O1
english
Reading COMPREHENSION
Reading activities
start
During
Before
after
Test
Reading
Activities
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
before reading
Prior Knowledge
start
before reading activity
Task 1
venn diagram
Look at the pictures extracted from the text and do a Venn diagram with vocabulary words you can relate to the images on your notebook. Go to the next page to remember how it works.
BEFORE READING
Prior knowledge
venn diagram
Plane
Boat
Bermuda Triangle
reflect
before
after
During
Activities
Test
Reading
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
before reading
questions
Predictions
go!
BEFORE READING
QUESTIONS - PREDICTIONS
Can you guess the genre of this text? Can you predict the topic? Can you tell me about the setting?
What are you wondering about? What questions would you like to have answered?
before
after
During
Activities
Test
Reading
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
Before reading
what do I know about tenses?
PAST TENSE
Actions that occurred and ended in the past.
Base Form of the verb + ED
There are irregular verbs.
before
after
During
Activities
Test
Reading
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
Reading
introduction
continue
During reading
introduction
Solving the mistery of the bermuda triangle
Ships and planes have disappeared without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle. But is there really anything strange going on? Kids News looks at the history of this fascinating phenomenon. Donna Coutts
It is true that ships and planes have disappeared without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle but it’s not certain that there is anything strange going on.
In the late 1400s, explorer Christopher Columbus sailed through the Atlantic Ocean in search of the Americas. He recorded that he saw a great flame of fire crash into the ocean, a strange light appearing in the distance a few weeks later and some odd compass readings. There were other strange happenings reported — including planes and ships disappearing — in the same triangle-shaped area of the Atlantic Ocean for the next 500 years. By the 1960s, people were so interested in this part of the world and what had happened there it had a name: the Bermuda Triangle. Kids News looks at the phenomenon* called the Bermuda Triangle and whether there really is so much strange stuff going on at all.ws looks at the history of this fascinatingphenomenon
check in
An 1893 photograph by Edward Hart of a replica of Christopher Columbus's flagship the Santa Maria. Picture: US Library of Congress
During Reading
Question 1/3
comprehension check
Who is the author of this text?
Donna Coutts
Kids News
Christopher Columbus
During Reading
Question 2/3
comprehension check
What is going-on in this context?
something we notice
negative event
a remarkable person
During Reading
Question 3/3
comprehension check
What is compass readings in this context?
mathematical tool used to draw a geometrical figure
range of notes that can be producd by a voice or instrument
nautical device that determines geographical direction
before
after
During
Activities
Test
Reading
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
reading
what and where is it?
During Reading
go!
During reading
what and where is it?
There’s no official location or firm boundaries to the Bermuda Triangle, but the name refers to a roughly triangle-shaped area of the Atlantic Ocean between the island of Bermuda, UK, the coast of Florida, US and Central American countries including Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Bermuda Triangle covers an area of about 1.3 million square kilometres, a bit smaller than the Northern Territory (1.42 million square kilometres. It’s also sometimes called the Devil’s Triangle.
check in
during reading
Question 1/3
comprehension check
During Reading
Question 2/3
comprehension check
In which ocean is the Bermuda Triangle located?
Pacific Ocean
Caribean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
During reading
Question 3/3
comprehension check in
Between what countries is the Bermuda Triangle located according to the text?
US, UK, Cuba, Haiti and Dominican Republic
North America, Central America and Europe
Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico
During
before
after
Reading
Activities
Test
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
Reading
wHAT HAPPENED THERE?
During Reading
continue
During reading
what happened there?
There are stories that fascinate people about strange goings-on and ship and plane disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle over the centuries, including ships being found with no crew on board. In 1918 a US navy cargo ship called the USS Cyclops disappeared somewhere between Barbados and Chesapeake Bay, US, with 300 men on board. The ship should have been able to send an SOS distress signal but didn’t do so. No wreckage was ever found. In 1941 two of the Cyclops’ sister ships also vanished in the same area.It’s also sometimes called the Devil’s Triangle.
