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13.2.1 Intensive Reading: Comprehension strategies

English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Key points in a passage on consumer protection
  • Visualising characters, places and events; role-play
  • Summary maps; a paragraph in the learner’s own words

What you will be able to do

  • identify the key points in a passage
  • create mental images of the characters, places and events in the text
  • summarise the key points in the text
  • appreciate the role of reading in lifelong learning

Key questions

“How do you identify the key points while reading a text?”

“Which words can bring out the five senses in a text?”

Lessons

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  1. Key points and the five senses
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Pick key points in a consumer-protection passage. Underline sense words and picture people, place and event.
  2. Summary map and own-words paragraph
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Fill a map of people, problem and solution. Write a short summary paragraph in your own words.