Lucky Reading Game / Leesrace

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 4

Reading

2nd form

Have your texts ready

Miss Tasci

Lucky Reading

Game

Lucky reading game

• Form teams of five.
• Each team member is assigned a number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
• Read the text well, individually. Then discuss what you've read and help each other with understanding the text.
• The wheel decides which team member is going to answer.
• Every correct answer earns your team points.

King, Queen or Jack = 10 points

Joker = 

0 points

an Ace = 20 points

 

# = # points

3 of hearts/diamonds = 30 points 

Read Text 1 Wonderland: 

Walking With Dogs

Red:

Read the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? Any words you don't know? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Be quiet and wait for the wheel to turn and decide who is going to answer.

Question

Welk woord in deze tekst is gebruikt als een woordspeling die verwijst naar het onderwerp? Citeer dit antwoord.

barks

Wonderland: 

Walking With Dogs

The answer is: barks

Read Text 2 Khat Conundrum

Red:

Read the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished.

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Be quiet and wait for the wheel to turn and decide who is going to answer.

Question

Which of the following fits the gap?

A cultivation

B distribution

C investigation

D stimulation

E substitution

B

Answer

The answer is: B

B

Read Text 3 Weather predictions

Red:

Read the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished.

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Be quiet and wait for the wheel to turn and decide who is going to answer.

Question

Which of the following are presented in this text as being the most trustworthy when it comes to predicting the weather? Write down all the correct numbers.

1 the golden shower tree

2 the ground hog

3 the orange ladybird

4 the woolly bear caterpillar

1 + 2

Answer

The answer is: 1 and 3

1 + 2

Read Text 4 Blondes to dye for

Red:

Read the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished.

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Be quiet and wait for the wheel to turn and decide who is going to answer.

Question 1

Which of the following fits the gap?

A best studied

B highest ranked

C most disputed

B

Answer

The answer is: B

B

Question 2

How can the tone of this article be characterised best?

A as admiring

B as amazed

C as concerned

D as cynical

E as light-hearted

Answer

The answer is: E

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