English 7 – National Reading Program

NAME: ________________________________________________ SECTION: _________________

I. PRE-READING
ACTIVATE: Guess the Word
DIRECTIONS: Study the following pictures and list down the words you can associate to them.
Based on the words you have listed, guess the incomplete word below.

N _______ _______ R _______ T _______ V _______

ANALYZE: Building Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Identify the word being depicted by the following pictures in the first column. Then,
complete the following sentences in the second column by supplying the missing word.
PICTURE-RIFIC! MISSING WORD

A ___________________looks like a rabbit but is bigger

and is considered as pest for farmers.
__________________

The two runners raced to the __________________.

__________________

To his _____________, he lost the game.

_________________

He _______________ me to a race.
_________________

A turtle lives in water while a _____________________

lives on land.
_________________

II. DURING READING

DIRECTIONS: Read silently as your teacher read aloud the fable. Then, find a partner and read
again the fable together.
The Hare and the Tortoise
There was once a hare who was friends with a tortoise. One day, he challenged the tortoise to a race.
Seeing how slow the tortoise was going, the hare thought he’ll win this easily. So, he took a nap while
the tortoise kept on going. When the hare woke up, he saw that the tortoise was already at the finish
line. Much to his chagrin, the tortoise won the race while the hare was busy sleeping.
ASSIMILATE: Accomplish the Diagram
DIRECTIONS: Working with your reading buddy, accomplish the diagram below by answering the
following questions given by your teacher.

BEGINNING MIDDLE ENDING

III. POST-READING
ASSESS: Which of Which
DIRECTIONS: Choose a character between the hare and the tortoise that you admire the most in the
fable. Explain your reason in choosing such character.

DRAWING:

EXPLANATION: