Learning objectives

10.4.3 Skim a range of lengthy texts with speed to identify content meriting closer reading on a range of general and curricular topics

10.3.2 Ask and respond to complex questions to get information about a wide range of general and curricular topics

Assessment criteria

• Identify the main points of a text on familiar and unfamiliar topics in speed reading

• Ask and answer to complex questions on topic

Level of thinking skills

Knowledge and comprehension

Higher order thinking skills

Duration

20 minutes

Reading

Task 1. Read the text quickly and identify which person did the following things. Write the letter P for Phiona and K for Koni in the spaces provided.

Which person:

1. has had a book published about their life? ___________

2. had to have a further operation due to a problem? ____________

3. took up a new interest in order to get fed? ____________

4. represented their country in competitions? _____________

5. will receive financial support thanks to a physical talent. ____________

Tales of courage

Ugandan teenager, Phiona Mutesi, grew up in poverty, unable to read or write. Her father died when she was very young and she had to find food for herself and her brother. It was that basic need that decided her fate, because it led her to Robert Katende’s chess programme. Katende was offering a bowl of food to any child who would come to his centre to learn chess. Phiona wouldn’t have gone there if she hadn’t been desperate to eat, and her life changed with that one decision. Her potential at chess was obvious from the start and she enjoyed playing, so began to practise more and more. She walked four miles a day to attend training, collecting food each time. She was soon beating the older girls and boys in the programme and has since played for Uganda in several international tournaments, with trips to Russia, Turkey and the USA. Phiona has brought hope to her family and is becoming an inspiration worldwide, with the recent appearance of her biography.

Koni Dole’s bravery and fighting spirit are remarkable. Koni comes from Montana in the USA and is passionate about American football. He regularly represented his high school in competitions until he suffered a bad break to his leg, which became infected after it was set. Eventually, Koni’s leg had to be removed and doctors told him he would never play football again. However, instead of letting himself be beaten, he faced up to his disability and used it as motivation. Immediately after the surgery, he began training again and, with the help of an artificial leg, went running and lifted weights to improve his fitness. Despite being in great pain at times, he continued the training programme and returned to the football field a year after his terrible accident. Koni has been given a football scholarship by Montana State University and fully intends to achieve further sporting success.

^Speaking

^{Task 2. Work with your partner by asking and answering complex questions on topic ‘Different ways of living’. You will have 1 minute to think and 2-3 minutes to talk.}

^{The following words can be used as a prompt:}

^{HAPPINESS MONEY JOB FREELANCING DOWNSHIFTING}

^{You should:}

• ^{Ask your partner complex questions on topic}

• ^{Answer your partners questions}

• ^{Comment on your partner’s answer}

• ^{Use appropriate vocabulary and grammar}

^{You can use vocabulary:}

• ^{To be a material asset.}

• ^{To revolve one’s life around money.}

• ^{(Not) to equal happiness.}

• ^{To be a source of short-term happiness.}

• ^{To give pleasure.}

• ^{(Not) to give happiness or joy.}

Assessment criteria

Task №

Descriptor

Mark

A learner

Skim the text and identify the main points of a text on familiar and unfamiliar topics

1

writes ‘P’ for the 1^st sentence;

1

writes ‘K’ for the 2^nd sentence;

1

writes ‘P’ for the 3^rd sentence;

1

writes ‘P’ for the 4^th sentence;

1

writes ‘K’ for the 5^th sentence;

1

Ask and answer complex questions on topic

2

^{asks complex questions to partner};

1

^{answers to partners’ questions;}

1

^{comments on partner’s answers};

1

^{uses appropriate grammar structures;}

1

uses appropriate vocabulary.

1

Total marks

10

Assessment criteria

Level of learning achievements

Low

Middle

High

Skim the text and identify the main points of a text on familiar and unfamiliar topics

E xperiences difficulties in identifying the main points of the text. Matches the information mostly incorrectly while reading the dialogue.

Identifies the main points of the text. Makes some mistakes in matching the statements.

Identifies the main points of the text. Completes the task mostly correctly while reading the text.

Ask and answer complex questions on topic

G enerally passive while speaking. Does not ask appropriate questions or with often errors and expresses opinion unclear most of the time. Mostly leaves partner’s answers uncommented. Grammar and vocabulary choice is mostly inappropriate.

M aintains the talk most of the time by asking and answering to the questions with some errors which do not impede communication. Expresses opinion mostly clearly and comments the partner’s replies.

E asily maintains the talk. Expresses opinion with flexibility and comments the partner’s replies. Asks complex questions and answers partner’s questions properly.