Worksheet – “True Grit” - Adult Literacy



Worksheet – “True Grit”

Matching exercise

Match the city to its famous attraction by drawing a line between the two groups.

Big Ben Italy

Eiffel Tower London

Leaning Tower of Pisa Paris

Fill in the gaps

In each of the places Daniel visited, he was more interested in finding something good to eat rather than looking at the sights! In the spaces below, fill in the items Daniel wanted to eat in each of the locations.

While in London, Daniel was interested in getting some ____________ to eat.

They saw the Eiffel Tower in Paris but Daniel really wanted a ______________.

Daniel wanted to have an ___________ in Italy.

Worksheet – “True Grit”

Spelling patterns

A contraction is a shortened word where one or more letters are missing. Contractions are common in speaking and informal writing. To make a contraction we use an apostrophe (‛) where the missing letter(s) would go. For example that’s for that is.

Write the short form of the following words by using apostrophes.

Do not __________

Did not __________

It is __________

I will __________

What is __________

Is not __________

Now write the sentences from “True Grit” that contain the above words. (Hint: look at pages 7, 8, 10, 13 and 14)

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True or False

Here are some sentences from the story “True Grit”. Some of the sentences are true and some are false. At the end of each sentence circle the “T” if you think it is true or “F” if you think it is false.

Lesley and Daniel went on an overseas holiday with their friend Jerry. T / F

Daniel was only seven years old and this was the first time he had been on a plane with his mum. T / F

Lesley, Daniel and Maggie saw the Eiffel Tower in London.

T / F

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is in Italy. T / F

Maggie didn’t want to climb the steps of the Tower. T / F

Now change the false sentences to make them true.

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Word search puzzle

See how many words you can find from the story in the word puzzle below. The words run left to right, right to left, up and down and diagonally up and down.

True Grit

Y A D I L O H P E H E M L S Y

D E K C A M S B O G S A E O D

L E H I W A L J D P N E S D N

L R I O T O Z V V A E R L Z E

R O E G T E R X Z R S C E B R

W U N W G C Y R Z I N E Y I T

T T O D O A H T I S O C Z G H

O D A V O T M I S E N I K B S

W X Y R A N L A P P D G L E I

E U J L A L E E L S O M E N L

R P E S A S F A F D D Q I Y L

V J H Y R T N H T F D L N W Y

Q E J E R E I O W R I B A Y A

S U V O I M H O Y H R E D E V

S O I Q E O B O I T Z X I W Q

ASHES LESLEY

BIG BEN LONDON

DANIEL MAGGIE

EIFFEL TOWER NONSENSE

FLAVOUR OVERSEAS

GOBSMACKED PARIS

HOLIDAY PLANE

HOTCHIPS SILLY

HOTDOG TOWER

ICE CREAM TRENDY

ITALY WORRIED

(Created using Puzzlemaker at )

Worksheet – “True Grit”

Crossword puzzle

The answers to these crossword clues can all be found within the story “True Grit”. You will need to read the story carefully to find the answers and then complete the puzzle.

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Across

5. How old is Daniel?

6. Daniel wanted to eat one of these in Italy

8. The famous sight Daniel saw in London

9. The friends travelled by...

Down

1. The Eiffel Tower is in this city

2. Maggie wanted to climb the steps of the...

3. What colour were the trendy young people dressed in?

4. What came drifting down from the Tower?

7. Who travelled with Lesley and Daniel?

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Worksheet – “True Grit”

Language reconstruction

Single sentences from the story “True Grit” are listed below, but they are not in the correct order. Read the story and then have a go at numbering the sentences in the order they appear in the story, using the boxes alongside each step.

They saw the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Lesley and Daniel went on an overseas holiday with their friend Maggie.

They saw Big Ben in London.

Maggie went over to the young trendy people who were dressed in black.

Daniel was gobsmacked too when his mum offered to buy him a fresh ice cream.

“Look how much it leans. It could fall over at any minute.”

Maggie wanted to climb the steps up the tower.

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“Book Report” exercise

“True Grit” is a fun story that has a lot of information in it. After reading the story, fill in the report below with as much information as you can about Lesley, Maggie and Daniel’s overseas trip.

