READING (PAPER 2)

READING FOR
MEANING

LUBNA SHAROON
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASS: 9
READING (PAPER 2)

Passage 2 (Narrative)
Reading for meaning
(Literal and inferential
questions)
ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

1) To be able to demonstrate understanding

of explicit and implicit meanings
2) To be able to answer the questions by
lifting the required text/words from the
given text
READING FOR MEANING
TYPES OF QUESTIONS
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

•Reading for meaning

Passage (Fiction)
‘ Snakes’ OPE pg#2-5
 FICTION AND NON-FICTION

• Fiction is a literature in the form of prose, especially

novels, that describes imaginary events, setting and
characters.

• Non-fiction is a genre of novel which includes writing

based on true events, real life situations and has a purpose
to express or to inform.
 READING FOR MEANING PAGE# 2-
5(H.W)
• The following story written by Grace Ogot, takes place in
Kenya, the place of her birth in Africa.
• Aloo had left her baby and little boy in the care of a young
girl whilst she went to weed the beans and gather firewood
two miles from the village. The story starts just as she is
returning to her hut and she sees a crowd gathered outside.
READING FOR MEANING PASSAGE PAGE# 2-5(H.W)

Read the passage once only to get the

general idea of the main theme.
• Read every question twice to identify its
type and then locate the answer in the
relevant paragraph.
• Your answers should be to the point.
QUESTIONS TO BE DONE IN LANGUAGE NOTE
BOOK. PAGE# 2-5(H.W)

C.W
VOCABULARY
A) WRAPPED
B) DEVIL
C)RENDERED
D) TRIBE
E) DARTING
F) HORRIFIC
QUESTIONS TO BE DONE IN
LANGUAGE NOTE BOOK. PAGE# 2-
5(H.W)

C.W
Q 1,3,5

H.W
6,7,8
READING FOR UNDERSTANDING, MEANING
LANGUAGE
1. WRITE DOWN THREE WAYS IN PARAGRAPH 1 IN
WHICH THE WRITER TELLS YOU THAT ALOO FELT
ALARMED AND FRIGHTENED AS SHE APPROACHED HER
HUT.
3. WHY WAS ALOO SO SURE THAT SOME MISFORTUNE
HAD BEFALLEN THE CHILDREN? PARAGRAPH. 2
4. WHAT MADE ALOO CERTAIN THAT ONE OF HER
CHILDREN HAD ‘MET WITH FATE,? PARAGRAPH 3
5. EXPLAIN WHY ALOO WHISPERED THE WORDS,
‘WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MY BABY?’, RATHER THAN
SAYING THEM IN A LOUDER VOICE.
READING FOR UNDERSTANDING,
MEANING
LANGUAGE

6. EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED WHILST ALOO

WAS OUT WEEDING THE BEANS, AND IN WHAT WAY HER BABY
WAS IN DANGER?
7. IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU THINK THE SNAKE MOVED WHEN
IT ‘CRAWLED LIKE A GHOST’?
KEY TO TASKS IN UNIT 1 PAGE 5
VOCABULARY SYNONYMS FROM
TEXT:
A) ENTANGLED
B) SATAN
C) HYPNOTIZED
D) CLAN
E) FLICKING
F) GHASTLY