May 10, 2016
Reading comprehension: Passage 29 — Okay Spitting (Places and Events)
- Read the passage aloud.
- Okay Spitting
Most times spitting is not okay. It is rude. It is dirty. There is one time when spitting is okay. It is in Luling, Texas. It is at the Great Watermelon Thump. The Thump takes place once a year. People see who grew the largest watermelon. They also see who can spit the seeds the farthest.
The farthest spit is a world record. It was set in 1989. How far was the world-record watermelon-seed spit? It was just over sixty-eight feet and nine inches!
You get to spit two times. Each time you can spit one seed. Anyone who spits at the crowd loses. One champion says, “Roll your tongue. Put the seed in the middle. Blow as hard as you can.”
- Okay Spitting
- Asses your understanding of the passage by responding to the comprehension questions.
- This story does not tell you . . . .
- how many times you can spit
- where spitting is okay
- how often the Great Watermelon Thump takes place
- how big the biggest watermelon was
- What is the second thing that the champion says to do?
- “Don’t spit at the crowd.”
- “Blow as hard as you can.”
- “Put the seed in the middle.”
- “Roll your tongue.”
- In what state does the Great Watermelon Thump take place?
- Texas
- Louisiana
- North Dakota
- Tennessee
- This story does not tell you . . . .
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