Reading havo tekst 5

Reading Havo tekst 5
After today you will be:
  • to better able to understand the main ideas of a text
  • to better answer questions about a text
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This lesson contains 11 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

Items in this lesson

Reading Havo tekst 5
After today you will be:
  • to better able to understand the main ideas of a text
  • to better answer questions about a text

Slide 1 - Slide

The wolf at the door
First go to ItsLearning and open "Havo Tekst 5"
  • Read the title
  • Read the first paragraph
  • Read the last paragraph

Slide 2 - Slide

Explain briefly what the text is about. So, what is the global main idea?

Answer in Dutch.

Slide 3 - Open question

The wolf at the door
Now read the entire text carefully while:
  • thinking about the local main idea for each paragraph
  • writing down important words you don't know

Slide 4 - Slide

Questions
Finally, answer a few questions about the text.
  • Answer open questions in Dutch.

Slide 5 - Slide

What becomes clear about the H1N1 virus in paragraph 1?
1 It spread further than SARS and H5N1.
2 It was a comparatively innocent virus.

A
only 1 is correct
B
only 2 is correct
C
both 1 and 2 are correct
D
neither 1 nor 2 are correct

Slide 6 - Quiz

What is the main problem with flu epidemics according to the writer, judging from paragraphs 1 and 2?
A
Health authorities are hardly better prepared to deal with them.
B
Health authorities issue warnings about them without consulting the pharmaceutical industry.
C
Health authorities tend to send out reassuring messages about them.
D
Health authorities unnecessarily spend a lot of money on battling them.

Slide 7 - Quiz

“short-sighted types who say that the warnings are only meaningful if the worst actually comes to pass” (paragraph 4)

Which of the following sentences from the text is in line with this reasoning?
A
“But its relatively low death toll was taken by some as evidence that the public health response had been an overreaction” (paragraph 1)
B
They are thought to lack the ambition for a career at high level.
C
They have been employed for the wrong reasons until recently.
D
They have been overlooked by those responsible for hiring employees.

Slide 8 - Quiz

“The wolf at the door” (title)

Which of the following does “the wolf” in this text refer to?
A
policy made by ill-informed officials
B
the interests of the pharmaceutical industry
C
the outbreak of a contagious disease
D
the unreliability of scientific evidence

Slide 9 - Quiz

Difficult words
On the next slide write down all the the words from the text you didn't know.
Also include the Dutch meaning that first the context of the text.

Slide 10 - Slide

Words you didn't know

Slide 11 - Mind map