Contents
Unit Reading Strategy Comprehension Skill Text Types Page
Surveying Identify Text Types • contents page
• story 2
Asking Questions Rephrasing Skill • riddle
• comic 6
Skimming Look for Main Ideas • conversation
• advertisement 10
Scanning Identify Story Elements
• letter
• postcard
• search directories
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Applying Knowledge Visualisation Skill
• recipe
• newsletter
• poster
20
Detailed Reading Inference Skill
• review
• product information
• poem
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Progress Checklist 32
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Sample
Hi, there. Let me explain to you why you need to ask questions.
Asking questions about the text gives you more clues about what you’re going to read.
Sometimes, you need to re-word some words and phrases so that they are easier to understand. We call this rephrasing.
e.g. Jim hates doing homework.
➜ Jim does not like to do homework.
Let’s go to the Warm-Up Lap to practise this. Cara will show you how.
Asking Questions
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S trategy
Hello. It’s me, Carl.
Good job with surveying. I’m sure you are now an expert at identifying text types.
Now, let’s go on to asking questions. Carlton will explain more.
What is asking questions?
Sample
Date:
It’s me, Cara. Let’s practise asking questions by doing riddles!
Here’s what you can ask yourself:
Can we re-write the riddle to make it easier to understand?
Which of the options cannot be possible?
W arm-up L ap
How to ask questions
Read the riddle. Answer the Yes / No questions and solve the riddle.
1. What flies around all day, but never goes anywhere?
• What flies around all day, but never goes anywhere?
• What always flies, but always stays in the same place?
A. B. C.
How about if we change this … to this?
A. A bird? What always flies, Yes / No
but always stays in the same place? Yes / No
B. A house? What always flies, Yes / No
but always stays in the same place? Yes / No
C. A flag? What always flies, Yes / No
Sample
comic
Time Trial
You now have 2 minutes to survey the comic and answer Question 1 on the next page.
00:02:00
P ractice L ap
The Adventures of Environ-Man
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6 I am Environ-Man.
I use my superpowers to protect the
environment.
I have one enemy. Her name is ‘The
Wasteful Witch’.
I am The Wasteful Witch – I leave rubbish
everywhere I go.
Look at all this beautiful rubbish! Oh no! So much rubbish!
The Wasteful Witch has won this time!
Sample
Pre-reading topic
Answer the time trial question.
1. Put a tick next to the questions that you think the comic will help you answer.
(You may choose more than one.)
a What clothes does Environ-Man wear?
b When is Environ-Man’s birthday?
c What does Environ-Man like to eat?
d What does Environ-Man do?
e Who is Environ-Man’s enemy?
Now read the comic again and answer the remaining questions.
2. What does Environ-Man do?
A. catches robbers B. fights pollution C. fights the environment D. works for the witch 3. Who is the enemy of Environ-Man?
A. The Wasteful Witch B. The Rubbish Wizard C. The Witch from Mars D. The Wizard of Waffles
4. What does Environ-Man’s enemy love?
A. Environ-Man B. the environment
C. recycling D. rubbish
5. What is the ending of the comic?
A. Environ-Man and his enemy became friends.
B. Environ-Man’s enemy ruled the planet.
Sample
Progress Checklist Progress Checklist
Tick (3) the things that you can do.
Unit 1
I can get information using the layout of a text.
I can quickly identify the correct text type.
Unit 2
I can ask useful questions about a text.
I can re-word some difficult phrases to understand them more easily.
Unit 3
I can skim through a text to find the important words before I read it.
I can find out the main ideas of a text.
Unit 4
I can look for specific words or phrases in a text.
I can find the story elements in a text.
Unit 5
I can apply my knowledge to answer questions while reading.
I can create a picture in my mind while reading.
Unit 6
I can fully understand all the details of a text.
I can get the answers by finding the hints and clues in a text.
