Ms. Rivera plugged the classroom speakers into the old CD player. She pressed Play . Silence. She pressed it again. A low, scratchy hum. Then nothing.
Mia ran to Ms. Rivera. “Instead of the CD, can we act out the missing stories? The class can listen to us, then answer the questions.”
So Mia, Priya, and Leo stood at the front of the class. Mia spoke first: “Last July, my dad forgot the tent poles. We had to sleep under the stars!” (The class laughed.) family and friends 4 testing and evaluation book audio
Mia grinned. “Family and friends stories are better than any audio track. They’re real.”
“Question 4: What did Mia’s dad forget?” Every hand shot up. “Tent poles!” Silence
“Question 5: What did Priya’s grandpa catch?” “An old boot!”
The class listened carefully, just like they would to the CD. Then Ms. Rivera played a new track—her voice reading the same questions from the worksheet. Then nothing
“Oh no,” Ms. Rivera sighed. “The audio CD is scratched. The listening section is ruined.”
Mia looked at the worksheet. The missing audio described a family’s holiday: What did Dad forget? What did Grandpa catch? Where did little brother hide?