Language Guide: Reading Comprehension Activities
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ScribdTranslationsSCHOOL INTEGRATION PROGRAM VºBº of PIE:
BARREALES SCHOOL
SANTA CRUZ
Teacher Subject: Mrs. Ema Vielma Fuenzalida
Special Educator: Miss María Fernanda Correa
GUIDE TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
READING COMPREHENSION
Student Name/: ____________________________________________________
PRIORITY LEARNING OBJECTIVE:Deepen your understanding of the read narratives by extracting information.
explicit and implicit, reconstructing the actions of a story, describing the characters, describing the environment in
the one who performs the action, expressing reasoned opinions about facts and situations in the text, issuing a
opinion about the characters
INSTRUCTIONS
Dear students, along with greetings and hoping you are well, the activity to be developed in this guide is
for your personal work and also to remember, how to express an opinion about what we read, using clues to the
what we call evidence. Therefore, we will base ourselves on what the text says to support my opinion, for that
we will use the model that we have been using in Language and Communication, model (RICE).
A poster to remind us of the steps we need to follow each time
we want to give an opinion.
RICE ELEMENTS WHAT I WRITE
R: repeat the question.
I: include your opinion
C: cite evidence
E: explain the evidence.
Read the following texts and answer the questions using the RICE model.
The story of Peter
Pedro was a shy and fearful boy. He was the only son of Juan and María and had just turned
the 8 years.
He had moved up to third grade and one of the things that embarrassed him the most was that he read very
bad. He couldn't read the difficult and long words and whenever he read aloud some
classmates who were cruel, annoying, and unfriendly mocked him. 'Hahaha, you're an idiot.'
"who can't read!" they shouted.
They had always bothered him, and Pedro feared that in third grade things would not
would be very different. That is why he decided to practice his reading during the holidays. All the
mornings, his mother made him read aloud practicing the difficult and long words. "Mom,
Do you think I will ever be able to read like the children my age?” Pedro asked. “I am
sure that it
you will succeed,
She was sure that with a lot of practice, Pedro would learn to read better.
After three long and exhausting weeks of work, Pedro was already reading faster. He began to
enjoy reading and their parents noticed the progress. They felt proud of the
his achievements.
Now Pedro felt safe, calm, and optimistic about starting his third grade. He learned
that, with effort,
Perseverance and hard work can overcome any obstacle.
Question: What is your opinion of how Pedro is?
RICE elements What I write
R: repeat the question. My opinion of how Pedro is that
I: include your opinion he is a hardworking and persevering boy
C: cite evidence because the text says that to improve their reading they practiced a lot in
the holidays
Explain the evidence. that means he doesn't give up and does a very good job
hard.
The quails
A hunter cast a net over some quails and caught them, the quails, very scared,
they asked Grandma Quail how they could escape. She calmed them and said, 'when the
hunter throw your net, let us value with all our strength we will land on a bush. I
"I will be in charge of guiding them." The quails followed the advice of when the hunter cast his net.
They fluttered their wings and the net fell to the ground landing in a bush. The quail grandmother managed to cut.
the net and they all were able to escape.
Question: What do you think of the advice given by the quail grandmother?
RICE Elements What I write
R: repeat the question.
I: include your opinion
C:cite evidence Why does the text say
E: explain the evidence.
The vulture and the dove
The king's cook hung a basket in the kitchen window.
so that the doves had a small shelter. One day, a vulture saw
the pigeons in the basket and thought: "I will befriend the pigeons"
to enter the kitchen and steal food.
Then, the vulture approached the doves and said to them: "I want to make your
Friend, invent me your basket.” The doves found him.
nice and they took him to the kitchen window. The cook knew that
the vulture was an ambitious bird.
Then, she threw him out of the basket and also threw out the doves.
bring a bandit to your kitchen.
Question: What do you think of the king's cook?
RICE Elements What I write
R: repeat the question.
I: include your opinion
C: cite evidence because the text says
E: explain the evidence. that means that
The hare and the tortoise
In the field lived a hare and a turtle. The hare was very fast and spent the day
running back and forth, while the turtle walked always looking
tired, for it was no small task to bear the weight of its great shell.
The hare found it very funny to see the turtle dragging its fat legs, while
she just needed a little push to jump with agility. When they crossed paths, the
the hare laughed at her and used to make mocking comments that of course, the tortoise did not
they seemed not well.
I hope you're not in too much of a hurry, turtle friend! Ha, ha, ha! At that pace, you won't get to...
time to nowhere What will you do the day you have an emergency? Speed up, speed up!
One day, the turtle became so fed up that it confronted the hare.
You will be swift as the wind, but I assure you that I am capable of beating you in a race.
Ha, ha, ha! Oh, I'm laughing so hard! But even a slug is faster than you!
contestó la liebre mofándose y riéndose a mandíbula batiente.
If you are so sure – the turtle insisted – why don't we give it a try?
– Whenever you want! – replied the hare swaggeringly.
Great! We'll see each other tomorrow at this same time by the sunflower field. Do you
seems?
Perfect! - the hare nodded, winking with a cheeky expression.
The hare hopping and the turtle with the same calmness as always went on their way.
on their side.
The next day, they both met at the place they had agreed upon. Many animals
they attended as an audience, as the news of such a curious athletics test had arrived
to the edges of the forest. A family of worms, during the night, had taken care of
to make grooves in the ground to mark the competition track. The fox was chosen to
mark the start and finish lines with some sticks, while a nervous crow
he prepared thoroughly to be the referee. When everything was ready and at the shout of
"Ready, set, go," the hare and the tortoise began the race. The tortoise started moving at a slow pace.
slowly, as was usual for her. The hare, on the other hand, dashed out, but seeing that it
He had a big lead, stopped to wait for her and in the process, mocked her a little.
Come on, turtle, faster, I'm getting bored! he shouted pretending to yawn. Like it or not.
run faster, this doesn't have excitement for me!
The turtle caught up with the hare and it jumped a few more times to position itself a few
metros ahead. He waited for her again and the turtle took several minutes to arrive.
where I was, well I was walking very slowly.
I told you, turtle! It's impossible for a being as calm as you to compete with a
animal as agile and athletic as I am.
Along the way, the hare stopped several times to wait for the tortoise,
convinced that a little bit of running at the last moment would be enough to arrive first.
But something happened... A few meters from the finish line, the hare fell asleep from pure exhaustion.
boredom so the turtle overtook him and, taking short but steady steps, positioned itself in
the first place. When the turtle was about to cross the finish line, the hare
he woke up and ran as fast as he could, but there was nothing more to be done. He saw with
Astonishment and helplessness as the turtle rose with victory and was applauded by everyone.
the animals of the forest.
The hare, for the first time in its life, felt embarrassed and never laughed at the
turtle.
Moral: in life, one must be humble and keep in mind that goals are achieved.
with patience, dedication, consistency, and well-done work. It is always better to go slow, but
with a firm and confident step. And of course, never underestimate someone for being weaker,
because maybe one day it makes you see your own weaknesses.
Question: What do you think of the turtle in the race?
RICE Elements What I write
R:repeat the question.
to include your opinion