There are storiesOne of the highest-profile events was in 1945, when five US navy planes and the 14 crew disappeared. During what was a regular navy training exercise, the flight leader Lieutenant Charles Taylor called over his plane’s radio that he didn’t know where they were. The disappearance of the planes was investigated but no wreckage was found, which is probably not surprising because they were flying over the ocean. Though no one knows exactly what happened, we do know that the pilots were in training, that it was dark and that the flight leader had been lost on flights before.
check in
USS Cyclops, the first reported ship carrying a radio to be lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
during reading
Question 1/4
comprehension check
during reading
Question 2/4
comprehension check
during reading
Question 3/4
comprehension check
during reading
Question 4/4
comprehension check
During
before
after
after
Reading
Activities
Test
Test
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
reVIEW
Timeline
1400'
1960
1941
The area was named: the Bermuda Triangle
Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic Ocean
Cyclops' sister ships also vanished
1918
1945
USS Cyclops' disappearence
Five US navy planes disappeared
ACTIVITY
after reading
test
Complete the mind map for this reading on your notebook, feel free to add more ideas than the already stated.
AFTER READING
Mind map
BERMUDA TRIANGLE
Introduction
What and where is it?
What happened?
What?
Cyclops - 1918
Christopher Columbus - late 1400s
Reports
During
before
after
after
Reading
Activities
Test
Test
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
You've done a wonderful job!
Remember to apply all the strategies you have used for this reading: before, during and after.
home
cATEGORIES OF GENRE
fiction or non-fiction
- Poetry
- Folklore & Fairytales
- Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Horror
- Historical
- Biography
- Informational
What to know more: Genre
What is a Venn diagram?
how to create one
A Venn diagram is a visual depiction of the similarities and differences between two or more different items. It consists of a series of shapes - usually circles - whose edges overlap. Each shape represents some group or entity. Characteristics the two entities have in common are found where the shapes overlap. Items unique to only one entity are written in the non-overlapping part of their respective shapes.
A Source: smartdraw
Setting
where and when
Where does the reading take place?
- City (New York, Madrid...), country (England, France...), imagined location (Narnia, Neverland...)
When does the reading take place?
- Year, date, morning/night, season, past/present/future...
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O1
english
Reading COMPREHENSION
Reading activities
start
During
Before
after
Test
Reading
Activities
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
before reading
Prior Knowledge
start
before reading activity
Task 1
venn diagram
Look at the pictures extracted from the text and do a Venn diagram with vocabulary words you can relate to the images on your notebook. Go to the next page to remember how it works.
BEFORE READING
Prior knowledge
venn diagram
Plane
Boat
Bermuda Triangle
reflect
before
after
During
Activities
Test
Reading
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
before reading
questions
Predictions
go!
BEFORE READING
QUESTIONS - PREDICTIONS
Can you guess the genre of this text? Can you predict the topic? Can you tell me about the setting?
What are you wondering about? What questions would you like to have answered?
before
after
During
Activities
Test
Reading
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
Before reading
what do I know about tenses?
PAST TENSE
Actions that occurred and ended in the past.
Base Form of the verb + ED
There are irregular verbs.
before
after
During
Activities
Test
Reading
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
Reading
introduction
continue
During reading
introduction
Solving the mistery of the bermuda triangle
Ships and planes have disappeared without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle. But is there really anything strange going on? Kids News looks at the history of this fascinating phenomenon. Donna Coutts
It is true that ships and planes have disappeared without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle but it’s not certain that there is anything strange going on.
In the late 1400s, explorer Christopher Columbus sailed through the Atlantic Ocean in search of the Americas. He recorded that he saw a great flame of fire crash into the ocean, a strange light appearing in the distance a few weeks later and some odd compass readings. There were other strange happenings reported — including planes and ships disappearing — in the same triangle-shaped area of the Atlantic Ocean for the next 500 years. By the 1960s, people were so interested in this part of the world and what had happened there it had a name: the Bermuda Triangle. Kids News looks at the phenomenon* called the Bermuda Triangle and whether there really is so much strange stuff going on at all.ws looks at the history of this fascinatingphenomenon
check in
An 1893 photograph by Edward Hart of a replica of Christopher Columbus's flagship the Santa Maria. Picture: US Library of Congress
During Reading
Question 1/3
comprehension check
Who is the author of this text?
