Serengeti

Unit 5 Handouts

READING TASKS WORKSHOP

Create a reading lesson plan by completing the following tasks.

  1. Read through the text you have been given and discuss it in your group. Ask about anything you do not understand in the text. Construct an appropriate Communicative Profile for the text. Ask:

    1. What type of text is it?
    2. Why do you think it was written?
    3. Why might someone read this text outside a classroom?
    4. How would someone normally read this type of text outside a classroom?
    5. What might someone outside a classroom do after reading this text? (Remember to relate (d) with (b) and/or (c)

  2. Construct a coherent overall “story” including the reason for reading, how the text will be read and what the readers will do after reading.


  3. Prepare at least one task to do before reading the text which gives a reason for reading the text.


  4. Decide how you will ask your students to read the text:


    1. silently/aloud;
    2. individually/in groups;
    3. whole text/in sections;
    4. all read whole text/divide text up among groups;
    5. any combination of the above?

  5. Create some appropriate tasks to do after reading the text which:

    1. the students cannot do without understanding the overall theme of the text or identifying information relevant to the reason for reading;
    2. ask students to do something with the topic/information, i.e. go beyond the text;
    3. are related to the pre-reading task(s) and the reason given for reading the text;
    4. logically arise from the nature of the text and the reason for reading it.

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