Daily Reading Comp. #4: "Ancient and Modern Chinese Characters"

Daily Reading Comprehension #4
"Ancient and Modern Chinese Characters"

Open Ended

Reading Strategy: Monitor Comprehension

What did you learn from the passage? (Do not say you learned nothing.)

Multiple Choice

What do the headings tell?

• the topic of each section

• a list of important Chinese characters

• important events in the development of how Chinese characters changed

• how Chinese characters changed

Multiple Choice

Which detail supports the idea that ancient and modern Chinese characters are related?

• Animal bones were used for writing.

• There were once more than 2,500 characters.

• The ancient Chinese wrote symbols and characters on bones and turtle shells.

• Most of the characters from 2,200 years ago can still be read today.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Modern Chinese characters are nothing like those used in ancient China.

• Modern Chinese characters were developed from symbols used in ancient China.

• Chinese writing uses an alphabet.

• Few people in ancient China could

Multiple Choice

Which of these would be another good heading for the third paragraph?

• "Provinces in China"

• "The Language of Singapore"

• "Twentieth-century Changes"

• "A Language for Everyone"