READING COMPREHESNION / SURVIVAL!

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 5

LESSON OBJECTIVES 

BY THE END OF THE LESSON STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 

•  use context clues to predict meanings of some words
• answer literal and inferential questions about main ideas, characters, and story elements.

WARM-UP ACTIVITY:
Give your response to the following questions:
How were people in UAE able to survive the covid 19 pandemic.
How was the pandemic tackled in UAE?

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In your own words try to define the word "survival":

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Answer the questions:

1. What is the main idea of the text?
   
2. what is the genre of the text?
3. What is the author's purpose in this text?

HAVE A LOOK AT THESE VOCABULARY WORDS 

loomed 

vengeance

rustic

subsided 

accompany 

envisioned 

Using context clues from the sentence in the passage, CHOOSE the correct meaning of the word (envisioned)
“I envisioned a log cabin with a crackling fireplace."

1. anticipated or visualized
2. searched; hunted
3. rented or booked

Using context clues from the sentence in the passage, CHOOSE the correct meaning of the word (rustic).
“Imagine how my rustic, yet the comfortable image of camping became a nightmare”

1. happy
2. primitive or simple
3. elegant

Using context clues from the sentence in the passage, CHOOSE the correct meaning of the word (loomed).
“the mountains loomed bigger than I had remembered”

1. grew
2. expanded
3. appeared

Using context clues from the sentence in the passage, CHOOSE the correct meaning of the word (vengeance)
“the storm rolled in with a vengeance”

1. force
2. gentle rain
3. cumulus cloud

Using context clues from the sentence in the passage, CHOOSE the correct meaning of the word (accompany)
1) “When Aiden asked me to accompany him”

1. sponsor
2. go with
3. substitute

Using context clues from the sentence in the passage, CHOOSE the correct meaning of the word (subsided)
“as quickly as the storm came rushing in, it subsided."

1. flooded
2. decreased; declined
3. increased

TEAMWORK

TEAM 1: What is the biggest challenge the speaker faced?Explain

TEAM 2: What kind of person is Lebron? Use details to support your answer.

TEAM 3: What is the setting of the story ?

Explain how the setting advances the plot.

TEAM 4:How does the speaker’s view of camping change throughout the story? Use details from the story to support your answer.

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PLENARY

RETELL THE STORY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

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