Reading Courseware

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Chapter 5 Sports we like

Learn to Read
Objectives

Functions Values and Attitudes

Talking about ball games Enjoying leisure activities

Reading Skills

Giving personal responses to the text

Inferring meaning fro the text
Locating specific information in response to questions
Making guesses about the text
Verifying information and ideas in the text
Overview

Reading
Pre-reading – Introducing the setting

First reading – Shared reading

Second reading – Reading aloud

– Activity 1: Assessment for learning

Post-reading – Activity 2: Readers’ theatre

– Activity 3: Guess the balls
– Activity 4: Write to the Children’s Sports Magazine
 Pre-reading

Today we are going to

read some texts.

Let’s look at some

pictures!
Introducing the setting

Children’s
Sports Magazine

We will read about some What is your favourite

children’s favourite ball game?
ball games.
Introducing the setting

Can you guess Can you guess why

these ball games? these sports are called
ball games?
Introducing the setting

Can you match the balls to the correct ball games?

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 First reading

Let’s read some texts!

Shared reading

What do you do
in soccer?
Shared reading

Do Mike and Jack like

the same ball game?
Shared reading

How are the two ball There are different rules

games different? for different ball games!
Shared reading

a table tennis

ball
a bat

What do you use to

play table tennis?
Shared reading

a racket

a tennis ball

What do you use to

play tennis?

Do Yin Fong and Wendy

like the same ball game?
Shared reading

Can you think of

another difference?
Shared reading
Shared reading
 Second reading

Let’s watch the video

and read the texts again!
Activity 1

Answers
 Post-reading

Let’s do some more

activities!
Activity 2
Activity 3

A. B. C. D.

I am round.
I am heavy.
What am I?
Activity 3

A. B. C. D.

I am light.
I am not round.
What am I?
Activity 3

A. B. C. D.

I am heavy.
I am oval.
What am I?
Activity 4

C h i l d r e n’ s S p o r t s M a g a z i n e

My name is _________.
I like playing ______________.
I _________________________________
__________________________________.
Acknowledgements
 
We would like to thank the following for doing this Reading Courseware:

Song Chang
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