Christian Garden School Language Guide
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Language and Communication
Semester I /2020
REINFORCEMENT AT HOME
GUIDE No. 1 (The story)
Instructions:
Read very carefully, respecting the punctuation marks. Use your highlighter to color.
the words you don't know and look them up in a dictionary or ask an adult.
Print this guide, develop it and stick it in your notebook. If you don't have a printer, write it down.
questions and answers in your notebook.
THE TRAIN THAT WANTED TO FLY
There was a train, very big and heavy, that constantly thought about flying.
The other trains told him it was impossible, that only birds and airplanes could fly.
Then the train said, 'I want to be a bird! I want to be a plane!', but it kept being
a heavy freight train that wanted to fly.
Until one day, there was a great storm that destroyed a bridge connecting two
hills, just as the train that wanted to fly was approaching. In front of it was
the void.
The machinist applied the brake and jumped to the ground to save his life. At that moment, the
the train that wanted to fly saw its opportunity.
He disconnected the brakes with a strong jolt and accelerated straight into the void. And then
flew, flew, flew...
And his desire to fly was so strong that he stayed in the air despite his body.
iron. And he felt it was a bird. And he felt it was a plane.
It remained in the air while the clouds, which had come down to witness the feat,
they passed by smiling at his side. He flew to the other side of the ravine and the wheels
they took their metal path.
Since that day, the train that wanted to fly was completely happy and forgot about being a
bird or a plane.
He understood that what he was meant to be was a freight train and he smiled when someone said that
for a train it was impossible to fly.
1.- ENCIRCLE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE.
a) What characteristics did the train have?
• It was fast and heavy
• It was very heavy and small
• Very big and heavy
b) The train was a:
• A passenger train
• A freight train
• A garbage train
c) The bridge united
• Two cities
• Two lakes
• Two hills
2.- Complete the sentence.
The train was always thinking about __________________________
b) The train said I want to be a ________________________ or I want to be
________________________.
c) One day there was a great _______________________________
3.- Development questions. Write in beautiful handwriting, respect uppercase letters and periods.
What happened with the storm?
b) What did the engineer do?
c) What did the train do when it saw its opportunity to fly?
d) Who went down to see what happened? What were they doing?