Worksheets

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For: Metric

Dept. Of English Language & Literature

University of the Punjab

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CONTENTS

R E A D I N G S K I L L S

N A T U R E O F T E X T

P R I N C I P L E S F O R T E A C H I M G R E A D I N G

S K I L L S N E E D E D I N R E A D I N G

S T R A T E G I E S T O I N V O L V E S T U D E N T S I N R E A D I N G

P R E R E A D I N G A C T I V I T I E S

W H I L E R E A D I N G A C T I V I T I E S

P O S T R E A D I N G A C T I V I T I E S

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eading skill is a very important factor responsible for increasing the ability to learn and master a

large volume of information. Educational researchers have found that there is a strong

correlation between reading and academic successi. Good reader can understand the individual

sentences and the organizational structure of a piece of writing. They can comprehend ideas,

follow arguments and detect implications. They know most of the words in the text already they

can also determine the meanings of the unfamiliar words from the context

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A clear purpose in reading

Concentration on the important bits skips the insignificant

Skimming and scanning

Different strategies for different reading tasks

Stress and intonation

Guess the meaning of words from context

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If you encounter a man of rare intellect, you should ask him what books he reads…

(R.W.EMERSON)

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Use of authentic materials

Use of simulated texts for beginners to acquire necessary receptive skills

Use of authentic materials I. e newspapers as much as the coverage allows in order to enhance the quality of

learning.

The greater the variety of materials, the greater the quality of learning.

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Principles For Teaching “Reading”

The text and task should be accessible to the student.

Task should be designed to encourage reading rather than test the student understanding of trivial details.

The focus of the task should be reading skills and strategies rather than reading comprehension.

Teachers should encourage the students to read on their own, so that they may

eventually become independent readers.

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Skills needed in reading

Recognizing the script of language Understanding the information Understanding the conceptual meanings Deducing the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items Recognizing indicators in discourse Making inferences

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The three strategies are applied before, during and after reading the text with the purpose to involve students in reading. They are named as:

1.Pre reading activities

a. Predictingii the theme of the text through titleb. Predicting through pictures

2.While reading activitiesa. Skimmingb. Scanning

3.Post reading activitiesa. Gap fillingb. Role play

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Through the title of the text, picture or a word which can give cultural background of the text, student’s mind can be neared1 to the theme which involves the students in reading. They get curiousiii to know the whole story.

1. To make them close to the central idea of the text.

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FIRST AID

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Activity: what does the title suggest the lesson is all about?

TEXT

First aid means responding to emergency situations. Accidents2 always happen unexpectedly. But a life can be saved by having a basic knowledge of what to doing emergency and knowing proper first aid procedures. Basic training in first aid skills should be taught in schools3.

2 If not so severe and can be recovered through first aid. Otherwise prefer to go to hospitals.3 Through lessons and general discussions.

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The pictures on the title page of the lessons or in the text can also involve the students in reading.

Activity

What does the picture suggest about the title of the text?

Text

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E

gypt is one of the most fertileiv areas of Africa and Mediterranean Sea. Since it was

too fertile people came to live in Egypt earlier than in most places, probably

around 40,000 years ago. It has a rich culture. Travelers from all around the world

like to visit Egypt. It is famous for Pyramids. Egypt is also known for its ancient

histories. Prophet Joseph4 a. s had

ruled in the Egypt. He was thrown

into a well by his step brothers. A

traveler of Egypt coincidently came to

fetch the water from the well. There

he found The Prophet Josephv and

took him out of the well. And find in

the little boy to be extremely beautiful, thought to sell5 him in Egypt.

4 The son of Prophet Jacob5 There was custom of slavery in those days. And individuals were sold as slaves

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2.

While reading activities help in recognizing the patterns of text through skimming, making inferences, deducing meanings from the context. Among while reading activities some involve are skimming, scanning etc.

2.1 Skimmingvi means reading quickly to

get the gist or the main idea of the text. Students can be asked general questions, or to put the title on the text

Activity:

Suggest the title of the text

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______________________________________________________

Books are a source of comfort for us. They are safe shelter. Throughout human history man has found peace in the written work. Books are bridges through their pages we make our contact with society. Those who read more are better prepared to face the world than those who do not read.

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2.2

Scanning means to locate specific information. The key point in scanning is that the reader has something in his mind and he or she should ignore the irrelevant parts

when reading. Pictures, drawings tables etc. are the devices of scanning. Through the text students choose specific information and incorporate in the table or charts.

Activity: Fill in the table while reading the text.

Text

At 9:30 am on the morning of April 18, 1906, the city of San Francisco was shaken by a terrible Earth Quake. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed and causalities caused were 250,000.

Another earthquake shook San Francisco on October17th, 1989. 100 people were killed at 5:13 am. a wide busy bridge was destroyed. Many people were killed in the cars but a few luckily were not hurt.

Table

TIME DATE LOCATION NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED

DAMAGE

Earthquake in 1986Earthquake in 1906

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Some strategies if employed at the end of the text reading,

keep the students still involved in the lesson. Among such activities some are:

3.1 Gap Filling

3.2 Role Play

Post readingvii tasks provide students with the opportunity to relate what they have read to what they already know. Gap fillingsviii role plays can involve the students. They can also be assessment of the students for what they have read.

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3.1

Activity: Students are supposed to complete the sentences by filling in the blanks

Once Caliph sitting in the mosque of the Holy Prophet, was busy in the affairs of the _________________Two young men, holding a strong sturdy countryman, ___________________before him. They complained ______________that the person had murdered their old father. They _____________________ by punishing the ________________________for his crime.

Text

Once Caliphix sitting in the mosque of the Holy prophet was busy in the affairs of the state. Two young men, holding a strong sturdy countryman, appeared before him. They

complained to Hazrat Umar that the person had murdered their old father. They demanded justice by punishing the murderer for his crime.

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3.2

In role plays students are to enact on a script.

Activity Perform6 a dialogue between a salesmanx and a customer at a market. Try to think in second language

Act out7 the conversation between a sales man and a customer at the clothes’ shop.

TryCramming is not allowed

6 Enact7

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i. If reading skill is not developed academic success cannot be achieved.ii. Anticipatingiii . anxiousiv Where vegetation can be foundv. Son of Abrahamvi . To read for the main idea onlyvii . After readingviii. Fill in the blanksix Hazrat Umar (R.A)x . servant at a shope to deal with the customers