Reading skills, exercises

Today's class is about: 
Reading skills

Reading together:
The Treehouse experiment

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This lesson contains 22 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

time-iconLesson duration is: 50 min

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Today's class is about: 
Reading skills

Reading together:
The Treehouse experiment

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How do you feel to be back in English class.........?

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Reading
Why read?
How to improve your reading skills.

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Reading skills: Why should we read?

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When we read, not only are we improving memory and empathy, but research has shown that it makes us feel better and more positive too. Science has shown that reading has some amazing health benefits, including helping with depression, cutting stress, and reducing the chances of developing Alzheimer’s later in life.
Because......

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What could you do to improve your reading skills?

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I ... read English in my free time.
A
often
B
sometims
C
hardly ever
D
never

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I think reading in English is
A
difficult
B
easy
C
sometimes difficult, sometimes easy
D
not difficult, not easy

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How can you improve your reading skills? Give 3 options.

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1. Read as often as possible
2. Read things you're interested in
3. Practise scanning for specific information
Are you ready for part 2? We're going to read together!

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What do you think of when I say:
Treehouse?

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We're going to read together.

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Read again, on your own. After this you will get 5 open questions! 




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1. What do people nowadays worry about?
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Slide 15 - Open question

People nowadays often worry about bills, exams and awkward Facebook photos.
2. What was Nick's experiment?
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Slide 16 - Open question

Nick was going to live in a tree house for 6 months. He had to find, kill or grow his own food, instead of going to the store.
3. What is he celebrating when he takes a dip in the river?
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The fact that his house has three walls and a roof.
4. What has happened since Nick returned to the real world?
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His diary got published as a book and he set up a cooking school.
5. Which 21-century gadget(s) did Nick use during his stay in the forest?
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Slide 19 - Open question

He used his iPod and a wind-up radio.
Homework
Find an English article or book you are interested in and bring it to class next Wednesday

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Welke TIP & TOP geef je mij naar aanleiding van deze les.

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Well done!! See you next time.

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