Reading skills HV1

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

Reading Comprehension Strategies and Skills

HV1

Final test

1. Several reading texts

2. Irregular verbs

                       Today's goal

At the end of this lesson:

• You can use a strategy when reading a text and answering multiple choice or true/false questions about the text.
• You can read a text and answer questions about the text within a given time limit.

Reading strategies

Kinds of questions:

• Multiple choice
  

• True/false or correct/incorrect: Statements (beweringen/stellingen)
  

What kind of strategy should you use when reading a text and answering questions about that text?

Reading Comprehension Strategies

• What’s the title?  Is there a picture?...  Is there a source?  This gives you a general idea

• Read through the questions (how many are there?)
  
• Skim the text first
• Read the text
  
• Answer the questions.  When answering each question, scan the paragraph the question is referring to to search for the answer (if the question refers to a specific paragraph, only focus on that paragraph to find the answer!).
• Don’t focus too much on words you don’t know!  Try and guess the meaning in the context.  You don’t need to know every word to understand the general idea.
  
  

Reading Comprehension Strategies

• What’s the title?  Is there a picture?...  Is there a source?  This gives you a general idea
• Read through the questions (how many are there?)
  

• Skim the text first
• Read the text
  
• Answer the questions.  When answering each question, scan the paragraph the question is referring to to search for the answer (if the question refers to a specific paragraph, only focus on that paragraph to find the answer!).
• Don’t focus too much on words you don’t know!  Try and guess the meaning in the context.  You don’t need to know every word to understand the general idea.
  
  

Reading Comprehension Strategies

• What’s the title?  Is there a picture?...  Is there a source?  This gives you a general idea
• Read through the questions (how many are there?)
  

• Skim a text first
• Read the text
  
• Answer the questions.  When answering each question, scan the paragraph the question is referring to to search for the answer (if the question refers to a specific paragraph, only focus on that paragraph to find the answer!).
• Don’t focus too much on words you don’t know!  Try and guess the meaning in the context.  You don’t need to know every word to understand the general idea.
  
  

Words in context... that's when they get more meaning!

lethargic

What does that word mean?

And now some context...

Diane was lethargic.  She didn't have

the energy to get out of bed.

Let's practice together!

Two short texts

Multiple choice and true/false questions

Remember: Read the title, read the questions, skim the text, read the text, answer the questions by scanning the text

Multiple choice

Multiple choice (read the text and question

and note your answer on the next slide)

Waarvoor schaamde Karmen zich tijdens een zwemfeestje?

1. .
2. .
3. .

Statements (stellingen/beweringen)

Most of the time, a question with a statement about a text will be answered with true/false or correct/incorrect (wel/niet, juist/onjuist,...)

Let's read the paragraph on the next slide together.  Be ready to answer the questions.

Statement 1:
De dokter zei dat een bacterie de ziekte veroorzaakt.

1. wel
2. niet

Statement 2:
De dokter vond een nieuwe kale plek.

1. wel
2. niet

Statement 3: De dokter vertelde dat de
ziekte snel over zou gaan.

1. wel
2. niet

Statement 4:
De dokter gaf haar medicijnen mee.

1. wel
2. niet

Do you feel like the tips you got have helped you prepare a little for your
Reading Comprehension test?

1. Yes
2. A little bit
3. No
4. Help, I find this really hard!

On to some more Reading Comprehension, but this

time you will read the

texts on your own

Reading Comprehension Goals

• Improve your reading skills
• Expand your vocabulary about a topic in a specific context
• Improve your time management skills (reading a text and answering questions in a given time limit)

Reading comprehension practice

• You will receive a handout with two texts (front & back)
• Please do not start reading until the timer starts
• 2 min. for the first text / 4 min. for the second text
• You will answer the questions in LessonUp
• Please do not write on the handout
• Use the tips you learned earlier in this LessonUp
• Quiet while reading please...
  

Accidents happen. Be prepared for them.
Geef van elke bewering aan of deze juist of onjuist is.

Two minutes to read the

questions and text

1. First call neemt al het werk uit handen.

1. juist
2. onjuist

2. First Call zorgt ervoor dat je maar één formulier hoeft in te vullen.

1. juist
2. onjuist

3. First Call helpt alleen degene die de auto heeft gehuurd.

1. juist
2. onjuist

4. First Call levert vervangend vervoer als dat nodig is.

1. juist
2. onjuist

Did you see Daniel?

Geef van elke bewering aan of deze wel of niet overeenkomt met de inhoud van de tekst.

Four minutes to read the

questions and text

1. Met sponsorgeld zorgt Centrepoint ervoor dat dakloze jongeren
af en toe een nacht kunnen doorbrengen in een B&B.

1. komt wel overeen
2. komt niet overeen

2. Als sponsor kun je uit een bestand kiezen
welke jongere je wilt ondersteunen.

1. komt wel overeen
2. komt niet overeen

3. De sponsor krijgt informatie over zowel de kamer
als de jongere die erin verblijft.

1. komt wel overeen
2. komt niet overeen

4. Als je meerdere kamers sponsort, krijg je korting.

1. komt wel overeen
2. komt niet overeen

We're done. Good job!
What did you think of the first text ("Accidents happen")?

Very easy

Hmmm, not so sure...

Very hard

What did you think of the second text
("Did you see Daniel?")?

Very easy

It was OK but I didn't understand everything

Very hard

Time left?
Let's practice some Irregular verbs!

Reading Skills

Irregular verbs

Go to SomToday / Vakken / Engels / Jaarbijlagen
Open the document "Irregular Verbs"

Meerkeuze

Je moet het antwoord altijd kunnen terugvinden in de tekst, soms staat het alleen in andere woorden. Onderstreep het tekstdeel waar je je antwoord hebt gevonden.

Let's practice!

Time's up

Antwoorden zullen we tijdens de volgende les checken.

But first, a few more questions.