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9.2.1 Reading for Information

Indigenous Languages · Grade 11 · 6 lessons in the design

What you will be able to do

  • explain the various strategies of reading for effective communication
  • read a variety of texts for enhancement of language skills
  • respond to the information read from varied texts
  • appreciate the importance of reading for information

Key questions

“Why should we read a variety of texts when searching for information?”

“How do we read a text for information?”

Lessons

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  1. Strategies for reading for information
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Research and discuss the strategies of reading for information.
  2. Scanning texts on media and technology to answer questions
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Scan a variety of texts on media and technology to respond to questions.
  3. Making notes on texts about cyber safety
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Make notes on the texts read, using headings, key words and short phrases.
  4. Summarising texts and revising with feedback
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Summarise ideas from texts read, peer review summaries, revise them and keep them in a portfolio.
  5. Building vocabulary from texts on media and technology
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Identify and explain new words from texts on media and technology and add them to the vocabulary bank.
  6. Why we read a variety of texts
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read a variety of texts and explain why we read widely when searching for information.