Reading activity

Introduction: Reading is part of learning a language. Reading is essential. This

improves several aspects of your academic and personal life. This activity is
applied on a well organized process that it's discussed with your team. It helps to
see reading as a complex and meaningful process in your life. To comprehend a
reading is necessary a conscious process by the reader.

Objective: The purpose of this activity is to provide you a reading process for your
life in order to achieve comprehension. You should work on your reading process,
analysis and conclusions.

Evaluation:

Aspects Points
Complete format. Follow and complete the
format for this activity.
Well organized paragraphs. For your
conclusion is necessary to make write an
analysis of the info with your team, then
use paragraph structure to organize your
ideas.
Structure and vocabulary. Use topics,
words, expressions, phrases, English
structures we see in class.
Capital letters and punctuation.
Comprehension of the text. Give
meaningful ideas about the text. Use guide
questions and respond them to work on
your comprehension. Avoid literal reading.

What I expect? What I don't expect?

Work in teams (3 or 4) Disorganization
English writing. Incomplete format
Organization Literal reading
Format Very long ideas.
A critical view
Practice what we see in class.
Finish on time.
Short and clear sentences.
Support your analysis.
Reading process table:

1. Literal 2. Previous 3. A secret 4. How do I feel 5. Inferences.

reading. (A knowledge: inside the with the Suppositions.
small summary (What does the reading. What reading? Do
of key ideas: reading remind is not explicit? you like or not?
topic, main you? What What's the real Are there
ideas, comes to your purpose or incomplete
concepts, mind with the intention? What ideas? Do you
purpose) title? Can you is the writer think his/her
associate the trying to text is not well
text with your conclude? Do enough?
personal you agree or Express your
experience? disagree? reactions from
Can you make Why? Discuss the message of
a connection your ideas with the text.
with other your friends.
disciplines like
Mathematics,
Arts, Spanish,
Biology,
Sociology, or
other?)
6. Make a
general
conclusion with
your team.
What do you
agree with your
friends?

Format to deliver when you finish.

Personal information of your team.

Name of activity
Purpose.
Reading process (table)
2-3 paragraphs with analysis.

Reading process:

1. Be on a team.

2. Develop part of your format to deliver: Personal info, name and purpose.

3. Read only the title. Start writing some inferences and impressions about the title.
4. Read two times slowly and make notes if it's necessary.

5. Ask teacher if you have questions about the text.

6. After you finished reading, start answering the reading process table with your
team.

7. Check Writing document (FB) to start organizing your ideas.

8. Start writing your paragraphs.

9. If the previous steps are good, check punctuation, capital letters, spelling,
complete and short sentences, English structures...

10. Organize your format and deliver it to the teacher.