READING TECHNIQUES

READING TECHNIQUES

1. TEXT INSERTION: In the next txt, find the following transtions words (this is to recognize the organization in a paragraph) Here is news from Argentina. Scientists find some fossils. The bones are very old, in other words, they are the bones of dinosaurs. The bones are around 90 million years old. The bones are important to the scientists. The bones are very big. There are a lot of them, too. Experts find some teeth, as well, as result The teeth can tell them what this animal ate.

2. SCANNING: Find the following words in the text. CLEVER HOME UNITE DISTRESS MARRIAGE EARLY Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her She was the youngest of two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father, and had, in consequence of her sister's marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period.

3. SIMPLIFICATION: In the following text find what happened in the Deoli station. Ruskin Bond used to spend his summer at his grandmother’s house in Dehradun. While taking the train, he always had to pass through a small station called Deoli. No one used to get down at the station and nothing happened there. Until one day he sees a girl selling fruit and he is unable to forget her.

4. SKILL NEGATIVE QUESTIONS: Read the next text and tell wich of the next options didn´t appear in the text. a.He said that nohing happened in the station Deoli b.One day he see a girl selling thig. c.He forget a t-shirt in the train. Ruskin Bond used to spend his summer at his grandmother’s house in Dehradun. While taking the train, he always had to pass through a small station called Deoli. No one used to get down at the station and nothing happened there. Until one day he sees a girl selling fruit and he is unable to forget her.

5. SUMMARY: ANswer the following questions. Here is news from Argentina. Scientists find some fossils. The bones are very old. They are the bones of dinosaurs. The bones are around 90 million years old. The bones are important to the scientists. The bones are very big. There are a lot of them, too. Experts find some teeth, as well. The teeth can tell them what this animal ate. What is the main important thing in the text? That the scientific find bones of dinosaurs in Argentina.

6. SKILL PURPOSE: From the following text answer the question. Here is news from Argentina. Scientists find some fossils. The bones are very old. They are the bones of dinosaurs. The bones are around 90 million years old. The bones are important to the scientists. The bones are very big. There are a lot of them, too. Experts find some teeth, as well. The teeth can tell them what this animal ate. 1. With what they can know what they ate? With their teeth.

7. SKILL INTERFERENCE: From the following text answer the question. Here is news from Argentina. Scientists find some fossils. The bones are very old. They are the bones of dinosaurs. The bones are around 90 million years old. The bones are important to the scientists. The bones are very big. There are a lot of them, too. Experts find some teeth, as well. The teeth can tell them what this animal ate. 1. Based on the read, what you conclude on how they know what the dinosaurs ate basedon their teeth. R=I think that they know this based in the structure of the teeth, if they were very big, small, pointy, etc.

8. REFERENCE: In the text find the following noun or noun phrase which a pronoun reers to. Yesterd I saw girl who in from Africa, she has a long blond hair, her family is native from Spain, but they go to Africa to help the poor peole.

9. SKILL FACTUAL INFORMATION: Read the next text and answer the following questions. Ruskin Bond used to spend his summer at his grandmother’s house in Dehradun. While taking the train, he always had to pass through a small station called Deoli. No one used to get down at the station and nothing happened there. Until one day he sees a girl selling fruit and he is unable to forget her. 1. According to the paragraph which of this things is true in the text. a. Ruskin spend his summer in the beach b. Ruskin see a girl buying fuit in the train. c. Ruskin forgot the station.

10. SKILL VOCABULARY RELATED TO THE ACADEMIC: Here is news from Argentina. Scientists find some fossils. The bones are very old. They are the bones of dinosaurs. The bones are around 90 million years old. The bones are important to the scientists. The bones are very big. There are a lot of them, too. Experts find some teeth, as well. The teeth can tell them what this animal ate.

11. SKIMMING: *notice main ideas, linking words, words that change meaning, and key words* 1. What was I happy about? Find something that you did well or think about a goal you achieved. This could be that you made an extra effort to talk to classmates, or that you read an extra page in a book every night. Acknowledge that you did well and reward yourself by spending time on an activity you like. We often forget to give ourselves credit for the good work we do, but it's an important part of the learning process in order to feel supported and able to absorb new information