Reading Enrichment

Text 6.

The night before Septiany left for Canada, she packed her suitcase. Septiany took gifts for her relatives. She carefully wrapped each gift. The small ceramic lamp was fragile. Septiany rolled it in spongy plastic. The wooden sculpture, wrapped in a towel, was for aunt Eliza and uncle Rogers. They like art objects very much. A silver necklace, in a tiny white box, was for her cousin, Winnie.

In the morning, Septiany was ready to go. Her father drove her to the airport. In the car, Septiany felt very confident. When she arrived at the airport, suddenly she felt just the opposite. She walked slowly to the check-in counter. She got a seat near a window.

Inside the plane, she looked out to see her father. He was waving from the lobby. She could hardly see him there. He looked very small. A flight attendant reminded her to fasten her seat belt. She talked to Septiany for a moment. It made her feel better.

Questions:

1.       What is the text about?

2.       What is the main idea of paragraph three?

3.       Why did Septiany walk very slowly to the check-in counter?

4.       Find at least 10 difficult words on the text and write their meanings!

Text 7.

Once upon a time, there was a nervous little chipmunk. She was always afraid that something bad happened to her. One day, she heard a little noise. It was really only an apple that fell to the ground. But the little Chipmunk was afraid and said “The sky is falling in.” then she ran away as fast as she could go.

Soon she met an old brother Chipmunk, who asked, “Where are you running to, little Chipmunk?” And the little Chipmunk answered, “The sky is falling in?” said the old brother Chipmunk. And he told the story to his brother Chipmunk, until at last there were a hundred brother Chipmunk shouting, “The sky is falling in.”

Soon the larger animals heard what the Chipmunks were saying. The Deer, the Sheep, the Pig, The Camel, The Tiger, and the Elephant began to say, “The sky is falling in.”

Then the wise Lion heard all the noise and wanted to know what was happening. He stopped all the animals and asked, “What are you saying?” the brother Chipmunks said, “Oh we heard it from that little Chipmunk!” And the Lion said, “Little Chipmunk, what made you say that the sky was falling in?”And the little Chipmunk said, “I saw it there near the tree.” “Well,” said the Lion, “Come with me and I will show you how something”. “now get on my back.” The Lion took her on his back, and asked the animals to stay where they were until they returned.

Then he showed the little Chipmunk that the apple had fallen to the ground. This made the noise that had made her afraid. The little Chipmunk said, “Oh, I see. The sky is not falling in.” the Lion said, “Let’s go back and tell the other animals.” So they went back. At last all the animals knew that the sky was not falling in.

Questions:

1.       What does the text tell us about?

2.       What is the main idea of paragraph two?

3.       How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the text?

4.       Find at least 10 difficult words on the text and write their meanings!