V3 Reading

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Reading 

Siej

Skill of the period

Today

Grab your laptops

Lesson up

With reading texts

Today's goals:

- Understand how to use prediction

- Being able to deal with true/false questions

Reading Strategies

Prediction

Look at:

Title

Pictures

Author

Subheaders

What are your predictions for the article?

What are your predictions for the article?

Before we read

We will do an exercise:

Match the definitions (a–f) with the vocabulary (1–6).

 A. Real or normal for a place, not specially for tourists.

B.  dirty from traffic or chemicals

C. Fast service

D.  another way to do something

E.  a table where food or other things are sold in a market

a long, thin food made from flour, water and eggs

1. Polluted

2. Noodles

3. alternative

4. authentic

5. express

6. a stand

Read the text

You will get about 5/6 minutes to read the first text.

Do this individually

True or False.
One night is enough time to see Bangkok.

1. True
2. False

True or False
Khao San Road is an authentic Thai area of the city.

1. True
2. False

True or False
Phra Kanong is further away from the main tourist sites than Khao San
Road is.

1. True
2. False

True or False
The river boat taxis often get stuck in traffic too.

1. True
2. False

True or False
Taking the Skytrain is a faster way to see the city than going by taxi.

1. True
2. False

True or False
You need to choose where to eat carefully, as not everywhere is good.

1. True
2. False

Would you like to visit Bangkok?

Yes

Maybe, need more info

Nope

Next text

An encyclopedia entry on the Taj Mahal

 a rounded roof with a circle-shaped base

 valuable stones like diamonds, rubies and emeralds

 a narrow track for walking on

 a structure in a garden or park that pushes water into the air

 a type of hard smooth stone that is often used for decoration

 a curved structure, often over an entrance or passage

A fountain

A pathway

A dome

An archway

Precious stones

Marble

Read the text

You will get about 5/6 minutes to read the second text.

No phones

1. The Taj Mahal is constructed of white marble and a small amount of black marble.

1. True
2. False
3. The text doesn't say

2. There are water features in the gardens of the Taj Mahal.

1. True
2. False
3. The text doesn't say

3. The construction of the Taj Mahal never finished.

1. True
2. False
3. The text doesn't say

4. The materials for the Taj Mahal are not all from India.

1. True
2. False
3. The text doesn't say

5. There was a black Taj Mahal on the other side of the river.

1. True
2. False
3. The text doesn't say

6. The British destroyed the Taj Mahal in the 20th century.

1. True
2. False
3. The text doesn't say

7. The Indian government is trying to protect the Taj Mahal.

1. True
2. False
3. The text doesn't say

8. The Taj Mahal is the most visited building in India.

1. True
2. False
3. The text doesn't say

Choose the smiley that fits with your achievement:
Understand how to use prediction

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Choose the smiley that fits with your achievement:
Being able to deal with true/false questions

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Homework

Unit 3, Lesson 1: 2 t/m 8

Read your book for book assignment 

Finish your Practical assignment (20th of November 23:59)