Reading Skills Sequence

Level: 4

Designed by: Martha Isabel Díaz Ramírez

​Topic: Sequence Words / Reading & Listening Strategies

Learning objective: to practice reading an listening strategies

READING TIPS

Poll

How often do you read?

• Always

• often

• rarely never

• never

Poll

How many books, articles, magazines have you ever read?

• 1-5

• 5-10

• 10-15

• more than 15

Open Ended

Why is reading important? Write your comment either in English or Spanish.

Multiple Choice

What is the reading process?

• pre-reading / while reading / post reading

• before reading / post reading

• reading / while reading/ before reading

Multiple Select

What is the name of the process which establishes "To find the main ideas by reading the first and the last sentences of each paragraph."?

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Cognates

• Topic sentence

Open Ended

Can you write as many cognates as you know? For example: family - familia

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the process that indicates to look for specific information?

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Cognates

• Topic Sentence

Let's practice

• Apply the skimming tip in the following text.

• Give a title

Read and look for the main idea. Then, give a title.

Today, many people prefer to travel independently. Firstly, they decide where they want to go and then think about the details, such as how long they want to stay, where they want to stay, how they will get there, how much it will cost, when they will go, and what they need to take. 

Open Ended

Today, many people prefer to travel independently. Firstly, they decide where they want to go and then think about the details, such as how long they want to stay, where they want to stay, how they will get there, how much it will cost, when they will go, and what they need to take.

What is the main idea of the text? Write it in one sentence. This is the topic sentence.

Poll

Based on the main idea you get, What title do you think matches better?

• Planning a trip

• Traveling with kids

• Budget

• Trip

PLANNING A TRIP

Open Ended

Today, many people prefer to travel independently. Firstly, they decide where they want to go and then think about the details, such as how long they want to stay, where they want to stay, how they will get there, how much it will cost, when they will go, and what they need to take.

Write the new vocabulary words for you.

Multiple Choice

Today, many people prefer to travel independently. Firstly, they decide where they want to go and then think about the details, such as how long they want to stay, where they want to stay, how they will get there, how much it will cost, when they will go, and what they need to take.

Reading for specific information: How do people like to travel these days?

• In groups

• Independently

• With their partners

• with their family

Multiple Choice

Today, many people prefer to travel independently. Firstly, they decide where they want to go and then think about the details, such as how long they want to stay, where they want to stay, how they will get there, how much it will cost, when they will go, and what they need to take.

What do they decide on first?

• Place of destination

• Costs

• Company

• Accomodation

Open Ended

Today, many people prefer to travel independently. Firstly, they decide where they want to go and then think about the details, such as how long they want to stay, where they want to stay, how they will get there, how much it will cost, when they will go, and what they need to take.

Write what other details to travel independently are mentioned in the text.

Listening Comprehension

Multiple Choice

According to the special guest what is most important during exam time?

• sleep well

• sleep late

• read whole night

• play soft music

Multiple Choice

Select a listening tip:

• Break the egg

• Read the questions before listening the audio

• Listen to music very well

Multiple Choice

Select a Listening tip:

• Listen the first time to know what the audio is about.

• Listen one time to be really happy.

• Listen to your mom and behave well ¬¬

Multiple Choice

Select a Listening tip:

• Listen to videos with your friends.

• Listen a second time to answer.

• Listening music in your own language is really good.

Multiple Choice

Select a Listening Tip:

• You have to practice your speaking.

• Write a lot, to get better.

• Listen a third time to check your answers.

Multiple Choice

Select a Reading tip:

• Look for unknown words only.

• Translate your text.

• Look for all the words of the text. Even the little ones.

Multiple Choice

Select a Reading Tip:

• To help yourself, eat a lot before reading.

• To help your understanding, get ideas from the title and images.

• To make your reading better, sleep while you do it.

Multiple Choice

Select a Reading tip:

• Make predictions to be a good fortune teller.

• Make predictions to read the text with a purpose.

• Make predictions to see the future.

Multiple Choice

Select a Reading tip:

• Read all the text without applying any of these tips.

• Translate the text.

• Read the questions about the text, and look for the answers directly in it.

Multiple Choice

Let's test your reading, read this:

"Camila! Come downstairs, dinner's ready!!" - "OK mom I'm going!!". Suddenly a hand catched me and covered my mouth. It was my mom, who said "Shh, I heard that too"

What was happening here?

• Dinner was ready.

• My mom was angry with me.

• There was a ghost calling me and my mom saved me. :(

Multiple Choice

Let's test your listening!

Listen to the audio and answer:

What colors does the audio say?

• Pink, black, white, blue.

• Red, black, white, blue, yellow.

• Red, pink, white, purple, orange.