Before Reading Practice
A. Fill in the blanks using the word list. DIC hall way driveway fall down careful flat path roller skate break 2592
hall way
flat path driveway
roller skate careful fall down
break
Roma Roller Skater 1 During Reading B. Circle the correct words. Complete 1. You can learn (walk, to walk). Complete the time line to show the main points of the story in order. 2. We will have (ask, to ask) the doctor.
3. You will have to try hard (not to fall, to not fall) down. She was born ______.without any legs
4. Roma went (roller-skate, roller-skating). When she was five years old, 5. You have to (are, be) very careful. She learned to walk. ______.the doctor made some legs
When she was seven years old, ______She was tall just like the ______.the doctor made her a new set of legs ______.other girls and boys
C. Choose the best answer. ______She could run around and 1. You will have to be very careful. ______.play soccer
The word careful means a. often making mistakes b. trying to do things safely and well She got her roller skates. ______.She rolled up the hallway c. doing something well
She rolled on the flat path. 2. It will not be good if you break your new legs.
The word break means a. to split into pieces ______.She rolled on the driveway b. to stop c. to fail to keep She went roller-skating with her friends from school.
2 Fiction Roma Roller Skater 3 After Reading Describe Check
Draw a picture of Roma. Write words around the illustration to describe A. Choose the correct answer to each question. her. 1. What is this story mostly about? a. a girl who broke her one leg ______born without any legs b. a girl who was born without any legs c. a girl who wanted to have roller skates Draw an illustration of Roma.
have______some legs learn______to walk 2. What happened when Roma was seven? made______by a doctor ______a. She got a new set of legs. b. She learned to walk. c. She could roller-skate.
could______walk just like the could______run around other______girls and boys (Students draw a picture.) and______play soccer 2. What could Roma do on her new legs? a. She could go to school. b. She could play soccer. c. She could fall down.
brave______and careful like______roller-skating
______B. Write the answer to the question.
Why did the doctor say that Roma should try hard not to fall down? It would not be good if she falls and breaks her new legs.
______trying hard, willing to learn
4 Fiction Roma Roller Skater 5 B. Match the word to the definitions. Each word has two definitions.