Lesson 3: Skills, Reading

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, havo
• Leerjaar 1

Skills lesson 1:

Reading

Today's Lesson

• Homework check
  
• How do you read?
• Skimming and scanning what do you remember?

• Read: the man with the most world records
  

• Questions about the text: the man with the most world records (lessonup quiz)
  

Goal: by the end of the lesson you can explain (uitleggen) the difference (verschil) between skimming and scanning

Homework check

Stepping Stones homework:
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 4b
Assignment 5 

What do you remember about skimming and scanning?

How do you read a text when you don't know the language?

What kind of a text is it?

Skimming and Scanning

What do the pictures tell you?

How can you find out the meaning of the words you don't know/understand?

Skimming and Scanning

What is skimming and what is scanning?

Skimming and Scanning

What is skimming and what is scanning?

Skimming: you use this technique to quickly look over a text. You will read keywords and phrases, look at the pictures. All of these words and pictures will tell you something about the text

Skimming and Scanning

What is skimming and what is scanning?

Skimming: you use this technique to quickly look over a text. You will read keywords and phrases (deelzinnen), look at the pictures. All of these words and pictures will tell you something about the text

Scanning: You use the scanning technique to search for specific information (specifieke informatie).
Example: What is the name of the main character in the book?
Answer: Sarah (you'll scan for a name).

Skim the text

What do you

notice?

Scan the text

for the following

information:

What kind of a race did Ashrita enter in 1978?

Read the text
which word(s) do you not know?

Read the text again and do the following assignments
(see hand out)

How many records has Ashrita established?

1. 600
2. 50
3. 200
4. 1000

What kind of book did Ashrita like to read as a child?

1. Books about running
2. Sports records
3. The Guinness book of World Records
4. Literature books

What did Ashrita learn later in life?

1. Racing
2. Running
3. Yoga
4. Meditation

How many Jumping Jacks did he win the world record with?

1. 1000
2. 27,000
3. 26,000
4. 500

What was Ashrita's favourite record?

2. Dancing
3. The longest distance on a pongo stick
4. Singing

What are her two brothers called?

1. Karen and John
2. Ben and Blaine
3. Gary and Simon
4. Blaine and Emmet

Exit question: what is the difference between skimming and scanning?