Donna Coutts
Kids News
Christopher Columbus
During Reading
Question 2/3
comprehension check
What is going-on in this context?
something we notice
negative event
a remarkable person
During Reading
Question 3/3
comprehension check
What is compass readings in this context?
mathematical tool used to draw a geometrical figure
range of notes that can be producd by a voice or instrument
nautical device that determines geographical direction
before
after
During
Activities
Test
Reading
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
reading
what and where is it?
During Reading
go!
During reading
what and where is it?
There’s no official location or firm boundaries to the Bermuda Triangle, but the name refers to a roughly triangle-shaped area of the Atlantic Ocean between the island of Bermuda, UK, the coast of Florida, US and Central American countries including Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Bermuda Triangle covers an area of about 1.3 million square kilometres, a bit smaller than the Northern Territory (1.42 million square kilometres. It’s also sometimes called the Devil’s Triangle.
check in
during reading
Question 1/3
comprehension check
During Reading
Question 2/3
comprehension check
In which ocean is the Bermuda Triangle located?
Pacific Ocean
Caribean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
During reading
Question 3/3
comprehension check in
Between what countries is the Bermuda Triangle located according to the text?
US, UK, Cuba, Haiti and Dominican Republic
North America, Central America and Europe
Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico
During
before
after
Reading
Activities
Test
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
Reading
wHAT HAPPENED THERE?
During Reading
continue
During reading
what happened there?
There are stories that fascinate people about strange goings-on and ship and plane disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle over the centuries, including ships being found with no crew on board. In 1918 a US navy cargo ship called the USS Cyclops disappeared somewhere between Barbados and Chesapeake Bay, US, with 300 men on board. The ship should have been able to send an SOS distress signal but didn’t do so. No wreckage was ever found. In 1941 two of the Cyclops’ sister ships also vanished in the same area.It’s also sometimes called the Devil’s Triangle.
There are storiesOne of the highest-profile events was in 1945, when five US navy planes and the 14 crew disappeared. During what was a regular navy training exercise, the flight leader Lieutenant Charles Taylor called over his plane’s radio that he didn’t know where they were. The disappearance of the planes was investigated but no wreckage was found, which is probably not surprising because they were flying over the ocean. Though no one knows exactly what happened, we do know that the pilots were in training, that it was dark and that the flight leader had been lost on flights before.
check in
USS Cyclops, the first reported ship carrying a radio to be lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
during reading
Question 1/4
comprehension check
during reading
Question 2/4
comprehension check
during reading
Question 3/4
comprehension check
during reading
Question 4/4
comprehension check
During
before
after
after
Reading
Activities
Test
Test
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
reVIEW
Timeline
1400'
1960
1941
The area was named: the Bermuda Triangle
Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic Ocean
Cyclops' sister ships also vanished
1918
1945
USS Cyclops' disappearence
Five US navy planes disappeared
ACTIVITY
after reading
test
Complete the mind map for this reading on your notebook, feel free to add more ideas than the already stated.
AFTER READING
Mind map
BERMUDA TRIANGLE
Introduction
What and where is it?
What happened?
What?
Cyclops - 1918
Christopher Columbus - late 1400s
Reports
During
before
after
after
Reading
Activities
Test
Test
Prior knowledge
Introduction
Questions - predictions
What and where is it?
Possible grammar elements
What happened there?
You've done a wonderful job!
Remember to apply all the strategies you have used for this reading: before, during and after.
home
cATEGORIES OF GENRE
fiction or non-fiction
What to know more: Genre
What is a Venn diagram?
how to create one
A Venn diagram is a visual depiction of the similarities and differences between two or more different items. It consists of a series of shapes - usually circles - whose edges overlap. Each shape represents some group or entity. Characteristics the two entities have in common are found where the shapes overlap. Items unique to only one entity are written in the non-overlapping part of their respective shapes.
A Source: smartdraw
Setting
where and when
Where does the reading take place?
- City (New York, Madrid...), country (England, France...), imagined location (Narnia, Neverland...)
When does the reading take place?