09/09 vwo 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome

Today:

- Reading strategies

- Practice exam

Reading strategies

Using Prior Knowledge/Previewing

Look at the title, pictures, source and quickly scan the paragraphs. Now think of what you already know about the subject of this text. Doing this will help you to understand the text you are about to read.

 

Skim reading

 Quickly read the text to figure out what it is about. Look at things that stand out like pictures and read the first and last sentence of every paragraph. This technique can be used for questions that are about the text in general. 

Scanning

You are looking for a specific piece of information that can answer the question. You read this piece of information intensively.

Reading intensively

Read every word and make sure you understand the text.

Which reading technique do you use the most?

1. Skim reading
2. Scanning
3. Reading intensively

Text 4: What's cooking?

- Individualy, skim text 4

Write down all difficult words that you don't understand

- Discuss the difficult words with your neighbor and try to figure out what they mean

Let's read

- Individualy, read the whole text and answer question 5

5 How does the writer introduce the topic of the article in paragraph 1?

1. By addressing the reader in an informal way
2. By criticising an often-used cliché
3. By explaining his personal interest
4. By using a standard expression

6 What is the function of paragraph 2?

1. To explain the resistance against Dr wrangham's theory
2. To illustrate the importance of Dr Wrangham's theory
3. To question the relevance of Dr Wrangham's theory
4. To sketch the outline of Dr Wrangham's theory

Let's get to work

Make exercises 1-10 (text 1, 2, 3 and 4)

This will be homework for next monday

Good luck!