Reading Activity

Reading activity

Irene García, Almudena Sáchez, Sara Navarro

Pre activity

Their lastest holiday

Their favorite holiday

Talking in pairs about:

Their favorite place to travel

READING

This is Margaret. She's 12 years old and she is a student. She's from England and she lives in Leeds. She always spends her summer holidays in Portugal, in the Algarve, at a cousins’ house. Margaret loves the Algarve, because she loves going to the beach, the warm sea water, the nice weather and the atmosphere. Margaret's parents spend about three weeks in the Algarve with her daughter too, but they have to work. So, Margaret stays two months with her Portuguese family. she has two cousins, a girl also with 12 and a boy with 14 years old. They enjoy themselves a lot every summer holidays. They go to the beach every day, they go out and meet their friends, walk, ride the bicycle, swim in their pool and play a lot of games.

True or false

CLUE🔈

True or false

CLUE🔈

True or false

CLUE 🔈

Answer the cuestions about the text:

Subskill and Aim

1. What nationality is Margaret?.................................................................................................................. 2. Where does she spend her holidays? ................................................................................................................... 3. For how long does Margaret stay in the Algarve? .................................................................................................................. 4. What does Margaret love about the Algarve? .................................................................................................................. 5. Do her parents go to the Algarve too? ..................................................................................................................

Complete the sentences

1. Margaret loves the Algarve because…

2. They in their vacations usually walk, ride a bike…

3. Margaret`s cousins are…years old.

Subskill and Aim

Post activity

Look up at locations abroad that you would like to visit, and explain to the class what would you do and visit in that holiday.

Subskill

Close reading: Reading very carefully focusing in detail on all information.

Aim

to find the specific information that you need.

AIM

To provide spoken fluency practice by exploring the topic of the text further.

AIM

To activate prior knowledge about the topic of the text .