositional phrase and an indefinite pronoun, then compare their versions with a partner.
- Plan roughly 35 minutes for reading and sorting, plus 10 minutes for the sentence-combining worksheet.
Seven Wonders of the World Sentence Practice
A short reading packet for 5th graders built around the Seven Wonders of the World, with bolded indefinite pronouns and prepositional phrases to spotlight for sentence-combining practice. It is designed for emerging bilingual learners working at WIDA reading level 2.0 in a 30 to 45 minute small-group or independent block.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free