Reading Comprehension Paper or Screen English 11 th

Reading Comprehension: Paper or Screen English, 11 th & 12 th Grade - 5 pts - Module G Nadine Ali-Awawdi

Can you? understand texts that consist of Bands II and III ( adapted CEFR A 2) understand an article • skim an article for main • ideas follow the organization of • text

Paper or Screen?

Vocabulary English Hebrew Arabic replace להחליף ﻳﺤﻞ ﻣﺤﻞ להגשים ﻳﺤﻘﻖ לחפש ﻳﺒﺤﺚ fulfill seek

Paper or Screen? Match words from A with their definitions in B Column A 1. replace 2. reduce 3. appreciate Column B …. . Stay / maintain …. . flaws …. . go wrong 4. seek 5. provide 6. backfire 7. preserving 9. fulfill 10. imperfections …. . admire take the place of achieve give make less look for

Paper or Screen? Match words from A with their definitions in B Answers! 1. replace: take the place of 2. reduce: make less 3. appreciate: admire 4. seek: look for 5. provide: give 6. backfire: go wrong 7. preserving: stay / remain 9. fulfill: achieve

Paper or Screen? Fill in the blanks! Use words from appreciate distinctive feature the box! provided backfire reduce stain replace seek fulfill unique 1. The government…. . food and clothes for the needy. 2. One …. . of a robot arm that humans don't have is 360 degree motion of their "wrist". 3. Will distance learning …. . learning at schools one day? 4. Jimmy worked so hard to …. . his dream. 5. I really…. . All the efforts you have done for us.

Paper or Screen? Fill in the blanks! Use words from appreciate distinctive feature the box! provided backfire reduce stain replace seek fulfill unique 6. This shop sells…. . stuff you can’t find anywhere else. 7. The government shall …. . a solution for homeless people. 8. I can’t get this …. . of coffee away from my shirt. 9. If you want to lose weight, you shall …. . the amount of food you eat. 10. Even our most carefully laid plans may …. . .

Paper or Screen? Let’s Check! 1. The government provided food and clothes for the needy. 2. One distinctive feature of a robot arm that humans don't have is 360 degree motion of their "wrist". 3. Will distance learning replace learning at schools one day? 4. Jimmy worked so hard to fulfill his dream. 5. I really appreciate All the efforts you have done for us.

Paper or Screen? Let’s Check! 6. This shop sells unique stuff you can’t find anywhere else. 7. The government shall seek a solution for homeless people. 8. I can’t remove this stain of coffee away from my shirt. 9. If you want to lose weight, you shall reduce the amount of food you eat.

Let’s watch: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=q 5 FRNY 1 ZW 1 g While watching try to answer the following questions: 1. What are the two things compared in this videos? 2. Name some aspects of comparison discussed in the video. 3. What are the advantages of printed books? 4. What are the advantages of ebooks? 5. What is the conclusion in the video?

Paper or Screen? paragraph of the Scan the first article and decide what the following numbers represent. 1. 1990 s…. . 2. 28% …. .

Paper or Screen? paragraph of the Scan the first article and decide what the following numbers represent. 1. 1990 s: the time when electronic books first appeared. 2. 28% : the percentage of American readers who reported reading e-books.

Paper or Screen? Text organization connectors Connectors • are the key to following the organization of a text show the relationship between paragraphs, • sentences and ideas are used to show contrast, similarities, cause • and effect as well as conclusions there are certain connectors for each purpose! •

Paper or Screen? Examples of connectors Connectors that are used to show contrast: unlike-nevertheless-however-on the other hand…etc. Connectors that are used to show cause and effect: as well as conclusions: due to, because, • consequently…etc. Connectors that are used to add information: moreover, in addition, furthermore…etc. •

Paper or Screen? Paragraph I When electronic books first appeared in the 1990 s, they were expected to replace books-and with good reason. Creating electronic texts is cheaper and faster than printing on paper, and indeed, nearly everything that was once only published in print is now available online as well. Furthermore, whole libraries can be stored on a single electronic device, such as a laptop or a smartphone. Nevertheless, reading on a paper remains considerably more popular. Last year, for

Paper or Screen? The example of American readers is given to show that(-) (i) everything can be read on a screen (ii) electronic books have many advantages (iii) nowadays only 28% of people read books (iv) most readers prefer printed books

Paper or Screen? Remember! Cross out the options you are sure are wrong. Then check the remaining options in the text!

