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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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