Reading

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Reading 

Lesson goals

• After this lesson you know why we practice reading.
• After this lesson you know when to use which reading strategy.
• After this lesson you can use scanning to find specific information in a text. 

Why practice reading?

WHY practice reading?

• Find useful information online
• Learn about different topics
• Improves vocabulary
• Learn new sentence-structures 
• and many more reasons

Reading strategies

1. Skimming (aim = general idea of text)
   
   
2. Scanning (aim = find specific information)
   
   
3. Using context (aim = detailed understanding) 

Skimming

• Read the title and subheadings
• Read introduction and conclusion
• Read first and last sentence of every paragraph
  
  
• Use when you need the main idea of the text 

Scanning

• Looking for specific information
  
  
• Look for a name, date, word 

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. 

What's the difference between skimming and scanning?

Is there anything you don't understand after this lesson?