Reading for maximum retention and recall (intensive reading)

Overview/Performance Objectives

Preview passages;
Read carefully a given passage;
Recall salient points in a given passage;
Review the passage.

Teacher Activities:
(Activities that can improve how you deliver your lesson)


Explains the need for, and value of a flexible reading strategy, which allows for previewing, intensive or concentrated reading, repeated reading and active recall (self recitation), or essential facts and information.
Shows students how to apply some reading strategies adopted for use in schools.
Asks questions on the ideas contained in the passage.

Requirements/Teaching Aids
(What you'll need to deliver this lesson even better)
Passages

Magazines and newspaper cuttings.

Selections from other subject areas.

Recommended text/supplementary readers.

What students should know
(Key areas the students should take home)
Reading from passages for maximum recall on: - diet and nutrition, including addition of nutrients, like Vitamin A in sugar and iodine in salt, - safety of packaged water .

Reading strategies e.g., preview, question, recite, recall, review, (SPQ3R)

Assessment/Evaluation
(Questions you can use to assess the impact of your lesson)
Preview passages correctly;

Correctly read given passages;

Recall correctly salient points in passages given;

Review passages; and practise more exercises.

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