Graded Reader Writing Challenge

Home , Bodyboarding, Bodysurfing, Windsurfing

1 Page 4 - 5 Words to know Choose 5 new words from p.4-5 and write them below.

1. ______fall __ 2. ______surf ______

3. ______balance______4. ______surfboard______

5. ______waves ______

2 Writing Challenge Write 1 paragraph about the topic of your graded reader. Can you use all 5 words from activity 1?

Surfing is a difficult sport. You have to stand up on a long, thin_____

board and ride a wave. I’ve tried to surf but I’m bad at it. I’m bad

at balancing, so I fall off the surfboard. I’m also scared of big______

waves. I think I like swimming at the pool more than surfing in the___

ocean.______

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Name: ______Keiko Suzuki Graded Reader: ______Catch a Wave Graded Reader Writing Challenge

3 Page 20 - 21 Find all of the questions on p.20-21. write them below.

What do you think? Surfing, SUP, bodyboarding, windsurfing or

bodysurfing. Did you try any of them? Which one do you want to

try?______

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4 Writing Challenge Write a paragraph to answer all of the questions from activity 3. I think windsurfing would be the most difficult and dangerous kind

of surfing. I have tried bodyboarding, bodysurfing and surfing. I love

bodyboarding and bodysurfing. It’s easy and it isn’t dangerous. I’m

good at bodyboarding. I think surfing is cool but I’m bad at it. I____

want to practice more. I don’t want to try windsurfing, but I want to

try SUP. It’s popular all over the world and it looks fun.______

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5 Book Summary Write a short essay about your graded reader. Use the following questions as a guide.  What was it about?  Did you learn anything new?  What was the most interesting topic in the graded reader? Catch a Wave was about the different kinds of surfing, the history of surfing,

how to start surfing, and the best places to surf.______

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The Graded Reader talked about surfing, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, stand

up paddleboard surfing and windsurfing. It was interesting to read about_____

stand up paddleboard surfing because you don’t need waves to do it. I_____

want to try it sometime.______

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I learned that surfing started in Hawaii, and that a Hawaiian man named_____

Duke Kahanamoku made surfing famous around the world. I also learned that

the first Australian surfer was a woman called Isabel Latham.______

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The most interesting topic in the graded reader was the chapter about the___

best places to surf. There are famous surf spots in the United States, South_____

Africa, France, Portugal, Morocco, Costa Rica and Australia. I want to visit____

Mavericks in California or Nazaré in Portugal and watch surfers riding big______

waves. I also want to try surfing next to the desert in Morocco.______

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Catch a Wave was very interesting. I learned a lot about surfing and______

interesting places around the world.______