1. Post-reading Activities I. Reading for the Main Idea—Skimming Skim the reading and choose the best answer. ( ) What is the main idea of the reading? (A) Peanuts was the most popular comic strip throughout the United States in 1950. (B) Children were the main characters in Peanuts. (C) Sparky succeeded in the end because he never gave up. (D) Sparky was the name of the main character in Peanuts. C

2. Post-reading Activities II. Reading for Details Scanning A. Put the following events in order of time based on the reading. The first one has been done for you. ( ) a. Sparky was drafted into the army. ( ) b. Sparky fell in love with a red-headed woman, but the woman married another man. ( ) c. Sparky began to work at an art school as a teacher. ( ) d. Peanuts became a massive hit around ( 1) e. Sparky failed several subjects in school. 2 4 3 5

3. Post-reading Activities B. Scan the reading and choose the best answer to each of the following questions or statements. ( ) 1. According to the reading, what is Sparky’s real name? (A) Li’l Folks. (B) Charlie Brown. (C) Charles M. Schulz. (D) Snoopy. C

4. Post-reading Activities B. Scan the reading and choose the best answer to each of the following questions or statements. ( ) 2. What did fans of the Peanuts comic strip admire Charlie Brown for? (A) His misery. (B) His bad luck. (C) His perseverance. (D) His success. C

5. Post-reading Activities ( ) 3. According to the reading, which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) The main character in Peanuts was named after Sparky’s old friend. (B) Spike was the smartest and most uncontrollable dog that Sparky had ever seen. (C) Sparky showed his talent for drawing early in his life. (D) Creating humor out of happiness was easy for Sparky. D

6. Post-reading Activities III. Topics for Discussion 1. Give some similarities between Sparky and the main character, Charlie Brown, in the Peanuts comic strip. 2. In your opinion, what makes a person successful? Share your ideas with your classmates.