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Activity 18
• The aim of this activity is to help
your students be more aware
of the reading processes and
strategies they follow. Reading
can seem to be equal to passing
the eyes over a page, when it is
a really a complex, multi-
layered task.

Activity 19
• This activity (looking up
information and choosing the
most useful pieces of it) is
a skill required in practices
both before and after this one.
Be sure to adapt the contents
herein to other practices.
Remember: knowledge
about the language does not
entail knowing everything
before completing the activity,
but rather learning what is
necessary to solve a problem.
An analogy: in order to ride a
bike, you don’t need to learn the
name of all the parts on a bike,
only the ones necessary while
riding (mainly, the brakes).
• Skimming is a reading skill that
can be quite complex if students
don’t receive feedback about
what they should be looking for, but it is necessary if they want to be more efficient when dealing with
multiple texts, for any reason whatsoever. Skimming should not be confused with speed reading (although
speed reading depends on skimming). Skimming is a strategy that relies upon clues in a text and reading
those to get the gist, before taking time to scan (that is, looking for specific information).
• Skimming may be done by reading the title, the first paragraph, the first sentences of some paragraphs,
headings, looking at the images and reading the last paragraph.

Activity 20
• Instructive texts are pervasive in real life. In lower grades, your students may have gotten acquainted with
this kind of text.
rack 22 • Do not worry if students are not precise with their wording. Here, it’s important to foster their attempts at

reflecting on their own reading processes.
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