ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS2 THIRD TERM

WEEK EIGHT

THEME: READING

COMPREHENSION - READING FOR SUMMARY

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. Identify key ideas from different paragraphs
2. Identify vocabulary that direct attention to the main point.

CONTENT

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs are large reptiles that roamed the earth thousands of years ago. They mysteriously died out so no one knows for sure exactly how many kids there were or what they looked like. Skeletons which have been found show us different kinds of teeth so scientists believe that some were meat-eaters and some ate plants.

Palaeontologists are scientists who study old fossils and bones. They have dug up pieces of dinosaur bones, cleaned them and brought them to museums to try to piece together a whole dinosaur. Since dinosaur skin was sometimes pressed into mud, which then hardened, scientists can tell.... View More