Contents 6A 6A
Unit Reading Strategy Comprehension Skill Text Types Page
Surveying
Look for Main Ideas • instructions• quiz 2
Asking Questions
Identify Author’s Purpose• note
• webpage 6
Skimming
Identify Story Elements• film review
• comic
• back cover
10
Scanning
Identify Cause and Effect• SMS messages
• newsletter
• report with chart
16
Applying Knowledge
Visualisation Skill• job descriptions
• contents page
• e-mails
22
Detailed Reading 1
Analyse Characters• interview
• book reviews
• story
28
Detailed Reading 2
Inference Skill• school report
• descriptions
• diaries
34
Progress Checklist 40
Sample
5 Applying Knowledge
As you survey, ask questions, skim and scan, you should have some ideas about what you’re going to read.
It will help a lot if you can create some pictures of the text in your mind using your personal experience and knowledge. This is called visualising.
e.g. The spoonbill has a black face and a long spoon-like beak.
Does the spoonbill look like this in your mind?
Let’s head to the Warm-up Lap to practise this.
S trategy
Hello, young scholars!
What do you think about all these amazing reading strategies? Can you tell the difference between skimming and scanning?
Now, let’s move on to the next strategy – applying knowledge. Carlton has more on it.
What is applying your knowledge?
Applying Knowledge Sample
Date:
After you get some ideas about the text, think about this question, ‘Do I already know something about this subject?’
There is a good chance that you do! What image comes into your mind when you think about this subject?
W arm-up L ap
How to apply your knowledge
1. What are the two jobs described above? Write down the letters (A or B) in the correct boxes.
What jobs can you think of when you see these words?
Read the job descriptions and answer the question.
A. Must be good at science.
Must be patient, and good at communicating with people.
Must love working with many different kinds of animals.
The salary can be very good.
B. Must be prepared to work on their own.
Must be good with words and have plenty of ideas.
Must enjoy creating characters and exciting adventures.
The salary can be high if you become famous!
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2 4
Sample
contents page
P ractice L ap 1
Time Trial
You now have 1 minute to read the contents page and answer Questions 1 and 2 on the next page.
00:01:00
Contents Page
INTRODUCTION Page 5
• Getting started in the Kitchen – What equipment do you need?
• Food safety tips
ITALY Page 14
• Pizza with Italian Sausage and Tomato Sauce
• Traditional Spaghetti with Meatballs
JAPAN Page 19
• Home-made Sushi
• Vegetable Tempura – Pumpkin and Mushroom
CHINA Page 23
• Peking Duck
• Sweet and Sour Pork
• Egg Fried Rice
FRANCE Page 31
• French Onion Soup
• French Pancakes with Ice Cream
THAILAND Page 36
• Green Curry with Pork or Chicken
How to Cook like an International Chef
Pre-reading topic
Sample
Answer the time trial questions.
1. What do you see when you turn to page 14?
A. B. C. D.
2. What do you see when you turn to page 23?
A. B. C. D.
Now read the contents page again and answer the remaining questions.
3. This book teaches you __________ . A. the history of 5 different countries B. how to cook in different styles
C. the best places to eat in 5 different countries D. what is the traditional food in different countries
4. You want to make a spicy soup. Which page should you turn to?
A. page 6 B. page 10
C. page 26 D. page 40
5. You want to make a dessert. Which page should you turn to?
A. page 4 B. page 13
C. page 28 D. page 33
Post-reading activity
Sample
Tick (3) the things that you can do.
Unit 1
I can get information by studying the layout of a text.
I can find the main ideas by surveying a text.
Unit 2
I can ask useful questions before I read a text.
I can identify the author’s purpose before reading a text.
Unit 3
I can skim and pick out important words and phrases.
I can pick out key words that identify different story elements.
Unit 4
I can look for specific words or phrases in a text.
I can identify the causes and effects of different events in a story.
Unit 5
I can apply my knowledge to a text while reading.
I can use my own knowledge and experience to form a picture in my mind.
Unit 6
I can fully understand all of the details of a text.
I can analyse different aspects of a character in a story.
Unit 7
