Write a Newspaper Report on the Wager

Use the profile sheet to open the novel and the discussion guides with the matching chapters. Assign the Nellie Bly comparison for a paired text lesson and the newspaper report as a writing task.

Write a newspaper report on Fogg's wager using evidence from the passage and the police dispatch. The directions on the page read: Read the passage. Stars show where words are left out. It continues on page 2. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade novel studies, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

The set has 8 worksheets on Jules Verne's novel. It includes a pre-reading profile of Mr. Fogg, three discussion guides, a whole-book response, a quote response on Phileas Fogg, a newspaper report sheet and a paired text comparison with Nellie Bly.

Yes. All 8 worksheets have an answer key.

Students read printed passages from Chapters I, III, IV, V, XXI and XXXIII, including the bank robbery talk, the Tankadere voyage and the burning of the steamer.

Students read a true account of Nellie Bly's race around the world and a passage from the novel. They compare the two journeys and explain how the fictional account treats the historical event.