Reading lesson 2 vwo

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Reading lesson

In preparation for your upcoming test

Learning aims

After this lesson, the students will know what to do before reading a text (pre-reading strategies), whilst reading a text and after reading a text.

After this lesson the students have practiced with their reading skills and can show the progress they made by completing the questions below successfully.

Reading strategies 

pre-reading phase, reading phase, post-reading phase.

pre-reading phase 

Look at the title 

pictures

cursive/ words in bolt 

skim and scan 

What do I already know about the subject? (prior knowledge)

What do I think this text is about (prediction)

Look at the questions (but not the answers) 

Reading phase 

After reading the questions you start reading the text. Mark in the text where you think the possible answers on the questions are.

usually, not always, the text and questions are build chronologically, so the answer on the first question can be found before the answer on the second question.

formulate your own answer on the questions.

After reading phase

Look at the questions again and see which answer comes closest to your own formulated answer on the question.

for the test

• 3xA is a possibility.
  
• Also when you have a question with true or false there is a possibility that all statements are true or all statements are false.
  
• If you don't know the answer leave the question open and continue, look at the question again, when you have finished all the other questions. If you still don't know the answer take a guess. Never leave a question open, because this is always marked as incorrect.
• Make sure you sleep and eat well before the test. 

Invasion of the alien ants 

Take the text in front of you. If the link doesn't work you can find the text in the planner 'week 15' 

text 'invasion of the alien ants'

Take one minute. Look at the title, picture, cursive/fat words and make a prediction, what could this text be about? (prediction)

Do I know something about this subject already?

1. yes
2. no

Now, take 2 minutes to scan the text. Are there any difficult words, which ones?

Difficult words during the test

you may encounter some difficult words during the test, how to deal with them?

1) Do I need to understand this word to understand the text or to answer a question? Yes/no?

2) Can I guess the meaning by looking at the surrounding words/sentence?

3) Do I know a word in an other language that looks similar (watch out for false friends)

Take a good look at the questions now 

Take one or two minutes to look at the questions.

Are there any questions you don't understand?

Now we are going to read the text and answer the questions  

5) Which of the following is true according to paragraph 1?

1. Texans are being confronted with a huge environmental problem.
2. Texans have recently experienced a disturbing number of robberies.
3. Texas businessmen are expanding the import of electronic equipment.
4. Texas has been chosen as the location of a new science fiction film.

6) In de alinea’s 1 en 2 worden drie verschillende woorden genoemd die aangeven hoe klein de mieren zijn.
Citeer (= schrijf over in het Engels) deze drie verschillende woorden.

7) Why are the crazy ants called ‘rasberry’ ants? (see paragraph 3)

1. They are named after their discoverer.
2. They are very fond of raspberries.
3. They have a reddish colour.
4. They look just like a kind of fruit.

8) Kies bij 8 in alinea 4 het juiste antwoord uit de gegeven mogelijkheden.

1. almost a crime
2. hardly advisable
3. nearly impossible
4. quite simple

Welk voordeel van de ‘rasberry ant’ wordt er genoemd in alinea 4?
Geef antwoord in het Nederlands

10) Kies bij 10 in alinea 5 het juiste antwoord uit de gegeven mogelijkheden.

1. consequently
2. similarly
3. surprisingly.
4. unfortunately

11) Geef van elk van de volgende beweringen aan of deze op grond van alinea 6 juist of onjuist is.

12) Kies bij 12 in alinea 6 het juiste antwoord uit de gegeven mogelijkheden.

1. detect
2. protect
3. stop
4. study