8/12/2019 Reading Comp Unit 8 1st
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Pre-teaching of VocabularySporadic, reformatory institutions,
warfare, deteriorating economies,
family dysfunction, vulnerable, coercion
T: what are the major causes that lead children to work?
Ss: poverty
T: low income and poor economic conditions lead those children
to
work in order to support their families incomes; they add
extra
money to the poor budget of the family; they supplement
their
families income.
T: what are the other reasons that push kids to work?
Ss: their parents are illiterate. Parents think that education
is not
important.
T: there are other factors that contribute in increasing the
number of
children in the street. ( warfare, poor economy,(
deteriorating
economies and natural disasters), so how these factors
contribute in
increasing the numbers of street children.
T: parents believe that education is expensive, costly and hence
they
think that educating their children is useless.T: what is the
result of illiterate children? If they dont get access to
education, what would be the results in the future?
Ss: they will work in bad conditions, low salaries; they may
grow up
into criminals
While Reading1
streading
1- Read the text and give it a suitable title.Potential titles:
homeless children, Street Children
2-Read the text again and fill in the following chart
The causes that make children resort to street
Social vulnerability
Family dysfunctionpoverty
3-read the text again and say whether the following
statements
are true or false, then correct the false ones.
1. All children come from street families2. The exact number of
street children can easily be known3. Children are employed to do
dangerous work.4. Street children join gangs to attack people in
streets.
Answers:
F. others mainly live on the street but may go back home in
the
evenings
F. their mobility makes them difficult to countT:
F. they join gangs for protection
4th
readingRead the text again and find the synonyms of the
following words.
tolerated Endured (parag 1)
movement mobility( parag 1)
Employ Hire (para 3)
essential vital (vital para 2)
Follow up5-do you have street children in your neighborhood or
area? What are
the causes of their bad situation? What do you suggest to
improvetheir situation?
