ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS1 SECOND TERM

WEEK SIX

THEME: READING

COMPREHENSION

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. Identify main and supporting ideas in the passage
2. Differentiate between main and supporting ideas in the passage
3. Answer questions are drawn from the passage

CONTENT

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow –

Nine thousand years ago, people did not have money. They traded animals for things they wanted. They traded crops for what they wanted In China, in about 1200 B.C., people traded shells for the things they wanted. Chinese people also traded metal tools for the things they wanted. For example, they traded metal knives and shovels for the things they wanted. Later in China, people made metal money. In about 100 B.C., the Chinese made money of animal skin. The first paper.... View More