Pale Reading with Reading Skills5 ARAARAAAABALA y vattual OP A Letter from Uncle John November 17, 2007 Hi, Danny! Tam uncle John from Alaska. How are you doing? I hope you are well. It’s very freezing cold here. I always wear boots and an overcoat. But I am okay. The enclosed picture is the Katmai Mountain. This mountain is covered with snow as you can see. And the volcano inside the mountain is still alive. Iam living in a city called Anchorage. There are mountains around the city. But I cannot see any volcanic mountains around the city. There are many buildings instead, and they block my view. Anchorage is the largest city in the state of Alaska. About 260,000 people live in the city. Its nickname is “The City of Lights and Flowers.” There are thousands of buildings lighted by tiny white lights throughout winter. And in the summer, there are many beautiful flowers, which makes a view. Anchorage is an important city.as well. It is the business center of Alaska. Most airplanes enter Alaska via this city. I am working for an oil company here. DA ODA LDwr \ \ \ I miss you, Danny. Why don’t you come here during the vacation? There are many nice places to go. We can go to H2Oasis. This is an 2%) indoor waterpark. And there are good slopes where you can ski Anchorage is also home to a great deal of wildlife. You can see moose, black bears, and brown bears in the Chugach State Park. Tease your parents for a wonderful vacation in Alaska with me. e Tam not sure how long it will take for you to get this letter. I hope it will arrive soon. Enjoy the photo and please answer this letter. Take care. To, Daniel oie, Tampa, FL, 33609 Suite 105GID LD aD 4 Br la eo Re AS Match the words to the correct definitions. L enclose : + living; having life; not dead 2. be covered with * in place of someone or something else 3. voleano . + to send something in the same envelope 4 alive . * to be put under 5. instead . * to reach a place 6. block . * to prevent something from happening 7, business . * to come or go in 8. enter ° * traveling through; by way of 9. via . «+ the activity of buying and selling iiacive i , 4mountain with a large hole at the top through . Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. The donut tastes of chocolate. Oh, it is which hot liquid rock could come out white chocolate. working for @ ride on © covered with @ enclosed 2. The fly is Look! It is fluttering. @ arrive @alive © blocking @ thinking 3. “When does Bart come back?” “He will @ arrive © build © enclose 4, Run! Something red and hot is coming out of the @ flower @® volcano © business at 3 o'clock.” @ wear @ block"IDI D LL 2 Ce uu une ts ae) A. Check True or False. 1. Uncle John wrote a postcard to his nephew. 2, Anchorage is the gate city of Alaska. B. Choose the best answers. 1, What is Danny’s full name? @ David Swain @Danny Bantam © John Brown 2. Which state does Danny live in? oT oF OT oF @ Daniel Brown @ Florida © New York © Texas @ Alaska 3. What is not true about the city Uncle John lives in? @ tis very cold. ® He lives on the Katmai Mountain. © Itis the business center of Alaska. @ Its nickname is “The City of Lights and Flowers.” 4, What can Danny not do when he visits uncle John? He can go to a waterpark. © He can ski. @ He can see wild animals. @ He can see the volcano still active. C. Write the best answers. 1. What does the picture that John sent Danny look like? 2. What kind of animals can you see in the Chugach State Park?FLRa LIL LD 4 Pree Parts of a Letter You can divide a letter into parts. These are the main frames of a letter. You can understand what the sender is saying exactly by dividing the letter into parts. Place the correct names of the parts in order and write the two words that lead each part. rs Pe Rr * date * body + signature + greeting * closing *Hi,Danny * Uncle John + November 17 +l am * 1am (no!)a lla Be) Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. Anchorage enclosed company important John Katmai buildings wrote a letter to Danny. Uncle John lives in Alaska. He wrote about Mt. showing the picture of it. He wrote about the big, city called . There are many people and . He works for an oil there. The city has many places to go, He wanted Danny to come to see him. A SU come Write or say your own opinions. @ How would you answer the letter if you were Danny? © Whats your address?CIDA DDA THE POSTCARD'S TRIP ~ Sending and receiving postcards are fun. You can send postcards to almost all countries. Here is how to send a postcard. First, select