Reading lesson

READING LESSON
We will look at how reading skills could be developed by looking at an example reading lesson.

1. 
   First, think about which animals you think make the best pets.
   
2. 
   Look at the following words: blaze, cat flap, nominate (for an award), gutted( the house)
   

You are going to read a newspaper story called “Fur alarm”. Consider for a few moments what the story may be about.

3. 
   Look at the following numbers: 64,62,13,5 Find what they refer to in the text as quickly as possible.
   
4. 
   Look at the following questions. Read the text again and answer them.
   

1. 
   Could Polly have escaped without waking Jean and John?
   
2. 
   How did Polly wake Jean?
   
3. 
   How did Jean react to Polly trying to wake her?
   
4. 
   Why couldn’t Jean go downstairs?
   
5. 
   How did the fire start?
   
6. 
   Were Jean and John badly hurt?
   
7. 
   In what way is Polly a heroine?
   

5. 
   What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets?
   

REFLECTION ON THE LESSON

1. 
   Look at the section B,C and D. Which type of reading skill is practiced in each section?
   
2. 
   Why is it a good idea to order the reading activities in this way?
   
3. 
   What is the purpose of the final question? What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets? What skill may be practiced here?
   
4. 
   If you were teaching the lesson to a group of students and some of them told the wrong answers, what would you do?