FOCUS LEARNING & COMMUNICATION SKILLS COURSE
READING SKILLS
Here is a sample lesson plan to conclude the Reading Skills unit and link with the next unit on Note-making for Y7. It is about De-coding Text.
Reading: cracking the code PPT
Ladle Rat Rotten Hut
Ear and eye cards
Logographic and alphabetic scripts activity
Name that genius quiz
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More Readings Skills sample lessons will be uploaded shortly, including two on skimming and scanning skills.
Some other Reading Skills resources are included below.
Reading Skills Posters
KS3 reading strategies poster
Anatomy of a text poster
Scanning poster
Skimming poster
Reading Skills Activities
Analysing the anatomy of a textbook - good at the beginning of any course to help students find their way round a new textbook so they make the best use of it during the course. This is a Word document and you can edit it to suit your particular textbook.
Dictionary and Scanning Race activity - from the Teach-it website.
Job Advert Scanning Task - from the BBC Skillswise website.
Sheets should open in your browser and you can then print off the page.
Job Advert Scanning task advert
Job Advert Scanning task questions
Job Advert Scanning task answers