Reading skills

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Practice your reading skills

Scanning

• Earlier we learned about scanning
• What do you do when you scan a text?

Scanning practice - Word race

1. Next slide has text

2. I will give a word

3. Scan for that word

4. If you have found the word, raise your hand. 

Romeo the frog spent ten years alone in a museum in Bolivia. He is a Sehuencas frog, and for a long time, scientists at the museum thought that Romeo was the only Sehuencas frog in the world. A lot of these frogs have died because of deforestation, and a deadly disease has taken the lives of many others. The scientists wanted to find a mate for Romeo. They even set up a profile for him on Match.com!

In 2018, some scientists went to the Bolivian forests to look for a partner for Romeo. They looked in many streams, but they couldn't find any frogs. They grew tired, wet and disappointed. They decided to check one more stream before going home. And then, they found a Sehuencas frog beside a waterfall. This frog was male, but they returned the next day and found four more frogs, two male and two female. One of the females was the right age to mate. The conservationists called her Juliet.

The scientists didn't let Romeo and Juliet meet at first. They needed to check that Juliet didn't have a disease. But finally, they put the two frogs together. At first, Romeo seemed nervous, but soon he swam to Juliet and then he did a funny dance, shaking his toes. Then he put his arms and legs around her and made a really loud call. The scientists are happy that Romeo isn't lonely any more! 

The 2009 British Homes Awards challenged the industry to design a house that can adapt to different life stages. The participants were asked to rethink the construction and design of individual homes, so that they were easily adaptable to less mobile inhabitants, and also to create communities in which ageing occupants could continue to enjoy shared amenities. The top design also had to be attractive to its potential buyers, because the competition was put to the public vote. The winner, gaining 12.000 votes from Mail on Sunday readers, was the strikingly modern SunnySideUp, designed by Kosi Architects.

The architects took as a starting point the accepted norm for a house - rows of houses facing onto streets crammed with cars, with living rooms on the ground floor where they can benefit from the light and views, and maximise energy efficiency. And they put the bedrooms on the ground floor where the garden aspects give inhabitants increased privacy, and a cool temperature is maintained throughout the day. The two floors are linked by wide, gentle gradient stairs, which are designed to allow for a stair lift to be fitted if necessary as owners age. 

Today

- How to handle multiple choice questions?

- How to handle statement questions?

Next test

• Reading comprehension

Goals of today

1. At the end of the lesson you correctly deal with multiple choice questions when reading.
2. At the end of the lesson you correctly deal with statement questions when reading.
3. At the end of the lesson you have practiced reading with a part of a test

Reading strategies:
What do you do before you read the text?

Reading strategies:
Why would you read the questions before reading the text?

Reading strategies:
What can you do if you don't know a word in the text? (you have no dictionary)

Question types

• Meerkeuze vragen
• Beweringen & stellingen: Waar/niet waar of juist/onjuist
  

Meerkeuze

Good to know:

The answer of the question is ALWAYS in the text itself. Sometimes it's phrased differently so look out for that

Meerkeuze

Which strategy would you use with this question?

1. Thinking of my own answer and then checking if it's one of the answers
2. Dividing up the answers and seeing which fits the text the best

Now give your answer

Waarvoor schaamde Karmen zich tijdens een zwemfeestje?

1. .
2. .
3. .

Stellingen/beweringen

Often, a statement question consists of multiple statements that you have to mark as true or false / correct or wrong / etc. 

It's also possible that you have to find the statement in the text in different words. This is really a multiple choice question, because you have to pick between paragraphs. 

 

Work on the questions quietly

1

1. wel
2. niet

2

1. wel
2. niet

3

1. wel
2. niet

4

1. wel
2. niet

Let's look back at the goals

1. At the end of the lesson you correctly deal with multiple choice questions when reading.
2. At the end of the lesson you correctly deal with statement questions when reading.
3. At the end of the lesson you have practiced reading with a part of an exam.