Graded Reader Writing Challenge 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._________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 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?_____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 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._____________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2020 Berlitz Japan, Inc. Graded Reader Writing Challenge 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._____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 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._____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 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._________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 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.________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Catch a Wave was very interesting. I learned a lot about surfing and_________ interesting places around the world._________________________________________ Copyright © 2020 Berlitz Japan, Inc..