The document provides rules for Grade 6 pupils to follow to keep their classroom clean, orderly and beautiful. It lists rules like wiping shoes on the doormat before entering, putting waste in the wastebasket, and keeping furniture free from marks. It also provides a reading comprehension exercise testing understanding of the rules.

1. DEVELOPING READING
POWER 6
CAPILI, FERRER, CONDEZ, LOGUE, BAGABALDO
Author/Editor

2. SKILL A
Noting Details

3. RULES TO FOLLOW
The Grade Six pupils decided to make their room
clean, orderly, and beautiful. Here are some of the rules
everyone needs to follow:
Wipe your shoes on the doormat before entering the
room.
Put the wastepaper, fruit peelings, and candy
wrappers in the wastebasket.
Keep the walls, desks, and tables free from pencil
and chalk marks, and scratches.
Put the cleaning materials in a box.
Arrange the furniture properly.
Put away your pencils, books, notebooks after using
them.
Exercise 1

4. 1. What did the pupils decide to do?
a. make their room clean, orderly, and beautiful
b. make their homes clean, orderly and beautiful
c. make their school surroundings clean, orderly, and beautiful.
2. What did they agree upon?
a. to form a society
b. to follow the rules
c. to work on the school ground
3. What will they do with their shoes?
a. wipe on the doormat
b. leave on the doormat
c. put under the doormat
3. From what will they keep the furniture free?
a. books
b. cover
c. scratches
5. Where should the cleaning materials be kept?
a. box
b. drawer
c. bookcase
6. How should the furniture be arranged?
a. properly
b. carelessly
c. artistically
7. Where should one keep his pencils, books, and notebooks after using them?
a. in his bag
b. on the desk
c. on the teacher’s table
8. Where should wastepaper be thrown?
a. in the desk
b. in the drawer
c. in the wastebasket
9. Where should one hang raincoats and umbrellas?
a. on the desk
b. in the cabinet
c. on one corner of the room
10. What should be kept clean and well-covered?
a. desks
b. books
c. tables
Vocabulary:
decided scratches

5. DAPHNE
Daphne was a beautiful nymph. The sun
god, Apollo, fell in love with her but she
rejected him. Once, Apollo saw her and
pursued her. Daphne sought shelter behind a
big tree. She was out of breath from
running. Now, as she leaned on the tree,
she looked back with frightened eyes. Was
Apollo still running after her? She threw
herself upon her knees and prayed to be
saved from her pursuer. She rose with
outstretched arms. Then her fingers
fluttered gently, as if blown by a gentle
breeze. Little by little she was changed
Exercise 2

6. 1. Daphne sought shelter behind ______________________.
a. a big tree
b. a laurel tree
c. a large house
2. As she leaned on the tree, she looked back with _________________.
a. round eyes
b. smiling eyes
c. frightened eyes
3. She was out of breath from _________________.
a. talking
b. running
c. laughing
4. She prayed to be saved from her _________________.
a. father
b. pursuer
c. husband
5. Slowly she stretched out her ________________.
a. feet
b. arms
c. hands
6. She threw herself upon her _____________.
a. bed
b. knees
c. pillow
7. She was changed from a beautiful nymph into _______________.
a. an oak tree
b. a narra tree
c. a laurel tree
8. Her fingers fluttered _______________.
a. slowly
b. gently
c. rapidly
9. She felt safe, after she became a _____________.
a. tree
b. nymph
c. goddess
10. She could not be carried away anymore by ______________.
a. Theus
b. Midas
c. Apollo
Vocabulary:
nymph pursued leaned fluttered

7. HOW THE ROMANS COOKED THEIR FOOD
Long ago the Romans used to cook their
food just as the way the hunters today
sometimes do. They dug out an oven in the
ground, lined it with stones, and made a
fire in it. When the improvised oven was
well-heated, they raked out the ashes, put
in the food and covered it. We learned
about this from excavations in the city of
Pompeii. Pompeii was destroyed and buried
during the eruption of a volcano hundreds
of years ago. When the city was excavated,
ovens with wood and ashes were found among
the ruins. It is believed that just as the
Exercise 3

