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Jack the Hero

Jack was a very hardworking police officer. He was so dedicated that
he usually went out at night and walked around the town to check
that everything was fine. For weeks, the news programmes had been
predicting that a big storm was coming, but it never came, and so
everyone had started to think it was just a rumour. So, one night, Jack
was doing his lap around town and decided to explore the sea area.
To his dismay, he saw the sea raging and knew that there was
definitely going to be a flood. Jack got into his car very quickly and
turned on the lights and horn. He used his car megaphone to warn
everyone to get into the shelters. All the townspeople got into the
shelters, the flood passed safely, and everyone was fine. The whole
town thanked Jack and named him the town’s hero.

1 Discuss the following questions.

1 According to the passage, what would have happened if Jack hadn’t been there?

2 When did the people of the town realise that there was a flood?

3 Write an alternative ending to the story.

Text Connection

1 Find the connection between the main text and the text about the volcano.

2 Find the connection between the main text and the text about Jack.

3 Compare and contrast the three reading texts.

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