Reading And Speaking Activities

READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES PRE-TEXT ACTIVITIES What’s in the text?  Choose a text and from it select 5-8 items of vocabulary for presentation as a “word rose”: these should not be “context free” (e.g. structure words, neutral or very general... More

READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES PRE-TEXT ACTIVITIES What’s in the text?  Choose a text and from it select 5-8 items of vocabulary for presentation as a “word rose”: these should not be “context free” (e.g. structure words, neutral or very general adjectives), nor should they be “key words” that would closely typify the main meaning of the text: the aim should be to allow the students a reasonable chance of coming close to the text without restricting their imaginations.  Put up the word rose on the blackboard.  Tell the students that they are going to read a text in which these words appear (not necessarily in the order presented).  Ask them, in groups of four, to speculate on the content of the text.  Give out copies of the text for comparison and discussion. Crumpling and Predicting  Use a story on a piece of A4 paper and then crumpled it into a ball. Bits of the writing could be seen.  The challenge is to read the complete story without “uncrumpling it”  Students must look Less