Year 3 TTO mavo: B1 One of us is lying

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Happy Monday, 3 Mavo-T

- Phones in your bag (your lap is not your bag...)

- Headphones, AirPods, other musical devices in your bag

- Empty your tables

Today's class

Subject: | Skill: Reading

Overview: 

- Intro + aims

- Reading practice

- Evaluation + recommendation of the week

Today's aims

At the end of this class: 

- We have practiced reading stratedies

- Difficult words don't seem to be as difficult as you thought

- You might have found your next favourite book

Reading practice

You'll need a:

- a pen/ pencil/ highlighter

- your laptop/ tablet

Step 1: Orientation

How do you determine the subject of a text BEFORE reading it?

• Title
  
• Illustrations/ pictures
  
• Lead
  
• Subtitles
  

Step 2: General  

What to do to get the gist of a text quickly?

• First and last paragraph of a text
  
• First and last sentence of a paragraph
  

Do your research

1. Go online and do research on the book 'One Of Us Is Lying'
- Characters
- Plot/ Summary

2. Report back to class

5 minutes

Step 3: Intensely

What: Read the text

How: Underline difficult words you might not know

Help: A pen/ pencil/ highlighter

Time: 5 minutes

Result: A list of words for the second part of this lesson

Difficult words

How to figure out the meaning of a difficult word?

• The context of the sentence
  
• Similar word in a different language
  
• Dictionary
  

Step 4: Searching

When you are looking for specific information

• Paraphrasing
  

Questions

• Who developed their own app?
  
• What topics are being covered on Simons app?
  
• Where do Simon and Bronwyn meet each other in this fragment?
  
• In what type of competition will Bronwyn be competing?
  
• In which part of the school is the hallway in which Bronwyn and Simon bump into each other? 

Evaluation

Which reading strategies did we use during this lesson?

Which difficult words have you learned/ will you remember?

Do you think that this text is suitable for the B2 level?

Recommendation

of the week:

James Fridman 

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