Stages of a Reading skills Lesson

1. Stages of a Reading skills Lesson

2. Pre- Reading • Select a text. Think of age, level and interest. 2. Create interest in the topic of the text; use visuals, personalisation, brainstorming ideas and knowledge. 3. Pre- teach vocabulary that is essential for understanding the text (not always needed)

3. While - Reading 1. Set a gist task which tests global understanding of the text. • For reading, let the students read silently; set a time limit so they read quickly and concentrate on the gist task. • Let students check their answers in pairs or groups. 2. Set a specific information task to prompt more intensive reading. Allow sufficient time. Offer help if necessary. • Let students check their answers in pairs or groups before the whole class feedback. • Whole class feedback/check answers. Refer back to the text to solve problems. It’s helpful to number the lines in the text to help everyone to find information/words during the feedback.

4. Post - Reading Set follow-up task based on something related to the text; This could be: • a language focussed task (grammar, vocab) • a discussion based on the topic, • a role play based on the situation or characters in the text, • a written task which uses the text as a model or as a prompt