Reading+activities

For Reading Skills

 * Webquests require students to visit many different internet sites to gather information to complete a task. Skills of skimming, scanning, comprehension and vocabulary development can be enhanced with these types of activities.
 * Use [|www.lextutor.ca] for assessing students' vocabulary knowledge. There are level tests to see what word level knowledge you have. You can also look at the various word lists available and direct students to use these for personal study.
 * [|www.advancededucation.gov.ab.ca/englishexpress] has stories that ESL 2/3 students can read and listen to.
 * [|www.cueprompter.com] is a fun site for displaying text in a teleprompter style on the screen. Simply locate or create some text, copy it and then open the site and paste it in the display window. Click "start prompter" and you will see your text in big bold letters ready to scroll when you click "forward". Ideas for use include scrolling a short article and having students scan for information, check reading pace by asking comprehension questions after one or two times through, typing TPR actions for students to follow as they see them appear, scrolling at a faster speed and asking predications on the topic and content of the article before assigning a reading. A use for vocabulary would be to scroll through synonyms and have students write down the vocabulary word they have been studying.