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Pre-reading activities
Tasks
Task
1
Time
8 min
Activity procedure
Justification
Materials
Comments
a. Lead-in. Oral activity
in lock-step. T. shows
pictures of different
places and people and
asks whether all people
on earth live under the
same conditions.
To help students recall
what they know so
that they approach the
text positively. To
activate
relevant
schemata.
A map of the
world, photos
from different
places
and
people.
It is essential
that students can
recall what they
know about the
topic and feel the
need to learn
more.
b.
Teacher
asks
whether children know
anything about the
Yanomami Indians.
To
create
an
information gap.
To
supply
some
information that the
children lack in order
to be able to activate
relevant schemata.
Pictures of the
Yanomami
Indians. A map
of the area.
The name is not
familiar but the
word
Indian
helps them make
guesses. If not T
supplies
some
more
information.
Students should
have
some
knowledge about
the
Amazon
from
their
Geography
subject.
c. T asks students what
they would like to
know about this tribe.
Students write the
questions on the board
To
help
students The board
create a purpose for
reading
.
It is important
that
students
devise
the
questions
themselves
as
this creates an
authentic
purpose
for
reading.
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