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
Main Idea and The student has clearly
supporting Details developed the main idea and
supporting details from the
passage read.
Organization/Beginning, The student has clearly
Middle, and Ending created an organized piece of
writing with a beginning,
middle, and an ending.
Mechanics The student has clearly used
correct spelling, punctuation,
and capitalization.
Skills Complete all reading neatly,
per instructions and due
date, and seriously consider
the answers.
Comprehension Student seems to understand
entire story and accurately
answers the all questions
related to the story.
Group Contribution Very involved with all
aspects of group activity,
contributing in all.
Valor 10%
Very good
The student has developed
the main idea and supporting
details from the passage
read.
The student has created an
organized piece of writing
with a beginning, middle,
and an ending.
The student has used correct
spelling, punctuation, and
capitalization with few
errors
Complete most of the
reading. Contents are neat
but may be late and some
answers not thoughtfully
filled in.
Student seems to understand
most of the story and
accurately answers the 80%
questions related to the
story.
Somewhat involved with all
aspects of group activity,
contributing in most.
Satisfactory
The student has somewhat
developed the main idea and
supporting details from the
passage read.
The student has created a
somewhat organized piece of
writing.
The student has used correct
spelling, punctuation, and
capitalization with some
errors.
Reading is partially done,
but illegible or not seriously
thought out. Turned in late.
Student understands some
parts of the story and
accurately answers the 30%
question related to the story.
Hardly involved with all
aspects of group activity,
contributing in few.

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