Paper or Screen? Let’s check! (iv) most readers prefer printed books

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Paper or Screen? Paragraph II Research from the past two decades may explain why electronic books have not fulfilled their promise. Several studies point to the physical effort of prolonged reading on the screen, with 70% of participants reporting headaches and eye strain. Such discomfort is also thought to be responsible for the lower levels of concentration found in those reading from a screen rather than a book. Other studies have shown that information from printed texts, unlike information read on a screen, can often be remembered for weeks or even months. It is therefore not surprising that people consistently report a preference

Paper or Screen? When the writer says electronic books “ have not fulfilled their promise”, he means that they (-) (i) have been harder to produce than expected (ii) have become less popular over time (iii) have not taken the place of printed books (iv) have been available to fewer readers

Paper or Screen? Let’s check! (iii) have not taken the place of printed books

Paper or Screen? Give ONE disadvantage of electronic texts as compared to printed ones. Complete the sentence. It is more difficult for readers of electronic texts to…. .

Paper or Screen? Remember! In such questions you may need to change sentence structure. You may need to transfer nouns into verbs or vice-versa!

Paper or Screen? Possible Answers It is more difficult for readers of electronic texts to…. . 1. concentrate. 2. remember the read information.

Paper or Screen? Paragraph III The physical features of a book also play an important part in the reading experience. “ A book’s unique shape and size, and little imperfections like a torn page or a coffee stain, enable us to form mental image of it, “says Dr. Philip Levitan of the Manchester Institute of Computer Science. ” As a result, finding our way around the book-for instance, when seeking out a particular passage becomes very easy. Electronic books by contrast , offer almost no visual clues to guide us. ”

Paper or Screen? Complete the sentence according to paragraph III According to Dr. Levitan, visual clues help readers to…………….

Paper or Screen? Possible Answers According to Dr. Levitan, visual clues help readers to……………. 1. find their way around the book. 2. seek out a particular paragraph. * Remember: Change pronouns when necessary!

Beware of Superbugs Paragraph IV What, then, is the future of reading on a screen? Dr. Levitan believes that the use of electronic formats will grow steadily as more people learn to appreciate them for their distinctive features. “ Think, for example, of online magazines than offer you eye-catching articles to scroll through, with links to anything from interactive maps to video animations, ” he says, “or of the possibility of enlarging the letters, which is useful to those who have trouble reading small print. The old is fine and needs preserving, but we should also know when to

Paper or Screen? Complete the sentence. Dr. Levitan, mentions the possibility of enlarging letters as an example of……….

Paper or Screen? Let’s Check! Dr. Levitan, mentions the possibility of enlarging letters as an example of the distinctive features of electronic formats.

Paper or Screen? What is Dr. Lavitan’s conclusion regarding electronic formats? (i) it will be hard to change people’s opinion of them. (ii) it will become easier to use them. (iii) the newer ones will be better than the old ones. (iv) they will become more popular.

Paper or Screen? Inferring! Here we need to infer what is meant by his last quotation to be able to give an answer! Some questions require inference. When you infer, you put together what you read in the text with certain quotations or other clues to figure out something new.

Paper or Screen? Let’s check! (iv) they will become more popular.

Now you can … understand texts that consist of Bands II and III ( adapted CEFR A 2) understand an article • skim an article for main • ideas follow the organization of • an article

Paper or Screen? Remember! No matter whether you read through a paper or screen….