a postcard. Postcards have different pictures on the front. Choose your favorite. Second, write a message to someone. Write his or her name and address on the back. Third, put a stamp on it. But that is just the beginning. Next, choose a way to mail it. Does a mailman come near your home? Place your postcard in a roadside box. Raise the flag. The mailman will take the card to the post office. Or 5 _do you live near a post office? Mail your postcard there. Do you live in a city? There are many collection boxes in cities. You can use a collection box. In the United States, there are over 40,000 post offices and 300,000 collection boxes. Just put the postcard into the collection box. BARA ARAABAALA y \ \ \ FDDL LE 2 Then, how does the postcard travel to your friend? Your postcard goes to a central post office. It is sorted there. Machines read the postcard. They look at the zip code. Then they look at the state and city. Next, the cards are put into a tray to get to the right place. After about two days they arrive at the next post office. They are sorted again. They are placed in the mailman’s bag or in his van, He delivers them to the address. A lot of work goes into delivering your cards to the right address. Remember that it takes more time for cards to go from one country to another. Cards mailed to different countries might take more than 10 days to arrive. But, the mail always gets there. Ce . f z A ie \ we Sond cs ‘ NITE r i f UNITED STATES Postace AAARAAAAAALGILAD LD a a A Arete Bm) A. Match the words to the correct definitions. 1. send . * to take letters to people's houses or places 2ereceive ¢ * to get or be given something 3. select . * apart of a country with its own government 4. beginning * the start of something 5.mailman * to choose; pick 6. raise . * to lift something to a higher position 7. sort . * to make something go from one place to another 8. state . * to place into groups 9.deliver * + aman whose job is to deliver mail; postman B. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks. 1. She a message to John to say that she couldn’t come. @ received © sent © began @ held 2. Please the song you would like to play. @ deliver © raise © receive @ select 3. Lenjoyed playing the piano at the . but I'm bored with it now. @ ending © beginning © state @ back 4. There are fifty___in the U.S.A. Each one has its own nickname. @ beginnings © flags © post offices @ states 5. The man pizza. Thanks to him, we can eat it at home. delivers © raises © selects @ receives"IDI oD LL & F. Ce ue meray A. Check True or False. 1. If there is no collection box near you, you cannot send a postcard. IT OF 2. Machines deliver postcards. oT oF B. Choose the best answers. 1. What does the title of the story tell about? @ how a postcard gets to you ® how to write a postcard during a trip © how to prepare a trip @ how to write a postcard to your friend 2. What do you not put on the back of your post card? @ name ® address © message @ picture 3. How can you not mail your postcard? @ Place it your roadside box. ») Take it to the post office. © Use a collection box. @ Hand it to a policeman. 4, Where does your postcard go first? It goes to a central post office. @ It goes to City Hall, © It’s gone. @ It goes to another country. C. Write the best answers. 1. How many post offices are there in the United States of America? 2. Who sorts postcards at the post office?GLI a aD LD aD A Pete te Signal Words and Sequence of Events Look for signal words like first, next, last, before, after, and finally in order to figure out the sequence. You can also use other word clues in the text or your own knowledge to find the sequence. There are two kinds of sequences in the story: how you send a postcard and how the postcard travels to your friend. Look for signal words. Write each step on each topic. Eo en ters) First Select a postcard. See No signal word No signal wordStory Summary Up Complete the summary by filling in the blanks. delivers mail mailman message postoffice postcard select stamp It is easy to send a First you a postcard, and write the ame and address, and puta___—— on the postcard. Then, you have to choose a way to it. Then it goes toa central . There, the cards are put into a tray to get to the right place. When it arrives at the next post office, it goes into a ’s bag or his van. The mailman the postcard to the correct address. TUT lege Write or say your own opinions. © What is the purpose of the zip code? @ What is your way to mail a postcard in your country?