Sample PPT created for the Webskills2014 course. It is still under construction since I am planning to use it in my current English III course. I will upload an updated version as soon as possible.

1. Universidad Central de Venezuela
Facultad de Humanidades y Educación
Escuela de Educación
Estudios Universitarios Supervisados
Cátedra de Idiomas Extranjeros
Academic reading
Evelyn
Izquierdo
@eveweb

2. Agenda
 What is reading?
 The reading process
 Practice: Reading an academic text
 Final reflections

3. Foto taken from: http://flyhigh-by-learnonline.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-to-encourage-young-people-to-read.html
What
is
reading?

4. The reading
process
Pre-reading Reading Post-reading
Before During After

5. PRE-READING
Read the title, subtitles, enumerations,
classifications, drawings , etc.
Ask yourself questions about the information
you are going to read
Read the whole text without stopping at
unfamiliar words
Read the first and last paragraphs again

6. Identify cognates
and false cognates
Deduce the
meaning of
unknown words
Look up in the
dictionary only
those words that
really interfere in
the text
comprehension
Identify connectors
and discourse
markers, and ideas
connected
Identify concepts,
examples,
problems, solutions,
causes, effects, etc
Re-read each
paragraph carefully
and identify main
ideas
READING

7. Identify the author’s purpose
Read the text again to
clarify any questions
and reinforce
understanding Determine the text topic
and identify main ideas.
Determine the
main argument or
central idea
Post-reading

8. Now,
let’s
enjoy
reading!
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9. INCLUDING YOUNG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
By Ilene S. Schwartz, Samuel L. Odom, and Susan R. Sandall
Text #2

10. Go to text #2 and do a quick reading without stopping at
unknown words. Then, answer the following questions:
1. Did you see any cognates? Which ones?
2. Did you find any subtitles, enumerations, classifications, graphics or
Text
images? Can you make any inferences from them?
3. Does the title give you any information about the topic?
4. What do you know about it?
5. Go back to the text and read the first and last paragraphs.
6. Did they give you any hints?
7. Find a partner and discuss your answers, then write five (5) ideas you
think will be mentioned in the text.
Activity length: 10 minutes
Pre-reading activities

11. First paragraph
 Jimmy is a four-year-old child with autism. When his parents went to
their local public school system to seek help for Jimmy, they said that
they hoped he could attend the child care program in their community
that his sister attended. Through the cooperation of the child care
director and teacher, Jimmy was enrolled. An itinerant early childhood
special education teacher from the school system visited every week to
work with the classroom teacher on planning activities, routines, and
guidelines that would meet Jimmy's special needs. During the first
months, an assistant teacher (paid for by the school system) came to the
classroom for a few hours a day to assist Jimmy when he needed a little
extra help, and also help out with other children in the class.

12. Last paragraph
Synthesis Points
 1. Inclusion is about belonging and participating in a diverse society.
 2. Individuals -- teachers, families, administrators -- define inclusion
differently.
 3. Beliefs about inclusion influence its implementation.
 4. Programs, not children, have to be "ready for inclusion".
 5. Collaboration is the cornerstone to effective inclusive programs.
 6. Specialized instruction is an important component of inclusion.
 7. Adequate support is necessary to make inclusive environments work.
 8. Inclusion can benefit children with and without disabilities.

13. Reading activities
Go back to text #2 and read it carefully. Follow the
procedure and all steps explained by the teacher.
Once you are done, discuss with your partner if the five (5)
ideas you both wrote were mentioned in the text.
Text
Activity length: 40 minutes

14. Post-reading activities
What is the text about?
1. Read the text again and work with your partner.
2. Identify the main ideas of the text.
3. Select five (5) and number them in order of
importance.
4. On a sheet of paper, write a paragraph
summarizing those ideas in a logical and coherent
way. Hand in it to your teacher.
5. Participate in the general discussion about the
text.
Activity length: 10 minutes

15. Making reflections
What have we learned
today?
Answer the Google Docs survey

16. Great
job!

17. Thank you!

18. Evelyn Izquierdo
Universidad Central de Venezuela
http://evelynizquierdo.wordpress.com
evelyn.izquierdo@gmail.com
@eveweb