Reading strategies to send
- 1. READING STRATEGIESFirstLevel. Intensivecourse Ms. Josefina Calle A. Teacher
- 2. READING PARAGRAPHS, TEXTS OR ARTICLESTakeintoaccountthefollowing:SCANNINGYouscan a textwhenyouneedtofindspecificinformation; so, you do notneedtoreadeverywordbuttomoveyoureyesquicklylookingfortheinformationyouneed. Forexample, a readermightscan a page of a newspapersimplytoseewhat time a moviestarts.
- 3. SKIMMINGYouskim a textwhenyouneedtofindoutthetopic and themain idea; so, youhaveto:Readquicky. Don´treadeveryword.Readthefirst and lasttwolines of eachparagraph.Look at thetittles, photos and diagrams
- 4. PREVIEWING Making predictions: Say what will the text be about before actually reading it. Anticipation:The ability of activating prior knowledge in order to help the text become comprehensible.Adapted from: Reading Skills by Lcda. Magda Castro.
- 5. INFERRING - Understand a certain aspect of the text based on the meaning of the rest of the information.It is necessary to use ideas stated in the text plus your personal experience.
- 6. You go farther than the text itself.
- 7. Adapted from: Reading Skills by Lcda. Magda CastroCONTENT CLUESWhen you have to infer the meaning of a new word you may take into account the context in which it appears.
- 8. It might be the external context or the internal structure of the word.
- 9. Adapted from: Reading Skills by Lcda. Magda CastroPREDINCTING OUTCOMESConsists of establishing the end of an incomplete fragment based on the sequence of events.Adapted from: Reading Skills by Lcda. Magda Castro.
- 10. EXERCISESReadtheparagraph and do thefollowingexercises
- 11. HEALTHY EATING!Do youwanttobehealthy? Perhapsyouneedtogoon a diet. Startthedaybydrinking a glas of waterororangejuice…butnotcoffeeor tea, and notmilkorsugar, please.
- 12. For lunch, don´teatanyfriedfoods…Frenchfries, orburgersforexample…somegrilledfish, perhapswithsomegree vegetables, isreallygoodforyou!
- 13. Do youwantsome pasta for lunch? OK, butdon´tputanycheese of tomato sauce onthe top
- 15. Ifyou´restillhungry, eaatsomefruit, orhavesomenuts- they´rereallyhealthy!
- 16. And todrink… justwater! Itdoesn´thaveanycalories so you can drink as much as youwant.
- 17. Fordinner, havesomesoup and bread. (Butremembeer no butter!) It´s simple… butdelicious.
- 18. Book: CuttingEdge 2Scan:What do youhavetoeattobehealthy?Whatdon´tyouhavetoeattobehealthy?Checkthefoodthatyoufind in thetext:coffeewaterbuttertomatoesfishonionssoupnuddlesnutsmeatpeachpineapple
- 20. Previewing - InferringHaveyoubeenon a diet?What do youknowaboutdiets?Are theygoodorbad?Do youagreewiththearticleabouthealthy and unhealthyfood?
- 22. Predictingoutcomes:What do youthinkhappensifthereadersfollowthearticleadvice? Check:Youwillbehealthy and in shape.Youwon´t lose weight.