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7.2.1 Intensive Reading: Interpretation and Evaluation
English · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Reading to interpret a text: literal meaning, implied meaning and paraphrase
- Reading to evaluate a text: author, evidence, bias and usefulness
- Summarising information from print and digital texts
What you will be able to do
- distinguish between reading for interpretation and reading for evaluation of information
- interpret a reading text for lifelong learning
- summarise information in a reading text
- appreciate the role of correct interpretation and evaluation of a text in learning
Key questions
“Why should you give the correct interpretation of a text?”
“How can you interpret a text correctly?”
Lessons
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Reading to interpret a text
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead a text on coral reefs, separate literal from implied meaning, and paraphrase it in your own words.
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Reading to evaluate information
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizCompare two accounts of the same fish catch and judge them for author, evidence, bias and usefulness.