Get ready to read

Real Reading 3 by Liz Driscoll
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Unit
16 
Read about reading
Get ready to read
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After writing down the answers, get students to discuss them 
with a partner and then have a whole-class discussion on the 
topic.
•
Get students to discuss these questions with a different 
partner, before having a further whole-class discussion.
•
Ask the class this fi nal question.
A
Kinds of reading
1
You could, with books closed, dictate these four sentences 
to students. Ask them to focus on the position of commas in 
them. After they have written them down they could check 
with a partner for spelling and punctuation, before moving 
on to discuss whether they agree or disagree with each. As 
feedback, read out each sentence, and get students to raise 
their hands if they agree.
After doing the exercise, read out the following sentences 
(from the 
New World Book
entry) in random order and get 
students to say which of the paragraphs in Exercise 1 they are 
from.
b
For example, they read their mail, street signs, traffi c 
directions, billboards, the printing on television 
commercials, package labels, and many other things that 
contain words.
c
The sounds, in turn, form words that express ideas in 
written or printed form.
c
A broader defi nition of reading links it more closely with 
other uses of language and with thinking.