May 8, 2016
Reading comprehension: Passage 4 — From Not Real to Real (Places and Events)
- Read the passage aloud.
- From Not Real to Real
Every year, there is a contest. It is a jumping contest. It is not for people. It is for frogs! The contest is held in California. It is held in Calaveras County.
People bring frogs from all over. Bullfrogs are the frog of choice. Frogs have to jump far to win. How far do they have to jump? One frog was named Rosie. Rosie jumped over twenty-one feet!
How did people come up with such a strange contest? It came from a short story! The story was written by Mark Twain. Twain wrote the story in 1865. It is fiction. It is a tall tale about life in a gold rush town. He called it “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” The story was fiction, but today the contest is real!
- From Not Real to Real
- Asses your understanding of the passage by responding to the comprehension questions.
- A tall tale is . . . .
- not for people
- real
- fiction
- a contest
- What statement is true?
- The story was written about Nevada
- The story was written in 1860
- The story was written by Rosie Twain
- The story was written about a gold rush town
- Another title for this story might be “ . . . ”.
- All About Frogs
- Jumping Contest
- Tall Tales from the Gold Rush
- The Farthest Jump
- A tall tale is . . . .
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