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• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Welcome everyone

Today's program:

• What are reading strategies?
  
• Background knowledge & predicting
  
• Texts
• Homework
  
• Survey
  

Group 1: Do you agree

Yes

No

Group 1: do agree with the author? Explain why or why not.

What are reading strategies?

Definition:

different methods that helps a reader improve decoding and reading comprehension skills.

The reading strategies

Background knowledge

Background knowledge

• A strategy which requires readers to activate their background knowledge and to use that knowledge to help them understand what they are reading.

Background knowledge

• A strategy which requires readers to activate their background knowledge and to use that knowledge to help them understand what they are reading.
• Background knowledge is made up of a person's experiences with the world.

A quick exercise

Look at the picture and write down what you know about it.

Look at the picture and write down what you know about it.

Predicting

Predicting

• A strategy in which the reader guesses the meaning from a text by making predictions. 

Predicting

• A strategy in which the reader guesses the meaning from a text by making predictions. 
  

• Predicting what?
  

- Predict what the book/text will be about (Reader use titles and cover illustrations, etc.)

- Predict the author’s purpose (Is the author trying to convince us of something? Does the author want to teach us something? etc.)

A quick exercise

Can you predict what the text will about based on this picture and title?

Can you predict what the text will about based on this picture and title?

Exercise Time

Time for you to practice

What did you write down?

What to do?

What: Read the text collectively and then answer the question.

What is the message below about the "Quality Street" candies? (answer in English)

Why is radio host Andrew Talbot in prison? (answer in English)

Why are there so many complaints about Jerry Springer the Opera? (answer in English)

Some high school students in Singapore are not given their grade list because they have violated school rules.
Which two rules are broken? (answer in English)

Which comment expresses that skinny models should be allowed to participate in fashion shows? Write down the name.

Homework

Read the texts by using the strategies that you learned today and answer the questions.

Survey Time

Click on the link in the chat and fill in the survey.