Lessenserie -1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome!

Today you need:

- laptop

Put your phone + 

earbuds in your bag

Today's Lesson

After this lesson, you...

... can use strategies to predict what a text is about before reading it.

... know what to do when you don't know a word in a text.

What are the first things you do when you start a reading test?

Predicting

- Look at title, subtitle and pictures.

- Find out what the source of the text is. What is the genre of the text?

- Use your knowledge to predict what the text could be about before actually reading the test.

What do you think this text is about?

What do you do if you don't know a word?

Use context​

Context is the words or phrases that surround a word.

"He was sent to the principal because he made insolent remarks towards his teacher."

Consider this sentence: "In Australia, she is an eminent surgeon even though she is totally unknown in Europe."

What does the word eminent mean?

What if you don't know a word?

Decide: is the word important? Do I need to know it to understand the text? If yes...

Strategy 1: decide what the word means by looking at the context. Is it a verb or a noun? Is it positive or negative? Does it contain parts of words you know?

Strategy 2: if you are allowed to have a dictionary, look up the word. Watch out, this takes quite a lot of time!

Roadmap

Step 1: Orientation (predicting)

Step 2: Read question

Step 3: Decide on reading strategy

Step 4: Read (a part of the) text

Step 5: Answer question

Individual practice

Read the texts and answer the questions. 

Do it alone in silence.

Finished? Compare your answers with the person sitting next to you.

What did you learn from today's lesson?

Finished!

Well done, you have finished today's lesson.

You have learned about  predicting what a text is about and what to do when you don't know a word in a text.

See you next lesson!