Reading strategies & vocabulary

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Work in pairs

There are 3 rounds:

Round 1: Dictionary Skills

Round 2: Reading strategies

Round 3: vocabulary

Round 1

Order these letters alphabetically.
W F O L D V

Order these words alphabetically. Which word is last?
why, paper, apple, tight, sleep

Order these words alphabetically. Which word is last?
consult, construct, consider

Order these words alphabetically. Which word is first?
lamp, snake, under, high, table

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

abandon

abominable

afternoon

agency

airport 

airship

ahead

ashtonishing 

astronomy

Dictionary Race

Vind zo snel mogelijk de Nederlandse betekenis van een Engels woord in het woordenboek

Staan er meerdere betekenissen dan pak je de eerste

Pak een blaadje en een pen

Round 1

Charter

Nebulous

Shambles

Heretic

Kettledrum

Entice

Attest

Girth

Round 2

Roguish

Quizzical

Loopy

Depreciate

Bickering

Affront

Veal

Yonder

Round 3

Zealot

Spitfire

Gritty

Marauder

Quiver

Bearable

Gutsy

Credibility

Round 4

Knotty

Obtrude

Purity

Spoof

Abeyance

Crinkle

Lacquer

Crevice

Round 2

Reading strategies

READING STRATEGIES
Multiple choice questions / true-false questions
Which statement is not true?

1. First read the question and the text and come up with your own answer
2. Always use whatever you already know about the topic of the text to activate prior knowledge.
3. The right answer is often in the text with different words
4. If you answer in English and you have not been instructed to do so the answer is usually correct.

READING STRATEGIES
When you do not know a word in the text you....

1. panic
2. use your dictionary
3. look at the context
4. both b and c are correct

READING STRATEGIES
How to answer 'open questions'?

1. you write down everything you know in English
2. you give a concise answer in English
3. you give a concise answer in Dutch
4. You write down everything you know in Dutch

READING STRATEGIES
Understanding the question is key to answering it correctly.

1. True
2. False

READING STRATEGIES
Fill in the Gap - questions:
You only have to read the sentence with the gap, nothing else.

1. True
2. False

Round 3

Vocabulary

What do these words mean in Dutch?

hence

indignant

indifferent

mocking

moreover

in brief

dus

verontwaardigd

onverschillig

spottend

bovendien

kortom

EXAMENWOORDENSCHAT
He should not be doing this job, ... he was not trained for it.

1. despite
2. however
3. since
4. such as

EXAMENWOORDENSCHAT
....... the warm weather, he was still wearing a long-sleeve jacket

1. despite
2. however
3. since
4. such as

Mr Moody’s looks and manner invite people to share their private
thoughts with him.

1. Juist
2. Onjuist

Uitleg

De stelling was: Mr Moody’s looks and manner invite people to share their private thoughts with him.

Als zoekterm zou je voor private (internationaal woord) kunnen kiezen.

In de tekst vind je de volgende signaalwoorden: as a consequence  (r. 4), or (r. 5), in short (r. 6), and (r. 7).

In regel 4 ev. vind je het woord confidence, wat in deze context gelijk staat aan private thoughts. Daaromheen lezend zien we dat die zin inderdaad kloptmet de stelling. De laatste zin, dat het concluderende signaalwoord in short bevat, bevestigt de stelling nog een keer. De stelling is juist.

What is the point made in paragraphs 1 and 2?

1. In the past the male Y chromosome used to be more substantial.
2. Men are hardly able to cope with challenges of their male pride.
3. Procreation may one day be realised without male participation.
4. The male physique is deteriorating at an alarming pace.

Uitleg

De vraag is wat de kern van deze paragrafen is.

- Signaalwoorden zijn but (r. 1), But (r. 4), So...that (r. 6).

- Bij antwoord C wordt gesproken over procreation, in de tekst helemaal niet.

- Bij antwoord D wordt gesproken over the maie physique, in de tekst helemaal niet.

Bij  but (r.1) staat dat het Y-chromosoom ten onder gaat. Bij But (r. 4) staat dat het niet is wat het ooit was.

Er is dus een tijdsverloop, zoals ook verwoord wordt in Antwoord A

EXAMENWOORDENSCHAT consequently

1. kortom
2. met als gevolg
3. op dezelfde manier
4. terwijl

EXAMENWOORDENSCHAT
meanwhile

1. zodra
2. evenals
3. ondertussen
4. toch

EXAMENWOORDENSCHAT
despite

1. omdat
2. tenslotte
3. op dezelfde manier
4. ondanks

EXAMENWOORDENSCHAT
besides

1. hoewel
2. bovendien
3. tegenwoordig
4. desondanks

gevolg/conclusie

voorwaarde

reden/oorzaak

uitbreiding

tegenstelling

vergelijking/voorbeeld

however

moreover

unless

therefore

likewise

since

Categorise the following words into 

positive and negative words. 

significant

to lack

to blame

fortunately

to develop

advantage

approving

indifferent

concerned

counter-