Title of the story: _________________________________

Who: __________________________________________

What:

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When: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Where: _________________________________________

Why: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

How:

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Result: _______________________________________________

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In the story “True Grit” Lesley, Maggie and Daniel travelled to Europe, visiting London, Paris and Italy.

Discussion topics

Have you ever travelled overseas or within Australia, if so:

Where?

When?

How did you get there?

What foods or customs/traditions did you encounter?

Is there anywhere that you would really like to travel to, if so:

Where?

Why?

Writing exercise

After discussing the questions above, write about an experience you have had while on holiday

Or

Write about a place you would like to visit and why. It might be that you were born there or have family at this place.

You can also research a holiday destination on the Internet, the newspaper or travel brochure and put together a journey of your own. This may include flights, hotels, sightseeing tours and dates to travel. You could use sentences, lists or pictures, or what ever you like!

Worksheet – “True Grit”

Correct the mistakes

The computer has just opened a can of worms and they have fallen into the story! So, every time you see the word “worm” replace it with the correct word from the story. Circle the word with a pen or highlighter then copy the corrected passage in the space provided.

Lesley and Daniel went on an overseas holiday with their worm Maggie. Daniel was only seven years old and this was the first time he had been on a worm with his mum. They saw Big Ben in London. Daniel was more interested in getting some hot worm to eat. They saw the Eiffel Worm in Paris. Daniel was more interested in the hot dog cart. They saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Worm. Daniel was more interested in the ice-cream cart.

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Writing exercise

Have you ever been gobsmacked or have a gobsmacking story you would like to share? If so, write it down and send it to Read Write Now! Locked bag 6, Northbridge WA 6865. You never know, it might just be published! Include your contact details.

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Grammar – Expanding the text with adjectives

Using adjectives makes your sentences more interesting.

Adjectives are describing words and they tell you more about nouns. Nouns are naming words such as a person, place or thing.

For example:

Jan is beautiful.

Jan is the noun and beautiful is the adjective as it describes the noun.

Add adjectives to the sentences below to make them more descriptive and interesting.

Lesley and Daniel went on an overseas holiday.

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They saw the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

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Maggie wanted to climb the steps up the Tower.

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Grammar – editing skills

When writing it is important to check your own work; this is called editing. Some points to remember are to always start a sentence with a capital letter. Capitals are also used for the names of people and places (nouns). A full stop marks the end of a sentence.

Below is a paragraph from “True Grit”. Edit the text by placing capital letters and full stops in the correct places.

Hint: There are four (4) mistakes

Maggie went over to the trendy young people who were dressed in black “What’s it like up there? My friend is worried it isn’t safe,” said maggie

It’s amazing up there,” they replied

Spelling – developing a “speller’s eye”

Read the passage below taken from “True Grit” and underline the six (6) spelling mistakes.

Hint: A good way to check spelling is to read from the end of the passage of text to the beginning, as reading out of context helps the eye to pick up spelling errors.

Lesley and Maggie loked first at the gritty ice-creams then at each otha. They were gobsmacked!! Daniel was gobsmacked to when his mum offered to by him a fresh ice-cream. “I think wee should try a different flava,” was all Lesley could say.

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Discussion topic/sorting activity

Although Daniel was visiting some of the most beautiful and exciting cities in the world, he seemed more interested in the junk food these cities had to offer!

Here are a number of different foods. Sort these foods into one of the three groups in the table below. Is the food a junk food, healthy or is it difficult to decide? Justify your decision.

hamburger green salad fried chicken

fish and chips sandwich Greek salad

falafel pizza roast dinner tacos

salad roll chips fruit salad

|HEALTHY |JUNK FOOD |CAN’T DECIDE |

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Worksheet – “True Grit”

Write a critique

A critique is a short piece of writing about a story. It starts with a brief summary of what the author said, and then looks at it critically.

• To summarise the book first read it all, then think about it.

What is the book about? What is the author telling us?

• To critically evaluate what the author wrote, ask yourself:

What does the author do to get and retain your attention, for example does she/he use humour?

Is the writing clear and easy to understand?

Would you change anything about the story and why?

• You may then give your opinion about the story, for example,

I liked this story because…………

or

I didn’t enjoy this story because………….

and

Who would you recommend this story to and why?

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