Reading Strategies - being able to read effectively and efficiently

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Comprehension strategies- being able to read effectively and efficiently

    Skimming

 Scanning

 Inferring

Lessons goals: After the lesson:

• Students know which strategy to use when searching for information in the text (scanning, skimming, or inferring).
• Students can use skimming to get a general idea of what the text is about.
• Students can use scanning to find specific information in the text.
• Students can use context clues to fully understand what the text is about.

What did I learn about listening strategies in our previous lesson?

 Which strategy will we use to find information in the text and answer the question?

Skimming - general idea of the text

read the title and subtitle

read introduction and conclusion

read first and last sentence of the paragraph

use when you need the main idea of the text

What is the answer?

 Which strategy will we use to find information in the text and answer the question?

Scanning - specific information

look for specific information !

date, name, word

What is the answer?

 Which strategy will we use to find information in the text to answer the question?

Inferring

what we already know  

+ 
clues the writer has given in the text  to  fully understand what the text is about. 

 

Inferring

Example: “Mr Lee sat at her desk, waiting for the children to finish their work”

Inferring: I can infer she is a teacher.

What is the answer?

25 min - mock test

Please answer the rest of the questions.

Reflection: Why do we using reading strategies?

find information in the text

help to analyze the text

improve vocabulary

learn sentence - structure