RT reading text 8 2009

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Hi Folks, what will your result be in this exercise, do you think?

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                    Turn off TV, girls- or

                    risk early puberty

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE TEXT?

First paragraph. Function?

A scientist... do you know his/her name?
In which paragraphs is he/she mentioned?

paragraph 2

What's the function of paragraph 2? The author uses it to...

1. als toelichting op de introductie
2. om via voorbeelden een probleem te schetsen
3. om een nieuw onderwerp te introduceren
4. om zijn mening te geven over het onderwerp

paragraph 3

                        What is the function of each sentence?

It illustrates .

It gives advice

It gives an opion.

Dr Siman identified....... autism.

"Given the evidence...... the child matures.

To allow children ......parental responsibility.

paragraph 4

What becoms clear from paragraph 4?
Dr Sigman's findings......

1. are not in line with the results of the experiments done on animals reaching puberty.
2. provide a new explanation as to why girls reach puberty at an earlier age.
3. throw a different light on earlier research into the effects of television on girls reaching puberty.

What new explanation does he give ?

paragraph 5

Geeft de schrijver aan dat Dr Sigman een geloofwaardig wetenschapper is?
Zo nee, antwoord “Nee”. Zo ja, citeer het zinsgedeelte dat je antwoord ondersteunt.

Hi Folks, what was your result in this exercise, so how did you do?

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