8. 1. In ancient times, how did the Romans cook their food?
a. just as the cooks do today
b. just as the people do today
c. just as some hunters do today
2. What did they use to line the ground where they built the ovens?
a. lime
b. clay
c. stones
3. What did they do with the oven before putting in the food?
a. They cooked it.
b. The heated it.
c. They poured water in it.
4. Where did they dig their ovens?
a. in the ground
b. in the cement
c. in the tree trunks
5. What did they take out of the oven before putting in their food?
a. sand
b. ashes
c. wood
6. Who cooked their food in underground ovens?
a. the Jews
b. the Italians
c. the Romans
7. Who has ovens with wood ashes in them?
a. the British
b. the Romans
c. the people of Pompeii
8. What destroyed Pompeii?
a. a great fire
b. a terrible flood
c. a volcanic eruption
9. What were the cooks about to do when the volcano erupted?
a. eat
b. bake
c. wash dishes
10. What was done with the buried city?
a. rebuilt
b. forgotten
c. excavated
Vocabulary:
raked eruption fiery
excavation

9. FIRST NIGHT IN THE CITY
It was Lynn’s first
night in the city. She
woke up with a stun and
then she remembered where
she was. She had never
spent the night I a city
before. She lay still and
listened. Cars and
jeepneys seemed to race
like ants heading
straight towards her. A
new house was being built
next to her aunt’s house
and the cement mixer was
roaring angrily.
Downstairs, in the
kitchen, she heard the
clattering of pans. Then,
she heard the chime of
the big clock. She turned
over and sleep again.
Exercise 4

10. 1. What did Lynn remember when she woke up?
a. She was in the city.
b. She was in her house.
c. She was in her country.
2. Has Lynn ever spent a night before in the city?
a. No
b. Yes
c. Maybe
3. Where did Lynn imagine the cars and jeeps going?
a. heading to the city
b. heading towards her
c. heading towards the house
4. Where did the roaring sound come from?
a. a bulldozer
b. a cement mixer
c. a street sweeper
5. How did she know the time?
a. from the radio
b. from the big clock
c. from the position of the sun
6. Why did Lynn wake up with a stun?
a. She was afraid.
b. She had a dream.
c. She felt she was in a strange place.
7. What did she do when she woke up?
a. She ran out to play.
b. She washed her face.
c. She lay still and listened.
8. What did Lynn hear in front of the house?
a. buses and trains
b. cars and jeepneys
c. streetcars and carts
9. Where did she hear the clattering of the pans?
a. from the streets
b. from the kitchen
c. from the living room
10. Did Lynn fall asleep again?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe
Vocabulary:
clattering soaring
stun

11. THE FACE IN THE POOL
Narcissus was out of
breath from running when he
came to a clear pool. He
stopped to drink. Just as he
was about to sip the cool
water, he saw a face in the
pool. It was handsome and he
was attracted to it.
“Who are you?” he
asked.
“Who are you?” echoed
someone.
“Why are you mocking
me?” asked Narcissus.
“Mocking me,” said
the voice.
Narcissus was
puzzled. He wanted to talk
with the face on the pool
but it would not answer. He
tried to catch it but to no
Exercise 5

12. 1. Why was Narcissus out of breath?
a. He was running.
b. He was jumping.
c. He was skipping.
2. Which of these sentences is true?
a. Narcissus came to a clear lake.
b. Narcissus came to a clear pool.
c. Narcissus came to a clear path.
3. He stopped to _______________.
a. drink
b. swim
c. bathe
4. He saw something which _________________.
a. attracted him
b. frightened him
c. drove him away
5. What did he see on the pool?
a. a boat
b. a face
c. a flower
6. Which is correct?
a. He talked with the face on the pool.
b. He shouted at the face in the pool.
c. He played with the face in the pool.
7. What did she do when she woke up?
a. She ran out to play.
b. She washed her face.
c. She lay still and listened.
8. What did Lynn hear in front of the house?
a. buses and trains
b. cars and jeepneys
c. streetcars and carts
9. Where did she hear the clattering of the pans?
a. from the streets
b. from the kitchen
c. from the living room
10. Did Lynn fall asleep again?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe
Vocabulary:
clattering soaring
stun