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4 th Medio How to read a newspaper
Text Miners
underground POST-READING
Activity 1: Read the text again and by
scanning answer the following
Read the headline. Guess if a-h below aretrue (T) or false
(F).
a. The miners were trapped undergroundfor a little under two
months. T / F
b. It took almost a day to bring all of the
miners to the surface. T / F
c. None of the miners had any medicalproblems when they came up.
T / F
d. The article says more people watchedthe rescue than the World
Cup. T / F
e. There were a few problems with therescue which delayed
things. T/ F
f. No one has spent longer so deepunderground and survived. T /
F
g. Chiles president said the miners foughttoo much while
underground. T/ F
Activity 2 Multiple Choice
All thirty-three miners trappedunderground in Chile for 69 days
havebeen rescued.One by (1) ____, over a tense 22 hours, themen
emerged into freedom afterspending over two months 700
metresunderground. The men were (2) ____ withwild applause and hugs
from rescuers andfamily before being put on a (3) ____and taken to
hospital for two days ofmedical checks. They were all in (4)
____good health, although one had pneumoniaand several had dental
problems. Theirstory had gripped the world since the minecollapse
in August. Their rescueattracted a TV audience (5) ____ a par
withNeil Armstrongs first steps on the
Skill ReadingComprehension
Schedule 4 hours
Expecting Learning
Students
show comprehension of theinformation itself and thecommunicative
intension of the
message using linguistic andtextual keys and tips.
Identify communicative intention ofa text
Find information through focusedreading (scanning)
Recognize the functional value ofthe text, relating its
informativecontent with real situations
Apply inferring strategies
Shows comprehension following thelogical order of the ideas
Show comprehension of the learnt
topic through creating a short pieceof new
Express opinion
Linguistic ContentFunctionHow to face a newspaperGive
information, give opinion about aread piece of new.
Morphosyntactic
Report Speech
Verbal FormPassive VoiceSimple Past Perfect
PRE- READING
Activity 1a.- Student will receive differentnewspaper.
