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6.2.1 Reading Comprehension: Reading Strategies
Indigenous Languages · Grade 7 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Skimming a farm text for the main idea
- Scanning for target words: names, tools, crops, animals
- Reader’s theatre, flashcards and substitution-table sentences in the indigenous language
What you will be able to do
- apply the skimming strategy to identify the main idea in a text for comprehension
- scan through a text to pick out target words related to the theme
- appreciate the importance of reading for information
Key questions
“How is reading important in acquiring information?”
Lessons
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Skimming for the main idea
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizMove fast through a farm passage — title and first lines — and state the main idea in your indigenous language.
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Scanning for farm words
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizHunt target words in a farm passage, then use them in sentences from a substitution table in your indigenous language.