WK48, Wednesday, 8.30

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• ISK
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

Ready to work!

On your desk:

• Notebook
• Pen

Wednesday

Now:

Warm-up: grammar and vocabulary

Reading strategies

Later:

Grammar: present simple and present continuous

Holmwood's

Lesson goal

• I know what a reading strategy is.
• I can explain the difference between 3 reading strategies.

Road map

• Warm-up (review yesterday's work)
• Reading strategies
• Practice: word race
• Reading task
• Review

Warm-up

Vocabulary words: create a sentence using the word

Articles: the / a / an / no article

(Wordwall on the board)

wordwall.net

Reading Strategies

Reading strategies

Reading strategies

What is a reading strategy?

Why do you need to learn these?

Which reading strategies do you know?

Reading Strategies

• Skimming a text

• Scanning a text

• Reading intensively

Please take out your notebook and a pen

Reading Strategies

Skimming a text:

• Look at title - sub title - pictures
• Read something quickly and not very carefully
• Read the first (and last sentence) of a paragraph
• Gives you an idea about the text

Reading Strategies

Scanning a text:

• to find particular information: a number, a date, a price, a word

Reading Strategies

Read intensively:

• Read every word to make sure you understand the whole text

You are looking for a specific date in the text. Which strategy do you use?

1. Skimming
2. Scanning
3. Read intensively

Scanning practice - word race

• The next slide has a text.
• I will give you a word.
• Scan for the word.
• If you have found it, raise your hand.
• I will give you a question: which type of word will you scan for in the text?

Lucy

Mt. Pleasant

100 degrees

age of 10

Who is the story about?

Where does she live?

What is the temperature in Mt. Pleasant?

At what age do most of the children start surfing?

Task - notebook

For each question:

• write down which word you will scan for in the text
• where in the text will you look for the answer
• write the answer

1. How many people will attend the awards this year?
2. Will Taylor Swift perform at the awards?
3. What is special about this year's prize?

Review

• What is a reading strategy?
• Which 3 reading strategies have you learned about today?

Looking ahead: 11.50

Grammar: present simple and present continuous

Holmwood's