Reading Strategies

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Reading Strategy

Meneer Elshout

What we are going to do

• Learn how to guess the topic of a text
• Learn how to guess a word
  

• Use the reading strategies
  

The Topic

How do you start reading a text?

what do you look at first?

1. ???
2. ???
3. ???
4. Text
   

The Topic

How do you start reading a text?

what do you look at first?

1. Titel
   
2. Sub-headings
   
3. Pictures
   
4. Text
   

What could be the topic of the text?

1. To talk about a football match
2. To talk about a hockey match
3. To talk about a football stadium
4. To talk about an art museum

The Topic

What is the topic of this text?

Guess the word

I really like bread

Bread

• 4 options
  

cows have 4 stomachs that they use to eat grass.
Stomach

1. Maag
2. Tong
3. Gezicht
4. Staart

When a cat falls, it will always land on it's paws.
Paw

1. Rug
2. Poot
3. Gezicht
4. Teen

I don't like to discriminate based on religion or skin colour.
Discriminate

1. regelen
2. Discrimineren
3. herkennen
4. argumenteren

As a kid I loved to play at the playground with my friends.
Playground

1. Speeltuin
2. Attractiepark
3. Gezicht
4. School

I stepped in some feces and now my shoes stink.
Feces

1. Bloemen
2. Plas water
3. Gezicht
4. Poep

The teacher gets very irritated when we talk in class
Irritated

Guessing a word

What do you do if you don't know a word?

• Google
• ???
• ???
• ???
  

Guessing a word

What do you do if you don't know a word?

• Google
• Look at words around it
  
• See what Dutch word it looks like
  
• See what words it's made of
  

Now practice

Do the handout

until last 5 minutes

What did we learn today?

How do you find the topic?

How can you guess a word?