Leesstrategieën

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

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On your table:

- Pencil case

- Paper

Today

- Reading a text with strategies

Lesson aims

- You can work with the 6 different reading strategies.

- You can get an idea of the subject of a text

- You can understand information about people and places in a text

- You can understand specific information in a text

- You can understand the general idea of a text

Reading strategies

What are they good for?

6 reading strategies

1. Predict and pre-knowledge

Look at:

- Title

- Pictures

- Subheadings

What do you expect this text will be about?

What do you already know about these topics?

1. Predict and pre-knowledge

In silence, write in your own words what this strategy is.

Also answer the following question:

Who is Sunak?

± 2 minutes

2. 'Skimmen'

Look at:

- Title

- Pictures

- Subheadings

- Introduction

- 'Eerste Laatste Zin Alinea (ELZA)'

2. 'Skimmen'

In silence, write in your own words what this strategy is.

Also answer the following question:

What could this text be about?

± 2 minutes

3. Text structure

Look at the lay-out of the text and how it is written.

For example:

A personal letter looks different than an article.

An advertisement looks different than an email.

3. Text structure

In silence, write in your own words what this strategy is.

± 2 minutes

Also answer the following questions:

What is the goal of this text?
1. To entertain
2. To inform
3. To sell something

What kind of text is this?

A. Letter

B. Email

C. Article

D. Advertisement

4. Scanning

You look for the specific information in the text.

You 'scan' for what you are looking for.

What do you scan for when                  What do you scan for when
   you want to find a date?                         you want to find a name?

4. Scanning

In silence, write in your own words what this strategy is.

Also answer the following question:

What city was Rishi Sunak born in?

± 2 minutes

5. Use context

The meaning of a difficult word is sometimes explained in the sentence.

Usually it is in the same sentence as the word, or the sentence before or after it.

5. Use context

In silence, write in your own words what this strategy is.

Also answer the following question:

± 2 minutes

What do these words mean:

- Prime Ministers

- Inflation

- The pound

6. Read intensively

Read through the text intensively.

Try to understand everything it says.

6. Read intensively

In silence, write in your own words what this strategy is.

Also answer the following question:

- In 1 sentence, what is the part of ‘Difficult times’ about?

± 2 minutes

In groups

Discuss what you have written down for each of the strategies.

Write or pick the most complete description of the strategies.

Missed something? Write it down for yourself!

± 5 minutes

Wednesday 23rd of November

Re-sit Chapter 1 SO

Stepping Stones page 82 - 83