Reading comprehension.

Pay special attention to the comparative form.

A community college (or two-year college) is a good place to begin your education in the

U. S. The tuition is usually cheaper than at a university. Because a community college is often

smaller than a university, foreign students are often more comfortable. They´re closer to their

professors and get more attention.

Truman College is a typical community college. It´s one of seven City Colleges of Chicago.

It´s a two-year college on the north side of Chicago. It´s near public transportation buses and trains

so it´s convenient for everyone. For students with a car, parking is free. Credit classes are $70 per

credit hour. Adult education classes are free.

Truman College is an international school. Many of the students are from other countries

and are in ESL (English Student Language) courses. Some of the students are immigrants. Some of

the students are international students. International students are in the U. S. only to study. Tuition

for international students is much higher.

Many of the students have jobs, so evening and weekend classes are convenient for these

students. Some students have small children, so Truman has a child-care center.

The semester is 16 weeks long. Summer semester is eight weeks long. Students are free to

choose their own classes.

About this reading answer the next questions

1. This reading is talking about: _____________________________________________________

2. Is the Truman colleges a typical community? ________________________________________

3. Where is the tuition in the education cheaper in the U.S.? ______________________________

4. Where are more comfortable the foreign students? ___________________________________

Why ________________________________________________________________________

5. Why is the Truman Colleges a convenient location?

Because _____________________________________________________________________

6. Evening classes are convenient for: ________________________________________________

7. How long are the semesters? _____________________________________________________

8. Think about our country education (Mexico), what kind of School is similar to a community

college in U. S.? _______________________________________________________________

Activity about the Reading

With these adjectives organize sentences in:

Comparative Equality Superlatives

Example:

more attention

My family gets me as good attention as Cindy´s

My family gets me the best attention of all students.

cheaper

smaller

more comfortable

closer

higher

Reading Comprehension Rubric

NOMBRE DE LA ESCUELA: ___________________________________________________________

Materia: Inglés IV Semestre: Cuarto Ciclo Escolar: 2010-2011

Nombre de la Unidad temática: “Demos un vistazo al mundo” Grado: 2º. Grupo:____________

Students: _______________________________________ Roll number: ___________ Valor 10%

Competencia Resultados de aprendizaje

- Analiza, compara y sugiere información en

diferentes contextos y situaciones.

- Interpreta los tiempos gramaticales comparativo y

superlativo para la ejercitación del dialogo en

diferentes situaciones.

- Identifica y formula similitudes.

- Produce oraciones comparando dos objetos o

situaciones.

- Identifica cual es el objeto o situaciones

sobresaliente de un grupo.

- Produce diálogos para sugerir y pedir consejos.

- Se expresa y se comunica.

- Identifica el comparativo, superlativo y modales para

analizar, comparar y sugiere información referente a

lugares importantes

- Busca la identificación y la formulación de similitudes

entre dichos lugares para producir diálogos donde el

estudiante sugiera y pida consejos.

- Se comunica en una segunda lengua mediante un

discurso lógico oral o escrito, congruente con la situación

comunicativa.

Concepts

Excellent Very good Satisfactory

Main Idea and supporting Details

The student has clearly developed the main idea and

supporting details from the

passage read.

The student has developed the main idea and supporting

details from the passage

read.

The student has somewhat developed the main idea and

supporting details from the

passage read.

Organization/Beginning, Middle, and Ending

The student has clearly created an organized piece of

writing with a beginning,

middle, and an ending.

The student has created an organized piece of writing

with a beginning, middle,

and an ending.

The student has created a somewhat organized piece of

writing.

Mechanics The student has clearly used

correct spelling, punctuation,

and capitalization.

The student has used correct

spelling, punctuation, and

capitalization with few errors

The student has used correct

spelling, punctuation, and

capitalization with some errors.

Skills Complete all reading neatly,

per instructions and due

date, and seriously consider the answers.

Complete most of the

reading. Contents are neat

but may be late and some answers not thoughtfully

filled in.

Reading is partially done,

but illegible or not seriously

thought out. Turned in late.

Comprehension Student seems to understand entire story and accurately

answers the all questions

related to the story.

Student seems to understand most of the story and

accurately answers the 80%

questions related to the story.

Student understands some parts of the story and

accurately answers the 30%

question related to the story.

Group Contribution Very involved with all

aspects of group activity,

contributing in all.

Somewhat involved with all

aspects of group activity,

contributing in most.

Hardly involved with all

aspects of group activity,

contributing in few.

Valor 10%

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