School of Languages & English

Upper Intermediate: Reading & Writing

Independent Reading response

Section 1- Article information

Topic

Name: Author

Student Number Article Title

Date: Publication date

NOTE: The news story must be
from the last THREE WEEKS

Stars (delete the ✰✰✰✰✰ Link to text

extra stars

Complete each section about the reading text.

Section 2: Write a summary of the text.

Think about what, who, where, when and why

when you write.

Write approximately 100 words.

Section 3 - Response:

● What is your opinion about the story you read

about? Why?
● How does the story relate to your life or to your
country?
● How does this connect to other stories you
have read on this topic? (IRR 2 & 3)

Give reasons for your answers.

Write at least 160 words.

Which strategies did you use before you read ☐Found a quiet place to read.
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the text? ☐Used the headline and pictures to predict what the topic
was about.
☐Thought about what I knew about the topic already.
☐Thought of vocabulary about the topic that might be in
the article.
Other____________________________

Which strategies did you use while you were
reading the text?
☐Concentrated on reading.
☐Checked my predictions.
☐Paid attention to keywords.
☐Asked ‘Wh’ questions about the text.
☐Stopped reading sometimes to think about how much I
understood so far.
☐Re-read sections to check I understood.
☐Read to the end to find more information to help me
understand difficult parts.
☐Summarised parts of the text and the main ideas (by
writing or in my mind)
Other____________________________

Section 4: Vocabulary: New words and phrases from the text (minimum of three): Write an
example sentence in your own words.

Word or phrase Example sentence in your own words

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