Unit 2, Step 2: Keep it short

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Step 2: Keep it short

Summarizing a text

p. 70

Ex. 1

 Read the personal story .

a Look at the grid and highlight the words in the text that refer to the keywords in the grid.

b Fill in the grid with the information you highlighted.

Who?

Who?

 Bri Jacobs

Early symptoms? (name 6)

Early symptoms? (name 6)

– 6 and a penny (instead of 6 and a quarter)

– inability to count to 10 in kindergarten

– bad at telling time

– trouble learning addition and subtraction

– mixing up numbers

– still counting on fngers

Diagnostic procedure:

(duration)

Diagnostic procedure:

(duration)

months

Diagnostic procedure:

(steps)

– several school psychologists

– puzzles to test her attention to detail

– counting forwards and backwards

– comparing her English and mathematical skills

Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Dyscalculia

Diagnostic procedure:

(steps)

Ex. 1, p. 101 (On Different Tracks)

1 Read and summarize the text ‘Unlocking a learning disability.’ 

a Preparation:

– While you are reading, highlight keywords in the text that you could use in the mind map on p. 103.

b Action

– Fill in the mind map of the text (p. 103)

– Use this information to summarize the text as a whole. (p. 103)

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