scriptie: leesvaardigheid booklet

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome! Today's lesson

•  Reading booklet
• strategies for new words 
• reading strategies
• different kinds of questions
• reading phases  
• practice 
• ending the lesson 

Reading booklet 

- For my research I have designed reading booklets for you. 

- There are three different levels (B1, B2, C1) which you can choose from according to your reading level results. 

- Each of the booklets has the same amount of texts and have very similar subjects and questions.

- Each of you has to at least read and complete two of the six stories. 

- The goal of this booklet is to help you comprehend texts better with the help of the different strategies and to motivate you by allowing you to choose your own text. By allowing you to choose between the different reading levels I hope to challenge you more. 

Learning objectives 

- After this lesson I can implement different strategies for understanding new or difficult words. 

- After this lesson I can use different reading strategies in order to comprehend a text and answer questions about it. 

- After this lesson I can successfully answer questions about a text. 

Strategies to use for new words

What do you usually do when you come across a new word or a word you recognize but don't know the meaning of? 

Can you think of different things you can do to understand the words?

Strategies to use for new words

1. Split the word into parts > endoscopy, endo=inside , scopy= observing something, so    observing the inside of something. 

2. Deriving the meaning from context.

3. making connections with words you've heard > lumos (Harry Potter), luminary

4. Making connections with your own life > intonation of voice, intonation of a guitar. 

5. Taking a guess.

6. Search it up in the dictionary. 

Reading strategies 

1.  Skimming: reading quickly, focusing on the main idea, key topics and overal message. You can use the titles, subheadings, introduction and conclusion of the text to get an overview of the content. 

2. Scanning: reading quickly to search for specific information such as a name, number or date while ignoring the rest of the text. 

3. Global reading: quickly going through the text to get a general understanding of what the text is about without reading every detail. 

4. Intensive reading: focusing closely on the details of a text, analyzing and comprehending each word, sentence and paragraph thoroughly. 

5. Reflective reading: thinking carefully about what you read and how it relates to your own thoughts and experiences.  

Types of questions 

• Multiple choice 
  
• Fill in the blank
• Open question 
• True or false 
• Question on a specific paragraph 

Multiple choice 

Strategy: scanning + intensive reading

1. highlight 

2. read

3. get rid of nonsense options 

4. compare

5. choose

6. check 

Fill in the blank 

Strategy: scanning + intensive reading 

When a task asks which word belongs in the sentence, you do the following:

1. Read the sentences before the gap and the sentence after the gap.

2. Understand the meaning and function of the signal words given as the options.

> ''However'' indicates that there is a contrast coming from what was previously stated."

Example:

Researchers said this could explain why people believe that smell is unimportant, compared to hearing and vision. __18__ , many studies have shown that pheromones emitted from sweat glands play an important role in physical attraction.

A. Indeed   B. likewise   C. Still

Open question 

Strategy: reflective reading + any other strategy

1. Read the question carefully.

2. Look for and read the passage where you can find your answer. 

3. Highlight the important parts, formulate your answer and then check whether that really answers the question you're being asked. 

True or false 

Strategy: global + intensive reading 

1. Mark the paragraphs in question.

2. Read the highlighted section and underline signal words.

A statement is only true if everything is correct, so:

3. Verify if each part of the statement is correct. Underline where it is stated.

Question on a specific paragraph

Strategy: scanning + intensive reading 

1. Read the question carefully.

2. Read the paragraph intensively. 

3. Try to locate where in the paragraph you can find the answer. 

4. Formulate your response using the relevant information. 

Reading phases

Pre-reading:

- Before reading it is important that we actively engage with the text by for example skimming the text to get a general idea of the main topics. 

While-reading:

- When you read the text fully for the first time you want to read it intensively. 

- It's also good to implement strategies for new/difficult words. 

- To better understand a text you should highlight the important parts and linking words.

- You can also take notes while you're reading. 

Post-reading:

- After you've finished reading the text you can briefly reflect on it and even discuss it with another student.

- Writing a summary of the text can help you solidify your understanding of it. 

- In order to answer the questions, you should pick a reading strategy depending on the type of question you are asked. 

Let's practise!

- Based off your reading level results, I will hand out your booklet. 

1. Briefly skim through all the theory once more and start by doing the two exercises on page 4. 2. Once you've finished those you can choose one of the six texts to read. 

3. Start by doing the pre-reading exercises and then read the text. 

4. Really focus on the different strategies and what to do during the while-reading phase. 

5. Once you've finished reading the text, you can answer the post-reading questions. 

I will walk around to see how you're doing and answer any questions you may have. 

Work quietly so everyone can concentrate better. 

Ending the lesson

- What did you think of this lesson?

- How are you liking the booklet so far? 

   What do and don't you like? 

- Have you learnt something new?

- Bring your booklet to the next class so you can work on finishing text 1 and work on text 2.