EXTRA READINGS

EXTRA READINGS

Unit 1
UFOs Reading comprehension with exercises
UFO: A story to remember (audio with script and exercises).
The lost city of Atlantis
 Reading for pleasure: Lost Cities

Unit 2
The history of pizza
Reading about pizza (PDF)
Reading for pleasure: the history of birthday cake
Reading for pleasure: Pepper; the King of Spices
The American pepper

Unit 3
 The Giant Panda
How to train a dog to play basket ball
Brown Bears  (PDF)
Reading for pleasure: The Art of Photography

Unit 4
The Amsterdam Wreck
Treasure hunting hobby
A boat wreck

Unit 5
Finger prints GRE reading comprehension
Reading for pleasure: Seeing the evidence: Forensic science at work
Viruses
What is a virus made of

Unit 6
 Sacagawea (free sign up)
Reading for pleasure: Sacagawea
Reading for pleasure: Amy Johnson PDF
Reading for pleasure: Beyon Penguins and Polar Bears ( various brief texts)

Unit 7
Reading for pleasure: Talking about dreams
Sleep Science: The mistery of dreams and dreaming ( with audio)
What are dreams for? (with 2 tasks)
Optical illusions in the sky
Some easy optical illusions (with key)
Optical illusions (PDF with answers)

Unit 8
Penguins (with audio)
Reading for pleasure: Arctic Animals
Close reading with Arctic animals
Reading for pleasure: animals feel emotions
Do animals have feelings? (with recording)

• Reading comprehension exercises by level  (grade 1-5)
• Various reading Comprehension exercises (from Agenda Web)
• Brief Readings , various topics (PDF)