This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
Lesson 1, Week 2
Recap previous lesson
Asking questions theory
Asking questions practise
Evaluation
Slide 1 - Slide
Skimming Why? How?
Slide 2 - Open question
Scanning Why? How?
Slide 3 - Open question
Objectives
At the end of this lesson:
I will know why the reading strategy 'asking questions' is useful
I will have practised with 'asking questions'
Slide 4 - Slide
Starter: Read the text
Slide 5 - Slide
Congratulations! It sounds like you'll be heading to South America. Write down all the questions you have for the organisation, so you can go on the trip and be well-prepared.
Slide 6 - Open question
You're on the trip. What possible questions will you have during the trip?
Slide 7 - Open question
Asking Questions: Theory
Good readers ask question before, during and after reading
Asking questions clarifies the meaning of the text
We get a greater understanding of the text
We could look up answers that we didn't get from the text, to extend our knowledge
Slide 8 - Slide
Explicit questions:
Answers that can be found in the text
Implicit questions
Answers that are formed from prior knowledge
Answers that require further investigations
Answers that come from your natural curiosity
Slide 9 - Slide
Putting strategy into practise
Choose a text from ITunesU at your level: Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced.
Write down questions pre-reading, during reading and after reading
Write down the answers (or look them up, if they are not in the text)
Slide 10 - Slide
Tips:
Look at the title, headings, pictures, etc to think of questions you want answered
What background knowledge do you have and what extra information do you hope to get from the text?
After reading: answer all your questions with help from the text
Example questions:
What can I learn from reading this text?
What is the main point that the author is trying to make?
What is the tone of the article?
What more do I want to know about ...?
Slide 11 - Slide
Evaluation: What makes the reading strategy 'asking questions' useful?
Slide 12 - Open question
Read two texts from mirror.co.uk (see next slide and ITunesU for link)