Reading skills

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Practice your reading skills

Hands up if you enjoy reading in English, just for fun!

Reading is everywhere!

🎮 Games (Roblox / Fortnite / Minecraft)

🎬 Subtitles / Netflix

📲 TikTok / Insta comments

🎭 Scripts / Theatre / Music

📚 Books / Websites

“See? You all have reading in your life already. What we’re doing now helps you deal with texts in a smarter way — your way.”

Today's schedule

• Learn about reading strategies
• Practice with a reading exam

 "Okay, quick check-in first — what do you remember from yesterday’s lesson?"

🗣️ "What reading strategy did you try? Did it help?

What do you remember from yesterday’s lesson

What reading strategy did you try? Did it help? 

Strategies

Skimming: Quickly read the text to get the main idea.

Scanning: Look for specific information (names, numbers, etc.).

Highlighting: Highlight important parts of the text as you read.

Context Clues: Use the words around an unknown word to guess its meaning.

What do you remember from yesterday’s lesson

What reading strategy did you try? Did it help? 

What will YOU do differently next time you read a text like this?

Goals of today

1. At the end of the lesson you correctly deal with multiple choice questions when reading.
2. At the end of the lesson you have practiced reading with a part of an exam.

What do you remember? Reading strategies:
What can you do if you don't know a word in the text? (you have no dictionary) Answer in English

vragen wat voor strategie hun heeft geholpen gister

Reading strategies:
What do you do before you read the text? Answer in English

Reading strategies:
Why would you read the questions before reading the text? Answer in English

Question types

• Meerkeuze vragen
• Beweringen & stellingen: Waar/niet waar of juist/onjuist
  

Meerkeuze

Good to know:

The answer of the question is ALWAYS in the text itself. Sometimes it's phrased differently so look out for that

Meerkeuze

Which strategy would you use with this question?

1. Thinking of my own answer and then checking if it's one of the answers
2. Dividing up the answers and seeing which fits the text the best

Now give your answer

Waarvoor schaamde Karmen zich tijdens een zwemfeestje?

1. .
2. .
3. .

Work on the questions quietly

1

1. wel
2. niet

2

1. wel
2. niet

3

1. wel
2. niet

4

1. wel
2. niet

Let's look back at the goals

1. At the end of the lesson you correctly deal with multiple choice questions when reading.
2. At the end of the lesson you have practiced reading with a part of an exam.

How do you feel about your reading S.E?

😒🙁😐🙂😃

How much extra practice will you need?

A lot

A little

None

Practice at home

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