6VWO -English reading exam training

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 6

English reading exam training

Reading strategies and what to do when you don’t know a word

At the end of this class, you are able to

• know how to interpret exam questions.
  
• know what to do when you see an unknown word.
  
• know how to check if you understood the question asked.
  
• know how to save time during the exam.
  

The class of today:

1st round: we start together with the teacher showing you what to do with an exam text.

2nd round: students start and do the text alone the way the teacher has shown before.

-The students that would like to continue without teacher’s help start the text and can go to the third round once you're finished. 

-The students that would like some help can do one question together and then do one alone while the teacher observes them. The teacher can explain again if needed/wanted.

3rd round: read the question again with your answer. Try and find your chosen answer in the text. Compare your answer with someone else in class and discuss the way you found your answer. After that, you may use the answer sheet to check your answer and understanding.

Important 

Purple dot=  doing it together

Yellow dot= extra steps to take if you are not sure you can do it alone

Blue dot= if you want to do it alone and think you don't need to take the extra steps. 

The questions

The text

The first round -together

Analyse the question first

Next

You look at the text and highlight the important parts of the text. Try to guess unknown words first by reading the context, before looking it up in your dictionary. 

Your text should end up looking like this <--

1. Kipling revealed that his success was partly dependent on his adaptation of written material that already existed.

1. wel
2. niet

2. Sarah Churchwell confirms Kipling's unauthorized use of the ideas and thought of another author.

1. wel
2. niet

3. The Esquimaux have regulated the way their catch should be shared.

1. wel
2. niet

4. The general reading public is aware that Shakespeare looked to other authors for inspiration.

1. wel
2. niet

How did you do?

1. Great! I want to continue without the teacher! (please follow the blue dot and continue with those slides )
2. I am not sure. Might need some extra help. (please follow the yellow line first and continue with those exercises)

The next slides are for the yellow students. 

Please skip to slide 23 for the blue dot slides. 

The question

The text

Let's do one question together again!

Should look like this. 

Together with the teacher.
1. The importance of studying practical subject is underestimated.

1. wel
2. niet

Continue doing this alone.
2. Cooking classes may contribute to reducing unemployment.

1. wel
2. niet

3. In times of economic crisis students should enroll in occupational training programmes.

1. wel
2. niet

4. Vocational training and education guarantees financial security.

1. wel
2. niet

Do you feel like you are doing better now?

1. Yes!
2. I might need to rewatch the explanation part again just to be sure

Would you like to rewatch the explanation part?

Feel free to watch this before you continue doing the other texts. 

If not, go to the next slide for instruction.

If you want to continue, please do the slides with the blue dot. 

Tip!

If you feel like you would like to watch a short video with some tips about reading comprehension; click here!

You may skip this slide if you think you do not need it. 

The questions

The text

1. What is the function of the first paragraph?

1. to criticise people for providing personal information
2. to give an example of undesirable cashier behaviour
3. to show how people’s attitudes towards payments vary
4. to warn people about the unreliability of e-shopping

2. Which of the following is true according to paragraph 2?

1. Bitcoin provides a safe method of transferring cash on the Internet
2. Buyers are most likely to remain unidentified if they pay cash.
3. Credit card companies obtain people’s private information secretly.
4. One’s privacy is better protected with Bitcoin than credit cards

3. Which of the following about Bitcoin is in line with paragraphs 3 and 4?
1 A Bitcoin is a unique code that facilitates a person’s multiple
transfers of money.
2 Bitcoin is a way of making financial transactions bypassing the
banking sector.

1. only 1 is true
2. only 2 is true
3. both 1 and 2 are true
4. neither 1 nor 2 is true

4. “At this point, the Bitcoin community is small but especially enthusiastic
─ just like the early adopters of the Internet.” (laatste zin, alinea 5)
Wat wil Morgen Peck met deze zin suggereren?

Tip!

If you feel like you would like to watch a short video with some tips about reading comprehension; click here!

You may skip this slide if you think you do not need it. 

All the questions of text 6

Text 6

1. Which of the following is in line with paragraphs 1 and 2?

1. A country’s prosperity includes assessment of the well-being of all segments of society.
2. A falling unemployment rate is considered indicative of economic prosperity.
3. The effectiveness of economic development incentives is questionable.
4. The quality of life is dependent on equal distribution of a country’s GNP.

2. What can be concluded from paragraph 3?

1. Influential people have formed a group to oppose ever-increasing prosperity.
2. Jackson’s book has become fundamental to the new anti-growth movement
3. The impact of Prosperity Without Growth would have been marginal had it been launched sooner.
4. Tim Jackson now realises that tackling a subject as controversial as economic growth was premature.

3. “the core of the debate” (paragraph 5)
- What does the core of the debate amount to?

1. Ecologists and economists have failed to provide evidence supporting their claims.
2. Ecologists and economists have fundamentally opposing ideas about progress.
3. Ecologists and economists interpret the concept of “sustainability” in different ways.
4. Ecologists deny the importance of capitalism, while economists undervalue the relevance of the ecosystem.

4. Which of the following problems does Jackson draw attention to in
paragraph 6?

1. accepting that techniques for effectively cutting CO2 emissions are still limited
2. chain stores refusing to take responsibility for their exploitation of resources
3. giving priority to generating profit over restricting environmental damage
4. today’s policy makers focussing on long-term effects

5. “the escape route” (alinea 8)
Geeft de tekst een concrete invulling van hoe de “escape route” eruit
kan zien?
Zo nee, antwoord “Nee”. Zo ja, citeer de eerste twee woorden van de
zin waarin de “escape route” geconcretiseerd wordt.

Finished?

Read the question again with your answer. Try and find your chosen answer in the text. Compare your answer with someone else in class and discuss the way you found your answer. 

The exit ticket part 1:
What are two things you've learned today?
1 thing you still seem to struggle with:

The exit ticket part 2:
-What should one do when he doesn't know a word in the text?
-What is the first thing you do when you start reading a text?