Rock your Reading Exam Tips, Tricks and Tools

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

I am a reading rockstar. 

Programme:

- introduction

speaking exercise

grammar test

reading is a skill (booklet)

Lesson goals

-course planner

- pre grammar test/ hand out

Vocabulary 

Grammar test

Reading is a skill

This means:

 You can train and improve, just like any other skill or sport 

However, you do need to know what it is you should train and improve. Therefore, this LessonUp will provide you with general information on how to become a successful (CITO) reader.  Once you know what you should be training, your efforts will become more effective. 

To become good at reading .......

• READ! 
• A LOT
• And More 
• Anything, books, articles, subtitles of Netflix, news, gossips, 
• Everything 
• And more 

You will be a successful reader if you master the following reading ingredients.

(Westhoff, 2012)

Explanation of this slide

General steps per text (and question) 

1. Vocabulary: which words do you know about the topic
2. Topic: what do you know about the topic? ( nothing->? Youtube!)
3. Strategy : structure, linking words etc.

• What kind of text is it? 

How to tackle a CITO reading exam

• Watch the video clip on the next slide. 
• Take notes while watching.

Use your notes while practising the reading exam in the next lessons.

How to tackle a CITO reading exam

• Watch the video clip on the next slide. 
• Take notes while watching.
• Take a picture of your notes and hand this in in: Google Classroom- Reading Skills Information.
• Use your notes while practising the reading exam in the upcoming lessons.

This week 

Havo exam 2017

Practise the use of steps and strategies.