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Twins Day Festival Reading YL1

📖 Reading Lesson

👯 Twins Days Festival

Read, learn, and discover a very special festival!

💭 Pre-Read 📖 Read 📚 Vocabulary 🤔 Questions
💭 Part 1: Pre-Reading 5 min

Think about these questions before you read the text.

💭 Before You Read

Discuss these questions with your teacher or think about them on your own.

1. Do you know any twins?

💡 Think about: friends, family members, or famous twins.

2. Do twins always look the same?

💡 Think about: identical twins and fraternal twins.

3. What special festivals do you know?

💡 Think about: festivals in your country or around the world.

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📖 Part 2: Read 10 min

Read the text about the Twins Days Festival.

TWINS DAYS FESTIVAL

A special festival in Twinsburg, Ohio

Every year, the small town of Twinsburg, Ohio, in the United States, has a special festival. It’s called the Twins Days Festival. The festival takes place in August. It’s three days long, and is very popular.

Thousands of brothers and sisters visit this festival. Most of them are twins. They go there to meet old friends and to make new ones.

Twins often look the same, with the same color hair and eyes, but sometimes there are quite a few differences. Identical twins, however, look exactly like each other. They also often have the same hobbies!

🎯 While You Read

Think about the main idea: What is this text about?

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📚 Part 3: Vocabulary 5 min

Hover over each card to reveal the definition.

📝 Key Words

👆 Hover over each card to see the definition.

🎉 festival 👆 Hover to see
🎊 a special event with music, food, and activities
👯 twins 👆 Hover to see
👬 two children born at the same time to the same mother
🌟 popular 👆 Hover to see
👍 liked by many people
👥 identical 👆 Hover to see
🪞 exactly the same
🔍 difference 👆 Hover to see
↔️ a way in which things are not the same
🎨 hobby 👆 Hover to see
🎯 an activity you do for fun
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🤔 Part 4: Comprehension 10 min

Answer the questions about the text. Select the correct option.

📋 Questions

Main Idea 1. What’s another title for this article?
✅ Correct! Another good title is «A Special Festival.»
❌ Incorrect. Try again and check the text carefully.
Detail 2. The festival is _______ days long.
✅ Correct! The festival is three days long.
❌ Incorrect. Try again and check the text carefully.
Vocabulary 3. The word «popular» means people _______ (line 3).
✅ Correct! «Popular» means people like it.
❌ Incorrect. Try again and check the text carefully.
Inference 4. Who can go to this festival?
✅ Correct! Everyone can go, though most visitors are twins.
❌ Incorrect. Try again and check the text carefully.
Vocabulary 5. What is the word for twins who look exactly the same?
✅ Correct! Twins who look exactly the same are «identical.»
❌ Incorrect. Try again and check the text carefully.
🎉 Complete Lesson!
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Lesson Complete!

Great job! You’ve read about the Twins Days Festival, learned new vocabulary, and answered the questions.