Reading - Level 2
Week 3
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Monday- Just One Wheel Comprehension Questions
Why do the students at Bombay School know who Chris Huriwai and Sam La Hood are?
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Explain how the school got involved with unicycles.
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List some tips on page 4 for riding a unicycle.
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What tricks can Jack do?
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How many kilometers do unicyclers ride at the World Companionships? _____________________________
What inspired Chris Huriwai to become an even better rider? _____________________________________
Explain Mrs Rob’s importance to the Bombay School community. ______________________________________
If you were planning on doing a lot of jumps, which type of unicycle would be best for you? ___________________
Tuesday-Just One Wheel - Vocabulary Work
Match the word from the text to its meaning.
Use the following words in a sentence of your own to show you understand its meaning.
Extra-keen:
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Street division:
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Idle:
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Circumference:
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Wednesday- Just One Wheel True or False Statements
If you think the statement is true tick the box beside it, if you think it is false put a cross beside it.
Just One Wheel Word Close
Fill in the blanks using the words below.
Unicycling is very __________ at Bombay School. The students there became interested in the sport when their caretaker, who is known as Mr. Rob, brought them into school. He brought them into school as he saw how _________his own grandchildren loved them.
The unicycles were a big _______ with the students right away! Mr. Rob helped to _________ the children how to ride the unicycles. It was not easy but the students’ practiced and practiced until they got the hang of it. There were many ________and even visits to the sick bay to begin with though!
Some of the students can even do tricks now, and they are ___________ to learn to do more in the future. Popular tricks include; idle, bunny-hop and _______. One day the school even got a special _________ from world champions in unicycling – Chris Huriwai and Sam La Wood.
Thursday-Just One Wheel Diary Entry
Pretend you are a student from Bombay and write a diary entry recounting the whole experience of learning to ride a unicycle. Include all the main events from the text in your diary entry.
Friday- Just One Wheel Poster
Create a poster of the 4 most interesting things you learnt about unicycles/unicycle riding.
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