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3.2.1 Reading for Information: Passages

Indigenous Languages · Grade 11 · 4 lessons in the design

What you will be able to do

  • explain reading strategies used to find information from a text
  • apply the reading strategies to find information from texts
  • acknowledge the importance of reading passages as a way of acquiring information

Key questions

“How do you paraphrase information from a passage?”

Lessons

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  1. Scanning passages on traditional and modern education
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Explain and apply scanning to find information in passages on traditional and modern education, online and offline.
  2. Vocabulary and fixed expressions: building a bank
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Identify and explain vocabulary and fixed expressions in passages on education, add them to a vocabulary bank and use them in sentences.
  3. Paraphrasing the main points of a passage
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Paraphrase the main points of passages on education in the indigenous language.
  4. Peer review of paraphrased work and reflection
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Peer-review each other’s paraphrases with respect, revise them and answer the key inquiry question.