My name: Jhon Alvaro Vasco

1. Reading Practice – Exercise
Basic English Course
READING STRATEGIES
From Learning Strategies Bank
Next, you have 4 basic reading strategies that you
can use before, during and after reading any text.
Please study them and put them in practice with
the text “Spider Webs”.
Nº READING DEFINITION (WHAT)
STRATEGY
1 PREVIEWING GET FAMILIAR WITH
PICTURES, TITLES AND
INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE
READING THE TEXT.
2 SCANNINGLOOK THROUGH A TEXT QUICKLY
WITHOUT READING, TO FIND
SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
3 SKIMMING READ THE FIRST LINES OF
THE PARAGRAPHS TO GET
THE GENERAL IDEA.
4 PREDICTINGUSE CLUES TO GUESS WHAT THE
READING IS ABOUT.
STEPS (HOW)
1. Read the title
2. Read headings
3. Explore pictures
4. Find names, dates,
or numbers
5. Identify the type of
text (poster, article,
poem, etc.)
6. Understand instruction(s)
1. Use key words to find
specific information.
2. Do not read every word.
3. Stop scanning when
you find what you want
1. Read the first sentences
of the each paragraph
2. Do not read everything
3. Figure out the main idea
by making connections
and deductions
1. Get some clues
form: pictures, tittles
or headings
2. Think about what
you already know
3. Predict
4. Check if your
predictions are right
JUSTIFICATION
(WHY)
It helps predict the
topic of the text,
see connections
and understand
what to do with it.
It helps find a very
specific piece of
information, and it
saves time (you
can use it when
you take tests)
To get the general
idea about the
topic. To confirm
predictions.
It facilitates a better
understanding of
the text.
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2. Reading Practice – Exercise
Basic English Course
Reading Comprehension Exercise1
Instructions: Answer, in Spanish, the next questions.
1) Before reading:
Aplique las estrategias 1 y 4 antes de leer el texto “Spider Webs” y explique
a continuación cuáles son las ideas generadas a partir de la lectura global.
Por la imagen y el título del texto deduzco que hace referencia a las arañas y la
Importancia o más bien el uso que le dan a las telarañas.
2) While reading:
Aplique las estrategias 3 y deduzca la idea principal de cada párrafo antes de
leer el texto por completo.
1. Importancia de tejer telarañas
2. Como ayudan las telarañas a los huevos de las arañas
3. Las telarañas son útiles para las arañas como medio de escondite
4. Por ultimo ayudan a atrapar la comida
1 Reading and exercises adapted from www.readtheory.org
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3. Reading Practice – Exercise
Basic English Course
After reading:
Answer, in English, the comprehension questions by applying strategy nº 2.
Comprehension Questions:
3) This passage is mostly
about A. spider colors
B. spider webs
C. spider eggs
4) Spider webs help spiders
I. hold eggs - II. catch food - III. find water
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. I, II, and III
5) As used in paragraph 4, the word trapped most nearly
means
A. stuck
B. hidden
C. eaten
6) How can spiders tell when something is trapped in their
web?
A. They hear it.
B. They smell it.
They feel it.
7) As used in the last sentence of the passage, the word survive means to
stay
A. alive
B. hidden
C. caught

4. Reading Practice – Exercise
Basic English Course
8) The passage lists three reasons why spiders spin webs (paragraph 1). Of
these reasons, which do you think is the most important? Why?
Webs help spiders hold eggs becouse webs help spiders keep their eggs safe.
Webs help spiders hide , becouse when spiders hide in their webs, they are
harder to see.
And webs help spiders catch food, becouse when a bug filies into the web, it ges
stuck.
9) Are the spider webs good? Do spiders need them? Why or why not?
Yes, spiders webs are good, they need them to hold eggs, hide and catch
food.

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