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The aim of this activity is to encourage you to read and to enjoy what you read.
Fill in the following questionnaire. You may tick more than one item .
How do you rate as a reader?
| I like reading | fiction | newspapers | non-fiction |
| I hate reading | fiction | newspapers | non-fiction |
| Reading | English is difficult | is a source of information | is a good pastime |
| I need to read... | to do research | to follow the daily news | to relax and to enjoy |
| I read when ... | a project forces me to | a good book grips me | my educator tells me to |
Discussion time means SHARING (Group Work)
Share your attitude to reading with the other members of your group.
Make notes of the opinions expressed in your group. Make use of key words only.
Use the space below for your key words or your mind-map.
TIP: You will need these notes to write an essay later on, so be thorough.
Discuss the following FOUR issues and write down the group’s comments
Now you are ready to write an essay:
Write about ‘ Reading as a hobby’ in about 150 – 200 words (about 20 – 23 lines).
You need to PLAN your essay using the ideas of your group.
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1. Consider using SOME figures of speech (alliteration, assonance, simile or metaphor)
2. Make sure your spelling and your punctuation is correct.
3. Concentrate on writing as neatly as possible.
4. Go over the rough work, edit, check, revise, change where necessary
NOW you are ready to write the neat essay:
Give your essay a short, crisp, relevant title.
Leave a line open between paragraphs.
GROUP READING AND DISCUSSION
READING: Ask the best reader (or readers) in your group to read the following article aloud to the group. The rest of your group must listen carefully.
There are some questions to discuss after the passage has been read. After the discussion, complete the evaluation form to show you how well your group functioned.
THEY CALL HIM “LUCKY”
1. General Nhim Vanda is a powerful figure in the troubled South-East Asian nation of Cambodia. The general likes to collect rare animals, including endangered species, which he keeps at his two private zoos. While this is illegal, wildlife officials have not dared to stop the powerful military leader. When the wealthy general tried to add an endangered Asian elephant to his zoo, who could prevent it?
A group of brave children!
2. Kaapia is a group of 11 to 16 year-old learners in the city of Phnom Penh. Kaapia in their Cambodian language means “protect”. The children clean animal enclosures and raise money to improve Phnom Tamao Zoo, their country’s first wildlife sanctuary. Many animals in this zoo have been saved from private zoos or illegal hunters. This is where the children met Lucky, a baby elephant. He is one of only a few hundred Asian elephants left in Cambodia. The rest have been killed or lost their forest habitat.
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