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UNIT 11 CHAPTER 1 A Mysterious Book
Before -You Read A Think about answers to these questions.
Writing in Code
1 Why do people use codes? What kinds of things do people write in code?
2 Have you and a friend ever had a secret code or language?
B Discuss your answers with a partner.
Reading Skill A Read the title of the passage on the next page and the pictures. What
Making and Checking do you think this book is about?
Predictions
When we read, we
often predict (guess)
what we will read next. B The book in the passage on the next page is written in code. Why do
For example, we use you think the writer used a code? T e ll a partner.
this skill when we are
reading stories. As we
read, we also check to
see If our predictions
were correct. C Now read the passage on the next page. Then answer the questions
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