2223 H5 reading p1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Reading Comprehension

                        Part 1

Before you read...

Step 1... 

What do you do first?

Before you read...

Step 1: Background check

- who wrote it? 

- from which source does it originate?

- when was it written? 

why important? 

1 So you understand the validity of a source; consider the difference between The Guardian and your conspiracy-theorist uncle on Facebook.  

2 New information may have been discovered since it was written; if a source is 20 years old, the information might not be valid anymore.

Before you read...

Step 2: Type determination

Which types of texts do you know?

Before you read...

Step 2: Type determination

- informative: news articles, encyclopedic articles

- opinionated: reviews, letters from readers, columns

- persuasive: ads

- entertaining: stories, chapters from books

why important? If you know what type of text it is, you know what the goal of the author is. 

Quiz Time!

You'll see 3 texts, 

determine their types.

What type of text was shown on the previous slide?

1. informative
2. opinionated
3. persuasive
4. entertaining

What type of text was shown on the previous slide?

1. informative
2. opinionated
3. persuasive
4. entertaining

What type of text was shown on the previous slide?

1. informative
2. opinionated
3. persuasive
4. entertaining

Before you read the questions...

Step 3: TL:DR

What is the quickest way to figure out what a text is about?

Hoofdgedachte: onderwerp + gedachte van auteur.

Before you read the questions...

Step 3: TL:DR

- read the title

- read the subtitles (if present)

- view the images (if present)

- take note of any text in bold/cursive/capital letters, or names

- take note of numbers and/or special characters (%, #, @, *)

why important? 

You can use these elements to figure out the main idea (hoofdgedachte) of a text, which allows you to activate any knowledge you may already have on the topic. 

Combined with the background of the text and the type of text, this should give you a solid base to answer the questions. 

If this is not enough, you can also read the introduction and conclusion, as well as the sentences in which you found those numbers/special characters/prominent bits of text.

Water, water everywhere...

I am unsure why tap water in restaurants has become an issue (i weekend, 1 June). I ask for tap water in restaurants because water is my preferred drink and I do not see the need to have my water bottled with the attendant environmental implications.

If this incurs a cost for restaurateurs then they should charge for the service, either directly or in their overall costings. I cannot imagine it is much and it is certainly hard to see how it would put a healthy and well managed restaurant out of business.

Hoofdgedachte

Hoofdgedachte: onderwerp + gedachte van auteur.

Onderwerp: Tap water

Gedachte:  I do not see the need to have my water bottled with the attendant environmental implications.

Customers should be able to order tap water everywhere.

Practise

Go to Eindexamensite and practise the subjects; opvattingen van de auteur, schrijfdoel en functie & hoofdgedachte.