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2.2 Extensive reading Scanning

German · Grade 11 · 8 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Scanning texts on the school environment for specific information
  • Vocabulary of classroom items and school facilities
  • Reading position and location texts
  • Following written clues and maps
  • Reading and highlighting meeting points
  • Reading brochures on school facilities and programmes
  • Reading the texts of classmates on likes and dislikes
  • Reading the history of the school

What you will be able to do

  • identify specific information from texts for comprehension
  • extract specific information from reading texts for comprehension
  • develop reading habits for enjoyment

Key questions

“What influences your reading habits?”

“Why do you read?”

Lessons

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  1. Scanning for specific information
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Learn to scan a text quickly for one specific fact.
  2. Classroom items and school facilities
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read a text on the school environment and collect vocabulary of items and places.
  3. Position and location texts
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read texts that say where things are and use the prepositions of place.
  4. Following written clues and maps
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read clues and a school map to find where things are.
  5. Safety meeting points
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read short texts and highlight the meeting points in the school.
  6. School facilities and programmes
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read a school brochure for facilities, programmes and activities.
  7. What we like and dislike about school
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read the texts of classmates about likes and dislikes and respond.
  8. The history of our school
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read a text on the history of the school and present the main events.