Support for teaching iGCSE qu3 (Jan 2014 Mock preparation)

1. Question 3
Reading for meaning and selection
Writing to sequence ideas and articulate
what is thought and implied

2. Starter:
Write down all the reasons why an adult would want to
take their family to Lapland from the following video. All of you
should be able
to write down
a number of
reasons
Most of you
should be able
to put the
points into
your own
words
Some of you
should be able
to put the
reasons into
linked groups.

3. Introduction:
Remember what you need to do….
 15 points and 5 point summary on text B
 The summary may ask the opposite of what the
article is about!
e.g. an article arguing that we should all eat
chocolate, the question may be why we shouldn’t.
 Look for explicit and implicit meanings
 Short phrases/words
 Try to use your own words, even in the list.
 Not all the information in the text will be
relevant!
 For the summary, link points together, use all
15, and your own words!

4. Picking out the right pieces
What are the reasons for investing in space exploration,
according to Passage B?
A vast amount of money is spent each year on space
exploration in countries all around the world, but why?
Is it really that important to know if there is life on
Mars? Do we really need to spend billions on being the
first to launch a commercial spaceship with paying
customers? Does any of the research actually matter?
Surely there are more worthy causes that demand our
attention? NASA’s answer to these questions is clear –
space exploration is far more than searching in vain for
life on other planets. Is this true?
In this first paragraph, can you spot
the relevant information?
NASA thinks
it is very
important

5. Applying your understanding:
Student Task
Each of you will be assigned one section of the
text.
Read the section and pick out any evidence
supporting the question.
Now share what you have found with the
person sitting next to you…
… you will need to do this a couple of times!

6. Did you find them all?
1. NASA believes it is very important
2. Part of human interest for centuries
3. Discover new exciting places/things
4. Intense curiosity
5. Push boundaries
6. Lets countries think they are making progress
7. Societies benefit from space exploration
8. To make scientific progress
9. It helps to create innovative industries
10. Expands our own technology
11. Helps build connections with other nations
12. Benefits the economy through financial investment it brings
13. Can improve national security
14. Make sense of what it means to be human
15. Help understand the solar system and how the world works
16. Want to leave our mark for the next generation
17. Gives the chance to lead the world in discoveries (we want to be first)

7. Now group them.
Come up with three or four subheadings under which you could group
the answers.
Scientific & Technology
advances
Sense of
discovery/human nature
Now come up with one or two more to link the other points.

8. Final step…
Write it up…
Concision, focus and use of own words

9. Plenary:
On a post-it, decide which word best describes your understanding of how to
answer Question 3… and why!
Confident
Unsure
Clueless
Satisfactory
Delighted
Ok