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ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS1 SECOND TERM

WEEK EIGHT

THEME; READING

COMPREHENSION

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

Students should be able to;

1. Read the passage correctly
2. Identify supporting ideas in the passage
3. Identify keywords and expression that signal details

CONTENT

Read the passage carefully and identify keywords and supporting ideas.

Farming is the most important aspect of agriculture that has attracted attention within the last few years. Agriculture has several other aspects like fishery, livestock and poultry. All these are also important in that they have to do with the production of food items which human beings consume for survival.

In many parts of the world today, farming has been regarded as the mainstay of the economy. Crops such as cocoa, rubber and cotton have…