May 8, 2016
Reading comprehension: Passage 10 — School of the Air (Places and Events)
- Read the passage aloud.
- School of the Air
Kate and Mark get up and go to school. They listen to their teacher. They talk with their classmates. Kate and Mark are far away from their teacher. Their classmates are far away, too. How can Kate and Mark be attending school?
Kate and Mark live in Australia. They live in the outback on a sheep station. The sheep station is very large. The nearest town is far away. It would take hours and hours to get there. Kate and Mark can’t go there, so they attend School of the Air.
In School of the Air, students talk on the radio. The school is for students who live far away from towns. The students attend classes at home. They meet on the air at a certain time. They listen to their teacher on the radio. They talk to their classmates on the radio, too.
- School of the Air
- Asses your understanding of the passage by responding to the comprehension questions.
- When you attend something, you . . . .
- live on a sheep station
- go to it
- are far away
- talk on the radio
- Most likely, students of School of the Air . . . .
- are sent lesson and books by mail
- do not learn to write
- go to class anytime they want
- see all of their classmates at recess
- A sheep station must be like a . . . .
- sheep plane
- sheep ranch
- sheep school
- sheep train
- When you attend something, you . . . .
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