English class October 4th

A lesson about reading strategies (part 2)

Today's lesson

• How do we find information in a text
• Why is it important that we can find information in text.

Next week:

• Reading strategies:  what are some useful reading strategies that make it easier to find information in a text? 
• Skimming and scanning

Wat will you learn today?

Grammar: prefixes and suffixes

How to find information in a text using reading strategies:

Skimmen en scannen

Vandaag uitleg over skimmen en scannen.

Main idea and details.

The use of Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefix

Voorvoegsel

van een woord

dishonour

(eerverlies, schande)

Suffix

Achtervoegsel

van een woord

honourable

 (eerzaam)

Honour = eren.

befriend

unfriend

friends

friendly

friendless

friendliness

unfriendly

Friend

Prefixes

Meaning

before

again

not

not, opposite of

not, opposite of

not

wrong, bad

Prefix

Pre-

Re-

Un-

Dis-

Im-

Non-

Mis-

Example

premade

rewrite

unkind

dishonest

impolite

nonsense

misbehave

Suffixes

Meaning

full of

without something

have qualities of

a person

makes a noun

belief, doctrine

adverb

Suffix

-ful

-less

-(i)ous

-er/-or

-(a/i)tion

-ism 

-ly

Example

beautiful

fearless

dangerous

teacher

creation

capitalism

quickly

Suffixes used for grammar

-ed

-s

-ing

regelmatig werkwoord in de verleden tijd

SHIT rule bij werkwoorden

- ing vorm bij werkwoorden

Skimmen: zoeken naar de main idea van een tekst.

Scannen: zoeken naar details die de main idea ondersteunen.

Reading strategies

Skimming for main idea

What is the main idea of the text?

Only read:

• Introduction and conclusion
• First and last sentences of paragraph
• Titles, subtitles, and headings
  
• Bold words
  
• Charts, graphs, or pictures
  

Leg uit wat de volgorde van skimmen is.

Vul aan met de ELZA methode.

Scanning for details

reading a text quickly in order to find specific information, e.g. figures or names