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Activity 11

                                                                                 • Begin the activity by asking
                                                                                   students a few questions
                                                                                   about the natural disaster they
                                                                                   selected. Have them share their
                                                                                   previous knowledge.
                                                                                 • Linking a reading with what they
                                                                                   already know allows students: a)
                                                                                   to avoid misconceptions which
                                                                                   might be based on hearsay
                                                                                   or on unreliable sources; b)
                                                                                   to predict its content, making
                                                                                   comprehension easier
                                                                                   (which is the focus of the
                                                                                   upcoming activity).


                                                                                 Activity 12
                                                                                 • Prediction of content relies not
                                                                                   only on words or their order, but
                                                                                   also on the structure, the link
                                                                                   between images and the parts
                                                                                   of the integral text. You may want
                                                                                   your students to focus on one
                                                                                   of the aforementioned details
                                                                                   so that they gain experience in
                                                                                   using different indices to
                                                                                   predict content.
                                                                                 • In big teams, a common
                                                                                   problem is that some students
                                                                                   are more extroverted than
                                                                                   others. Those students tend to
               do most of the talking, lessening the chances for those who are more introverted to take part. In order to
               avoid this situation, you may want to help your students to keep their participation short for at least two
               rounds of opinions and then to give longer turns. Thus, introverted students have a better chance of putting
               their point forward.





























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