Reading tips and tricks

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

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Aims

At the end of the class I can...

Use the tips for my reading exercises and test.

Tips 

You don't have to read the whole text!

Read the question, what do they want to know?

Read the titles, what can you predict/ what is the text about?

Scan the text for names, numbers or other useful information.

What is the difference?

considerate behaviour:

• Thinking about the feelings and needs of other people

antisocial behaviour:

• Showing a lack of care for other people (or for society in general)

Considered considerate and antisocial in the

following public places and situations?

• at the cinema
• in a queue
• on a train
• in a shopping mall
• on a street
  
•  at an airport
  
• in a museum

Scenario 

• Work in pairs and choose a scenario
• Identify the behaviour in the scenario that is acceptable and

not acceptable in a public social situation

Answer the questions:

Did the people in the scenario behave in a

considerate or antisocial way?

•What things did they do could be inconsiderate

or rude

• How should the people in your scenario behave next time they are in a similar situation? 
• What kind of things should they do to be considerate of other people’s feelings and needs and to respect social boundaries?

• How difficult is it for you to say something to a friend who is behaving in an antisocial way?
• Why do some young people behave in an inconsiderate or antisocial way?
• Why is it important that everyone respects social rules and boundaries?

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