Mastering Reading Strategies: Fact or Opinion, Gerunds, and Strategy-Intensive Reading

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Mastering Reading Strategies: Fact or Opinion, Gerunds, and Strategy-Intensive Reading

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to understand and apply strategy-intensive reading, differentiate between fact and opinion, and identify gerunds in texts.

Can you give one example of a fact or an opinion.

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 Gerund

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Gerund: when a verb does not act like a verb

Wat valt je op aan deze zinnen?

• Smoking is forbidden in the barbershop.
• I look forward to seeing you next week.
• Could you start doing your homework? 
• That dress isn't worth buying.
• He started running.

• -ing staat achter sommige woorden
• Vraag de leerlingen: Welk woord staat er voor? 

Gerund

Je gebruikt de '-ing vorm' als een soort zelfstandig naamwoord:

 1. Als het onderwerp van de zin.

Example: Biking in the mall is forbidden. 

2. Na voorzetsels. 
Example: She's fond of cycling.

3. Na werkwoorden die zeggen hoe je iets vindt. (like, love, hate, enjoy, etc.)

Example: I love going to the movies. 

Uitzondering

Na oa onderstaande werkwoorden kan je ook het hele werkwoord met 'to' gebruiken.

1. Start
   
2. Begin
3. Continue 
4. Like
5. Love
6. Hate
7. Prefer
8. Stop He stopped smoking. He stopped to smoke.

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What is Strategy-Intensive Reading?

Strategy-intensive reading involves actively engaging with the text by using strategies such as predicting, clarifying, questioning, summarizing, and evaluating.

Fact or Opinion?

Facts are statements that can be proven true or false, while opinions are based on personal beliefs or feelings. It's important to differentiate between the two when reading.

Identifying Gerunds

Gerunds are verbs ending in -ing that function as nouns. They can be identified in sentences and are important for understanding sentence structure and meaning.

Reading Strategy: Predicting

Predicting involves making educated guesses about what will happen next in the text based on prior knowledge and clues from the text.

Reading Strategy: Summarizing

Summarizing involves condensing the main points of the text into a brief overview. It helps in understanding the central ideas of the text.

Fact or Opinion Activity

Present a list of statements and have students categorize them as facts or opinions. Discuss their choices as a class.

Applying Strategy-Intensive Reading

Provide a short passage and ask students to apply strategy-intensive reading by using predicting, summarizing, and identifying gerunds.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.