COMPREHENSION IV

English Language JSS1 First Term

WEEK SIX

THEME; READING

COMPREHENSION 2

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

Students should be able to;

  1. Identify supporting ideas in passages
  2. Identify keywords and expressions that signal details.

 

CONTENT

Read the passage below and note the Main and supporting ideas

Grandfather was sitting under the apple tree in his garden. His grandchildren were happily munching on the juicy apples from the tree.

‘Who planted this tree here, Grandfather?’ asked one of the children.

‘Come I will tell you how this tree came to be here,’ said their grandfather.

Grandfather began, ‘I came to live here more than fifty years ago. One day I was standing just about where this apple tree now stands and talking to my neighbour. I was telling him that I wanted to earn a lot of money.’

‘The neighbour, who was a very wise man, said to.... View More

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