Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Laboratrio de Pesquisa e Ensino de Leitura e Redao

Projeto Lnguas no Campus
Seminrio de Leituras Orientadas sobre Ensino de Lnguas

READING SHEET*
The purpose of this reading sheet is to guide your reading of those
texts discussed along our meetings. Enjoy it!
First Stage: Attention to Major Topics and Textual Organization
1. Scan through the text (including titles and subtitles) to identify keywords and build a semantic map out of them.
2. Try to identify the macrostructure of the text by reading titles and
subtitles. What major sections did you identify? Write a summarizing
comment on the content of each part.
3. Does the text seem to present a theoretical discussion or describe
an experiment/analysis?
Second Stage: Attention to Relevant details and Textual Language that
reflects the central topics and their organization (see Redao Acadmica
(Motta-Roth & Hendges, 2008)).
4. Try to locate the following passages in the text (if they are present):
a) Contextualization Does the study extends or criticizes a
previous research/hypoteshis? Which area of studies does it
belong to?
b) Rationale What is the importance of carrying out the
study/experiment/discussion?
c) Objective
d) Methodology How does the study was carried out? Who
participated in the study? Which materials and procedures
were used?
e) Conclusion
Third Stage: Assessment of Texts Cultural/Ideological Implications by
students application of their real-world knowledge to textual information
5. Do you think the text you have read relate to your own reality? To

what extent? How can you transfer the reported experience to your
own context?1

1*Adapted from the reading sheet designed by Dsire-Motta-Roth for the course
Oral and Written Compreenshion and Production in English 2006/1.