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10. Gather the resources you defined in Activity 7 and skim through them
to find information related to the details you defined in Activity 9.
Activity 10
• Highlight information related to the details using different colors. Look at
the example below. session 4
• Tell your students that to skim
a text they need to do what is
Landmarks Activities Accommodation Prices Modes of transportation called diagonal reading: this
Landmarks Activities Accommodation Prices Modes of transportation
means they shouldn’t read the
text word for word, but look
at certain indicators that may
alert them to the information
they are looking for.
• In this activity, linear or
sequential reading is not
encouraged, mainly because
when looking for information,
it is not necessary to
read everything.
• Help your students look
for the afore mentioned
indicators. For example,
prices involve the use of
numbers and typographic
signs that indicate currency
(such as $), office hours
are usually expressed with
abbreviations (for example,
Mon. instead of Monday),
Reading sources of information about destinations. Expressions to support proposals
activities are usually
expressed by means of –
ing verb forms. The kind of
indicator will depend on the
details established in the
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previous activity.
• Remind your students that highlighting is a technique only suitable if they are the owner of the
material. If not, they will have to adapt their strategies such as using colored paper flags or other
non-invasive techniques.
• They may want to add comments to or underline details in order to identify the ideas they would add to
their notes in Activity 14 more easily. When underlining, your students may want to focus on nouns and
verbs by using different styles of underlining (for example, line type, colors, etc.). For their comments, they
may want to add arrows to link information as well as personal observations (such as Important! Take note!
Look out!, etc.).

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