Activity about READING TECHNIQUE: MICE

MICE

Skimming: what is the text about? Choose the correct answer.

a) Living in the jungle

b) Animals

c) Different kind of mice

• Scamming: Fill in the gaps with correct kind mouse.

a) The -------- mouse is the smallest mouse

b) The --------sleeps for seven months every year

c) The --------mouse climb very well

d) The --------jumps three metros

e) The --------mouse lives with people

• Reading between the lines.  After reading…

a) Which type of mouse lives in the town, the harvest mouse or the house mouse?

b) Where do they live the others? What do you think?

• Predicting. Before reading…

We are going to talk about the different types of mice. Do you know any type?

• Intensive reading: Find the correct word…

a) In the pygmy text… they live everywhere, except?

b)  In the jumping mouse text… the plural of foot.

c) In the house mouse text… something they eat that is dangerous.

• Guessing meaning. After reading the text… what is the meaning of these words?

a) Weight:

b) Seeds

c) House mouse

d) Climb.

e) Worms.

Olga Méndez Sánchez & Isabel Valiente.