Reading Practice - Sandwhich

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• Leerjaar 6

Reading Practice - Sandwhich

Goals

Raising the important awareness of:

- Pre-existing knowledge

- Key sentences

- Vocabulary

- Signal words

Step 1

Have a look at the picture:

What do you know about this person/topic?

What could the text be about if that is the image used?

What do you know?
What could the text be about?

Finish this sentence: A beard makes a man come across as....

Would you ever consider growing a beard?

Yes

No

Maybe

I can't: I am a girl

Step 2

Global reading

• Markeer / onderstreep belangrijkste zinnen / woorden. 
• Korte samenvatting / keywords per paragraaf in het Nederlands. 

Ned Kelly

Step 3

Read the text

Answer the questions in the allotted time!

Which of the following fits
the gap in paragraph 1?

1. a boyish innocence associated with
2. a connotation of sexuality attached to
3. a self-consciousness about
4. a strong sense of masculine pride

Which of the following fits
the gap in paragraph 2?

1. absurd
2. commonplace
3. realistic
4. urgent

Vraag 3

Geef van elke van de beweringen op de volgende slides aan of deze wel of niet overeenkomt met de inhoud van alinea 3 en 4.

Je hebt per bewering 1 minuut.
Let op: 2 of meer fout = 0 punten!

In general, men actively try to
lead a self-sufficient life.
(onafhankelijk/zelfstandig)

1. Wel
2. Niet

The writer is convinced modern
men need a beard to establish a
sense of self.

1. Wel
2. Niet

The writer implies that our ancestors
would have preferred to work in
an office had they lived today.

1. Wel
2. Niet

Bearded hipsters consider fine
dining to be something
for yuppies.

1. Wel
2. Niet

“But what if, rather than revealing our connection
with “real life”, this urge reveals our disconnection
from it?” (alinea 4)
Leg in je eigen woorden uit wat
bedoeld wordt met “this urge”.

Which of the following fits
the gap in paragraph 5?

1. appropriateness
2. eccentricity
3. fashion
4. tradition

Bedenk nu zelf een MC-vraag
met antwoordopties voor de tekst.

Neo-Luddism or new Luddism

• Neo-Luddism or new Luddism is a philosophy opposing many forms of modern technology.  
• The term Luddite is generally used as a pejorative applied to people showing technophobic leanings.