Christmas reading

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• Studiejaar 1

Christmas reading .....

Plan for today

- Reading skills again

- Christmas reading ....

Reading strategies

Useful information 

What reading strategies do we use?

It depends..... 

 

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text

• Scan a text

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text

• Scan a text

• Read intensively

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text: look at Title - sub title - pictures and to read something quickly and not very carefully

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text: look at Title - sub title - pictures and to read something quickly and not very carefully
• Scan a text: to read something very quickly, in order to get a general idea of its meaning or to find particular information

Reading Strategies

• Skim a text: look at Title - sub title - pictures and to read something quickly and not very carefully
• Scan a text: to read something very quickly, in order to get a general idea of its meaning or to find particular information
  
• Read intensively: to read every word to make sure you understand the whole text.
  
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Christmas reading .....

Riddles

It gets killed. It gets dressed. It gets trinkets, and everyone smiles, looking at its star. What is it?

You can hold me and shake me, but I’m easy to break. I have lots of snow, even though it’s all fake! What am I?

I am a plant seen every Christmas which people hang up above and then they stand beneath me and kiss someone they love. What am I?

In what year do Christmas and New Year’s Day happen in the same year?

I drop from the sky far more beautiful than rain. There are no two pieces that’ll ever look the same. What am I?

Questions

What does Santa bring you if you've been bad?

1. Sticks
2. Coal
3. Rocks
4. GIfts

How many reindeer does Santa have?

1. 14
2. 9
3. 13
4. 10

If you were born on Christmas day, what's your star sign?

1. Libra
2. Capricorn
3. Pisces
4. Sagittarius

They call him Santa Claus in America, but what do the British call him?

There are 365 days in a year. What day is Christmas?

1. 365
2. 359
3. 354
4. 367

The red and white costume of Father Christmas was first introduced by wich company?

The traditional British Christmas pudding is set on fire before it is eaten.

1. true
2. false

How many white Christmas days did London have in the entire 20th century?

1. 2
2. 7
3. 13

Exit ticket

What are the names of Santa's reindeer? (9)

TO YOU ALL

Have a jolly good Christmas

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