Reading Comprehension

Today:
Novel Reading
Reading strategies
Linking words
Practice test
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This lesson contains 10 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Today:
Novel Reading
Reading strategies
Linking words
Practice test

Slide 1 - Slide

At the end of this lesson you will
  1. know the main reading strategies for comprehensive reading.
  2. Be familiar with 20 important linking words.
  3. Have practiced choosing linking words.
  4. Have practiced using reading strategies.

Slide 2 - Slide

Strategies for
Reading Comprehension
I know
(You may answer in Dutch)

Slide 3 - Mind map

main strategies
  1. Orientating (get a general idea of the text)
  2. Skimming (reading rapidly to get a general overview)
  3. Scanning (quickly looking for specific information)
  4. Close reading (fully reading [part of] a text)
  5. Checking source reliability (is the source trustworthy?)
  6. Expressions of opinion (fact or opinion?)
  7. Expressions of tone (serious, funny, ironic, etc.)
  8. Linking words (determine how parts of a text relate to each other)

Slide 4 - Slide

What are linking words?

Slide 5 - Mind map

What linking words do you know?

Slide 6 - Mind map

Look at the Linking words on the booklet.
How many of these did you know?
020

Slide 7 - Poll

Make linking words exercise 1.1

Slide 8 - Slide

+ Practice test

Slide 9 - Slide

Practice test
For each question: 
Step 1: Pick the strategy (or strategies) you think you'll use.
Step 2: Answer the question.
Step 3: What strategy did you use to find your answer?

Slide 10 - Slide