COMPREHENSION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS2 SECOND TERM
WEEK SIX
THEME: READING
COMPREHENSION
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
Students should be able to;
- Read using the right speed
- Give correct answers to passages
CONTENT
The evolution of sports in the modern world is an interesting one. In the past, men took up spears to hunt animals for food. He who could use the spear most expertly would usually bring home a bigger supply of food. Nowadays, men take up spears only in sports, in what we now call 'javelin throwing'.
What used to be essential skills in survival, such as running, shooting and jumping, are now skills that are tested primarily in the sports arena. Man no longer has to aim well to shoot at a deer grazing in the grassland or jump over difficult terrain in pursuit of his prey. What he does have to do now is to prove to others that he can shoot further or more accurately than the.... View More
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