READING 3ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM

FALL 2014

Unit 1: Sport & Fitness

Discussion

What sports are popular in your country? Are these sports popular in other countries too?

Do men and women play sports? Are they the same sports or different spots?

Which types of athletes are the most fit?

Pre-Reading Skills

Before reading, always do these things:

Check background knowledge Predict what you are going to read about

Look at charts Read titles and subtitles

Title Information

Pre-Reading Skills

After predicting, read your questions before looking at the reading.

1. Gist: main idea (use titles, subtitles, first paragraph)

2. Detail: read all the choices and look for key words

3. Main idea: (look for topic sentences)

4. Inference: not directly stated – use overall idea

5. Vocabulary/Reference: read entire sentence with key word

Vocabulary in Context

Go back and read more completely to determine vocabulary words

Check with a partner

1A Vocabulary

aWARD- v. to give something like a prize to someone

DAta- n. information; facts

DECade- n. a period of ten years

eNORmous- adj. –very large, huge

EnTHUsiasm- n. create eagerness; excitement

1A Vocabulary

eVOLve- v. to change over time

inTENse- adj. very great in strength or degree

PROSpect- n. the possibility or chance

VERsion-n. a different form of something

1B Vocabulary

adJUST- v. to change something so it fits properly

atTRIBute- v. to credit or say that something is responsible for a situation

AutoMATic- adj. working by itself

CHAMPion- n. a winner of a contest or a competition, such as the Olympics

DIFferentiate- v. to show dissimilarities between two things

1B Vocabulary

EnHANCE- v. to make something better

GENerate- v. to produce something; to begin

GeNETics- n. the study of how characteristics are inherited through genes

MOtion- n. a body movement

PsychoLOGical- adj. related to the human mind

Homework: Reading Journal #1

Type one paragraph (4-5 sentences) on the following topic:

Do you think soccer can be used to improve international relations?