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Pre-reading activities
Tasks
Task
1
Time
8 min
Activity procedure
Justification
Materials
Comments
Lead- in. Teacher tries To activate prior Pictures of the
a brainstorming activity knowledge and to help tower. A map
using the phrase “the students approach the of London.
Tower of London”. text positively having
Activates
prior crated themselves a
knowledge and checks purpose for reading.
what students know.
Students look at the
photos of the Tower
and the map of London
and they discuss them.
T gives some general
information if it is
needed. Asks students
if there are other details
they would like to
know. Students write
their questions on the
board. The activity is
done orally with the
whole class.
While-reading activities
It is essential
that
students
relate the text
with what they
already
know
and feel the need
to learn more.
Task
2
5 min
Children
work
in
groups of four. They
read the text silently
and try to put the
paragraphs
in
the
correct order.
Students
practice The text
skimming. They need
to
read quickly in
order
just
to
understand
the
organization of the
text.
Groups are of
mixed
ability
students so that
the
more
competent ones
can scaffold the
ones who need
help.
Task
3
5 min
Children read the text Students skim the text The text
again and try to answer in order to get the gist.
their own questions.
There are also some
questions the teacher
has prepared. Questions
are answered orally and
different answers are
either
justified
or
corrected
It is important to
stress that they
don’t need to
apply a word by
word approach
and that they do
not need to know
all words.
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