👩‍🏫 Teacher's Guide

Have students read the short text aloud or silently in 8 minutes. Check answers together using the evidence provided under each question.

👨‍🎓 Learner's Steps

Read the story carefully first to learn about the picture. Then answer the 8 questions below from easy to hard.

This is the oldest camera photograph in the world today. A man named Joseph Nicéphore Niépce made it in 1826 or 1827. He lived in France. He put a flat plate of metal inside his camera. Then he took a picture from a window at his home in Le Gras. Look closely! You can see the view outside his house.

Question 1 • Easy True / False

____ True ____ False

Question 2 • Easy True / False

____ True ____ False

Question 3 • Medium Multiple Choice

____ a. In 1826 or 1827 ____ b. In 1926 or 1927 ____ c. In 2026 or 2027

Question 4 • Medium Multiple Choice

____ a. In a museum in Paris ____ b. At his home, Le Gras ____ c. On a boat on the river

Question 5 • Medium Multiple Choice

____ a. A piece of paper ____ b. A flat plate of metal ____ c. A clear glass mirror

Question 6 • Medium-Hard Gap-fill

Joseph took the picture from a ____ (...) at his home.

Question 7 • Hard Gap-fill

This is the oldest ____ (...) photograph in the world today.

Question 8 • Hardest Gap-fill

Look closely! You can see the ____ (...) outside his house.