1、Garden City,Guizhou Province: 17,610,000 (square kilometers) Qianxinan state: 16,805 Anlong County: 2,238 Puping Town: 246.32 ,Singapore: 719 square kilometers,How large is Singapore?,What are the streets in Singapore like?,Please write down three things you would like to know about Singapore. Later

2、 lets see whether they would appear in the text.,Skimming,Please read the passage quickly and put the following subtitles for each paragraph in the right order.,Singapore is an excellent place to try new food You can go to Singapore at any time of the year Singapore is a wonderful place to travel fo

3、r Chinese tourists There is a special zoo in Singapore, ,Reading strategies,Reading strategy 1,How to find out the main idea of each paragraph? Find out the topic sentence.,Scanning,Please read the following questions and find out answers in the passage.,What languages do Singaporean speak? Can you

4、eat Chinese food in Singapore? Whats the name of the special zoo in Singapore? Whats the best time to visit Singapore?,Putonghua and English.,Of course you can. You can enjoy many kinds of Chinese food there.,Night Safari.,You can go there in any season of the year because the temperature is almost

5、the same.,Reading strategy 2,How to locate specific information of the text? Locate the key words and ignore irrelevant information.,Detailed reading,Work in groups . Read the passage carefully and draw a tree diagram together which shows detailed information of Singapore.,Singapore,Food,Weather,The

6、 zoo,The zoo Name Animals Special things,Can you find out all the things you want to know in the passage? If not, work with your group and add more information into your tree diagram.,Location,Places of interest,Population,Lets share!,Share your groups tree diagram in front of the class and introduc

7、e Singapore with the help of it to your classmates.,Review: two reading strategies,How to find out the main idea of the paragraph? Find out the topic sentence. How to locate specific information of the text? Locate the key words and ignore irrelevant information.,Homework,Produce a tourist brochure

8、for a place you have ever travelled to. It can be your hometown as well. Pictures are welcome!,My design of this reading class,Pre-reading activities: Setting the scene (Garden city) Skimming Scanning While-reading activities: Drawing tree diagram Post-reading activities: Creating a tourist brochure (Writing),Summarize the reading strategies,Discussion,What do you think of the pre-reading, wh