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UNIT 12 CHAPTER 1 .Face to Face with a Chupacabra

Before You Read A Think about answers to these questions.

Stories about Vampires
1 The story on the next page is about a vampire. What does a vampire do?
Complete the sentence below.
A vampire ...
a drinks your blood.
b gives you wishes.
c takes your money.
2 Look at the picture on the next page and the title of the passage. Have
you ever heard of a chupacabra? What do you think it does?

B Discuss your answers with a partner.

Reading Skill A The sentences below are from the passage on the next page. Put the
Understanding the events in the correct order from 1-6.
Order of Events
_1_ a My mother and I were watching a movie.
__ b My mother and I went outside to find out what the noise was.
In passages about
an order of events, __ c Suddenly, we heard a loud noise in the yard.
you often see words __ d I thought it was a large dog at first.
and phrases about __ e That's when we saw this ... thing.
time: at first, then, __ f But then it stood up on two legs-like a man!
suddenly, that's when.
You can also look for B Now read lines 8-16 in the passage on the next page. Were your
other clues. A person's answers in A correct?
name or a noun is
usually given first, C Read the rest of the interview. Then answer the questions on page 148.
then followed in later
sentences by pronouns
like he, she, it, and we.

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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