May 10, 2016
Reading comprehension: Passage 22 — A Long Walk on a Long Wall (Places and Events)
- Read the passage aloud.
- A Long Walk on a Long Wall
The Great Wall of China is wide enough to walk on. It is about twelve feet wide. As you walk, you can look down over the sides at the ground. The wall is about twenty-five feet high, so the ground is
far below.
Do you think you could walk from one end of the wall to the other? You would have to walk a long time. What if you walked two and a half miles an hour? What if you walked all day and night, never stopping? You would have to walk for more than seven weeks!
The Great Wall of China was built hundreds of years ago. Guards stood on the wall. They stood in watchtowers on the wall. The guards tried to keep China safe.
- A Long Walk on a Long Wall
- Asses your understanding of the passage by responding to the comprehension questions.
- What is not true about the Great Wall of China?
- It is about twenty-five feet high
- It has watchtowers
- It was built in seven weeks
- It is wide enough to walk on
- Another title for this story might be “ . . . ”.
- The Great Wall of China
- Hundreds of Guards
- All About China
- Staying Safe in China Today
- Most likely, if you walked from one end of the wall to the other, it would take you . . . .
- more than seven weeks because you would need to stop
- more than seven weeks because you would run
- less than seven weeks because you would never stop
- less than seven weeks because you would run
- What is not true about the Great Wall of China?
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