Active Skills for Reading Intro (Unit 12: True Life Stories)


CHAPTER 1 - Face to Face with a Chupacabra

Reading Skill - Understanding the Order of Events

In passages about an order of events, you often see words and phrases about time: at first, then, suddenly, that's when. You can also look for other clues. A person's name or a noun is usually given first, then followed in later sentences by pronouns like he, she, it, and we.

A. The sentences below are from the passage. Put the events in the correct order from 1-6

  1. My mother and I were watching a movie.
  2. My mother and I went outside to find out what the noise was.
  3. Suddenly, we heard a loud noise in the yard.
  4. I thought it was a large dog at first.
  5. That's when we saw this ...thing.
  6. But then it stood up on two legs-like a man!

B. Now read the passage. Were your answers in A correct?

C. Reread the passage.

Evaluate your progress. In what ways are you better today than you were earlier in this reading course? What things do you still need to work on to become a better reader? When you read the review units, use the reading rate and reading comprehension charts at the end of the book to evaluate your progress as a reader.

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Face to Face with a Chupacabra: An interview

For years, people in North and South America have told stories about the chupacabra. Chupacabra is Spanish for goat sucker. In this issue, Maria Teresa Perez, 24, from Chile, tells us her story.

Mystery Magazine: Tell us about that night. What happened?

Maria: My mother and I were watching a movie. It was late-maybe midnight. Suddenly,1 we heard a loud noise in the yard.2 we have chickens and other animals there.My mother and I went outside to find out what the noise was.That's when we saw this ... thing. I thought it was a large dog at first.It was dark, so I couldn't see well.But then it stood up on two legs-like a man! It was over a meter tall with red eyes and large teeth.

Mystery Magazine: What did you do?

Maria: My mom and I screamed, and the thing ran away. Or maybe it flew: It moved as fast as a bird.

Mystery Magazine: What happened to the animals?

Maria: Five chickens were dead.But the chupacabra didn't eat them. It drank their blood.

Mystery Magazine: So do you believe it was a chupacabra?

Maria: It was like a nightmare-a really scary dream-but I know it was real. Many people in Chile, Brazil, Mexico, even the U.S. have seen this thing. I hope I never see it again.

1 If something happens suddenly, it happens quickly and without warning.
2 A yard is an open area next to a house for plants and animals.
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