V6 - Reading Strategies & Text 6

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Reading Strategies

Tips & Tricks

News flash!

The Central Examination does not only require reading skills.

It requires understanding what CITO wants from you.

If you know this, you have a better chance of getting a good grade.

The recipe for success:

• Know your signal words (Leiden Lijst)
• Know the most common vocabulary
  
• Know the various question types
  
• Practice, practice, practice (with a physical dictionary). 

Warm-up

How well do you remember the signal words?

Welk signaalwoord geeft een tegenstelling aan?

1. Consequently
2. Indeed
3. Even so
4. Such as

Welk signaalwoord geeft een reden/ oorzaak aan?

1. since
2. also
3. even
4. in fact

Welk signaalwoord geeft een uitbreiding/ opsomming aan?

1. though
2. instead
3. even
4. of course

Welk signaalwoord geeft een gevolg aan?

1. however
2. while
3. rather
4. thus

Welk signaalwoord geeft een volgorde aan?

1. also
2. earlier
3. in fact
4. therefore

Text 6: Celebrity Pitch

• Together with a partner, you will get one question about the text.
• Answer the question and discuss the strategies you can use to find the correct answer.
• Be ready to explain your solution to your classmates.
• Time: 15 minutes 
• Finished? Look at the other questions and answer them.  

For next week:

Prepare text 7 - The Madonna of the Pinks (text 3 in your booklet)