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Reading for Meaning
Reading for Meaning
LO: To be able to analyse a text in depth.
SCHOOLKIDS TO BE GIVEN MOBILE PHONES
P. A. T.
Purpose:
why has it been written?
Question 6:
Audience:
who is going to read it?
What is meant by 'views'? List ALL the people who might have an opinion on this new law?
Whose views are actually mentioned in the article?
Question 1:
What is meant by the word 'balance'? Is there a balance of positive and negative views?
You need to write about 3 paragraphs for this answer. What do you think each paragraph will be about?
Question 4:
Highlight the quote from the education advisor.
Is this a fact or an opinion?
Text type:
what type of text is it - book, magazine, article, leaflet etc?
Key word = EFFECT. Why does the writer include this quote? What does it make the reader think/feel? -
There are 8 different answers. See if you can highlight them all....
Positive views
Negative views
The lack of different views
Question 5:
Which bit of the text are you going to focus on for this
question?
Question 2:
Highlight ALL the negative words in this section.
You MUST explain the quote!
How does the writer show that the teacher's view is going to be different from the views already described in the article?
Remember to use the iceberg technique!
Analysing the quote
Question 3:
'Government ministers were celebrating yesterday'
Dictionary meaning
The word 'celebrating' means that they are really pleased or excited about the idea.
Technique
This is a verb.
Picture?
This makes me picture a happy, joyous occasion such as a birthday or Christmas.
Think of?
This makes me think that the Governers feel as happy about the idea as a person does on their birthday.
What does the word 'techno' mean? What is the correct term for this type of word?
Effect?
The effect of this is to really show the reader just how positively the Governers feel about the idea. It makes the reader feel really positively about the idea too.