A1A 11-5 reading strategies

A1A English class 11 May
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This lesson contains 26 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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A1A English class 11 May

Slide 1 - Slide

At the end of this lesson you ...

  • will have practised two reading strategies
  • will have learned something about bungee jumping
  • will have learned (more) English words to describe emotions. 

Slide 2 - Slide

Why is it important to practise reading (skills)?

Slide 3 - Mind map

What do you do before you start reading a text?
A
Je kijkt naar plaatjes
B
Je kijkt wat voor soort tekst het is
C
Je kijkt hoeveel alinea's de tekst heeft
D
Je kijkt naar de kopjes

Slide 4 - Quiz

Slide 5 - Slide

Tips for understanding the text
Two useful strategies:
  • Skimming
  • Scanning
Find out more about how to skim and scan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbibQDQxd4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbibQDQxd4

Slide 6 - Slide

If your friends dropped off a bridge, would you too? 


                                                           Oh yes, I would! And you should too!

Slide 7 - Slide

Text: Bunjee Jumping
Instructions: 
  1. Open the text by clicking here.  
  2. Skim the text 
  3. Answer question 1 about the text 

Slide 8 - Slide

Question 1
What is the text about? You can answer in Dutch.

Slide 9 - Mind map

Practise scanning
Now that you have learnt how to skim the text to find out its general meaning, you can start scanning the text to find out the answers to the questions in the next slides. 
Find out more about how to skim and scan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbibQDQxd4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbibQDQxd4

Slide 10 - Slide

Read paragraph 1 .
Why do people Bunjee Jump even though it is scary? (You can answer in Dutch)

Slide 11 - Open question

Read paragraph 2
Why do the men of Pentacost Island still keep the tradition? (You can answer in Dutch)

Slide 12 - Open question

Read paragraph 3
What were David Kirke and his friends doing when the police arrived?

Slide 13 - Open question

Read paragraph 4
Where and when was the first commercial bungee site built?

Slide 14 - Open question

Word match exercise
Match the words with their meaning in this exercise . by typing them into the empty boxes

(right click on the link, when you are finished click on the 'finish' button and check your answers

Slide 15 - Slide

Extreme sports can make you feel extreme emotions. How do you express those in English? 

Slide 16 - Slide

Choose one activity from the next six slides and  make a voice recording about how it would feel to do one of the activities on the right.  
Choose from: 
canyoning
walking on a rope bridge
kayaking
horse riding
paragliding
white water rafting

Slide 17 - Slide

Some feelings to choose from
(but you can also choose your own!)
neutral
strong
very strong
happy
excited
super excited
calm
frightened
petrified
confident
nervous
anxious

Slide 18 - Slide

If I went canyoning I would feel.... Because...

Slide 19 - Open question

If I went horse riding I would feel.... Because......

Slide 20 - Open question

If I went walking on a rope bridge I would feel..... Because.......

Slide 21 - Open question

how I'd feel if I went paragliding

Slide 22 - Open question

If I went kayaking I would feel....... Because........

Slide 23 - Open question

If I went white water rafting I would feel..... Because.....

Slide 24 - Open question

fun with emojis
Can you match the emoji with the emotion? 
Click here to try on this worksheet

Slide 25 - Slide

Have you learnt how to ..
  • to use reading strategies to understand a text?
  • bunjee jumping was invented?
  • to use the right words to express emotions?

Slide 26 - Slide