ACTIVITY

Activity Time 

Read the following short-story posted below, using the reading comprehension strategies discussed lately and answer the activities 

 THE ROBBERY

It was 80 degrees in the shade. A man wearing a heavy army jacket, a pullover wool cap, and dark sunglasses walked into the First American Bank at the corner of Maple and Main streets in downtown Short Beach.

The man walked up to the teller and held up a hand grenade for all to see. He said, “Give me all your money, all the money in this bank, right now!”

Everyone in the lobby screamed and started running, even the security guard. Nervously, the young female teller handed the man three big bags loaded with cash. He walked out the door. A second later, one of the money bags exploded, covering him with red dye. He yelled in pain and surprise, and started pacing around in circles because he couldn't see where he was going.

He couldn’t see, but he could hear. He heard the police siren get closer. Then he heard the police tell him to get down on his stomach on the sidewalk and put his hands behind his back. They handcuffed him and placed him in the back of the police car.

Seeing the hand grenade on the sidewalk, the police told everyone to get back. They sealed off the whole block and called the bomb squad. The bomb squad came and examined the hand grenade. Then they laughed. They told the police it was a fake. The hand grenade was actually a harmless dummy, something a 12-year-old might play with.

The police chuckled. The bank employees returned to work. The bank customers returned to their lines. The bank robber, hopefully, would never return.

 Exercises 

Complete the crossword taking into account the clues given below that are related to the Robbery reading 

  

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Across: 2. Vultures will ___ around in the sky above dying or dead animals (above dying humans too!). 6. The shy man ___ asked the beautiful woman if she would like to have dinner with him. (She said yes!) 7. To cool off on a hot day, drink a glass of cold lemonade while you sit under the ___ of a big old oak tree. 8. People in Cambodia and Angola are still losing their legs (and lives) when they step on a land mine and cause it to ___. 14. In WWII, almost all soldiers were armed with hand ___s to throw at groups of enemy soldiers or at machine gunners. 15. Almost every day on the local TV news in Los Angeles you will see news about a bank ___ or restaurant ___, Usually, no one gets shot or killed.

Down: 1. Some criminals are so clever that they can escape even after the police have secured their hands behind their backs with locked, 'escape-proof' ___s. 3. You'll smile, ___, or laugh at a joke, depending on how funny you think it is. 4. If you get a ___ache from milk, it's probably because of the lactose (sugar). You need to buy lactose-free milk to prevent bloating and gas. 5. You don't have to see the speeding fire engine in your rear view mirror, because you will easily hear its ___. 7. Police usually ___ off a crime scene area with bright yellow ribbon to prevent looky-loos and other amateurs from altering evidence. 8. If you don't let the doctor ___ you, how can he diagnose your problem? 9. The bank ___ is the person you (and the bank robber) talk to during a visit to the bank. 10. In the army, two to four ___s make up a platoon; three to four platoons make up a company. 11. To increase passenger safety, researchers place a crash test ___ (or two) into a car to see how well the ___ survives a collision. 12. Just one powerful ___ist in Washington, DC can have more influence over Congress than a million ordinary US citizens. (So much for 'democracy'!) 13. In public, some women wear jewelry with ___ diamonds; the real diamonds stay in the safe deposit box.

  Answer the questions according to the reading

What was the temperature?

What kind of eyewear was the man wearing?

Which bank did the man walk into?

Which corner is the First American Bank at?

What did the man hold up for all to see? 

What did everyone in the lobby do, even the security guard?

How many big bags of cash did the man receive?