Reading practice - monkeys

Reading practice
Reading test
'Monkeys behaving badly'
How even 'difficult' texts can be 
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This lesson contains 27 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

Items in this lesson

Reading practice
Reading test
'Monkeys behaving badly'
How even 'difficult' texts can be 

Slide 1 - Slide

Reading test:
  • Between 3 and 5 texts
  • About 15 questions
  • Allowed to use a dictionary - but you must bring your own!

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Slide

Before reading:
Look at:
  • Title
  • Pictures
  • Captions
  • Introduction

What do you already know about the text?? 

Slide 4 - Slide

Slide 5 - Slide

What topic does the text deal with?
A
Scientific article about monkeys
B
Characteristics of monkeys and humans
C
Book review - the book is about monkeys
D
Intelligence in humans and monkeys

Slide 6 - Quiz

Where do you begin?
Always read the question first
(not the answers)

In which section of the text are going to find the answer?

Slide 7 - Slide

What becomes clear from paragraph 1?
Michael Bywater suggests Macachiavellian Intelligence

  • What are you supposed to do? 
  • What are you supposed to read?

Slide 8 - Slide

During reading:
Pay attention to signaling words:
'but', 'therefore', 'however', 'also', etc.

What effect do they have on the text? - positive? negative?
This helps enormously when choosing an answer 

Also look for other words which are positive or negative

Slide 9 - Slide

What becomes clear from paragraph 1?

Slide 10 - Slide

What becomes clear from paragraph 1?
Michael Bywater suggests Macachiavellian Intelligence ...

A
gives people better insight into themselves.
B
has too many vulgar and sensational elements.
C
is just as boring as other books on primates.
D
is too sexually explicit for sensitive people.

Slide 11 - Quiz

What is the main function of paragraph 2?

Slide 12 - Slide

What is the main function of paragraph 2?
A
To explain that primates differ more from humans than we used to think.
B
To give examples of primate behaviour that people like.
C
To illustrate that primate research is very popular.
D
To show that humans are related to both bigger and smaller primates.

Slide 13 - Quiz

De situatie van de resus-makaak is anders dan die van de meeste in alinea 2 genoemde apen.
In welk opzicht is dat zo volgens alinea 3?
Vul de volgende zin aan: De resus-makaak….

  • Answer in Dutch

Slide 14 - Slide

De situatie van de resus-makaak is anders dan die van de meeste in alinea 2 genoemde apen volgens alinea 3:

Slide 15 - Slide

De situatie van de resus-makaak is anders dan die van de meeste in alinea 2 genoemde apen.
In welk opzicht is dat zo volgens alinea 3?
Vul de volgende zin aan op je antwoordblad: De resus-makaak….

Slide 16 - Open question

“And it does so by being nasty.” (begin alinea 4)
Welk woord in alinea 3 verwijst al naar dit feit?
Citeer dit woord.

Look for one word! - which word has a similar meaning to 'nasty'?

Slide 17 - Slide

“And it does so by being nasty.” (begin alinea 4)
Welk woord in alinea 3 verwijst al naar dit feit?
Citeer dit woord.

Slide 18 - Slide

“And it does so by being nasty.” (begin alinea 4)
Welk woord in alinea 3 verwijst al naar dit feit?
Citeer dit woord.

Slide 19 - Open question

What becomes clear from paragraph 6?
6 There are military parallels, too. Maestripieri writes about his experience when joining the Italian Air Force: "I had been turned into a rhesus macaque who had just transferred into a new group," but goes on to note: “Soldiers who are highly motivated to protect their own selfish interests and those of their buddies make perfect war machines. So a despotic and nepotistic organisation makes an army a perfect war machine...” Rhesus macaque groups seem to be structured and to function according to the same rules.

Slide 20 - Slide

What becomes clear from paragraph 6?
A
Aggressive behaviour is functional in establishing a strong group
B
Human communities are differently organised from macaque groups.
C
Maestripieri regrets the negative way in which macaques are described.
D
The Italian Air Force copied its successful strategies from macaque tactics.

Slide 21 - Quiz

Wel/Niet
Geef van elk van de volgende mensen, dieren of instellingen aan of die volgens het artikel wel of niet dezelfde kenmerken als de resus-makaken kunnen vertonen. Noteer 'wel' of 'niet'
1 Dario Maestripieri (author of Macachiavellian Intelligence)
2 “Bonobos” (alinea 2)
3 “men in prison” (alinea 5)
4 “the American political system” (alinea 7)

Pay attention to the general ideas in the text!

Slide 22 - Slide

1 Dario Maestripieri (author of Macachiavellian Intelligence)
A
wel
B
niet

Slide 23 - Quiz

2 “Bonobos” (alinea 2)
A
wel
B
niet

Slide 24 - Quiz

3 “men in prison” (alinea 5)
A
wel
B
niet

Slide 25 - Quiz

4 “the American political system” (alinea 7)
A
wel
B
niet

Slide 26 - Quiz

Reflection:
Even texts which contain a lot of difficult words can become understandable
  • Read texts in parts
  • Look for signaling words
  • The questions are more important than the text


Slide 27 - Slide