Reading comprehension strategies

BEFORE READING

1. PPT – Look and discuss with the class.

2. Read statements A and B. Discuss the differences in their reactions, in class. Then say who is more like you: the
person who wrote statement A, or the one who wrote B.

Text 1
3. Scan the article quickly. What is the significance of these numbers? Write a sentence for each.

1. 14: 2. 30:

3. 2,000: 4. 300:
AFTER READING ACTIVITY
4. Read the article again. Match the questions (1 – 6) with the answers (a – f)

Text 2
1. Read through the blog quickly and answer the questions. (See text page 3)

2. Read the blog again and listen. Mark the statements T (true) or F (false). Then work with a partner and correct the
false statements .

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
A) Read Text 1 and text 2 again. Find and underline these words/expressions in the texts. What are their
meanings?

Text 1: childhood – bills – dawn – the light bulb – attempt – to give up – lifetime – to be rejected

Text 2: mood – gunpoint – the safe – to slip – to be rushed – the operating theatre – bullets – to burst out
laughing – to be off
B) LEARNING TO SEE THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE