Project A: Reading

Friendship

You are going to read a text about friendship.
After that you'll do the assignments.
The first assignment will test your vocabulary with words from the text.
Assignment 2 is an exercise 'check your understanding' containing questions about the text.

Quotes about friendship:

  • Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
  • Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
  • A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Some friends come into our lives for just a short time. Others come and stay forever.
Think about your closest friends. How long have you known each other?
Some people say that their spouse or family member is their best friend.
Others say they have known their closest friends for many years.
And some great friends haven't known each other all that long, but knew right away that there was a connection, or bond, between them. Could it be that there is a twin spirit out there for each of us?

What turns a stranger or acquaintance into a friend?
Do you know right away if you are going to like someone?
Some people think that any stranger can become a friend if they spend enough time together.
That may be true for some people. But one thing most of us agree on is that true friendships seem to happen when people have something in common.
Perhaps we see a part of ourselves in our friends. Maybe seeing the good in them helps us to see the good in us as well.

Evaluation Reading

How did you think this assignment went?
Indicate for each section how you thought it went.

Section

Good

Sufficient

Insufficient

Vocabulary

You master all the simple words to understand a note, e-mail or simple text.

You master the most necessary words to understand a note, e-mail or simple text.

You do not master enough words to understand a note, e-mail or simple text.

Sentence structure and grammar

You can recognize and understand verb forms and sentences well.

You can recognize enough sentences and verb forms. I understand some sentences and verb forms.

you cannot properly recognize and understand verb tenses and sentence structure.

Text insight

You can see the structure and outline clearly. You can also easily deduce the meaning of unknown words from the context.

You can see the structure and outline of a text fairly well, but you can rarely infer the meaning of unfamiliar words from the context.

You do not fully see the structure and outline of the text and you cannot deduce the meaning of unknown words from the context.

Pace of reading

You can read quickly and easily. You understand everything. You can read the entire text in all details.

You often have enough reading pace to understand quite a bit of what you are reading.
You can read the entire text globally.

You need too much time to read everything completely.
You do not fully understand what you read.

Reading strategy

You can look at the main outline of a text and then at the details.
In advance you use the layout, the pictures and prior knowledge (what you already know about the subject).

By using the layout, pictures and prior knowledge (what you already know about the subject) you can hardly see the big picture in the text.
You still translate too many sentences without seeing any connection.

You don't really understand how to handle the text and you start reading word for word. You make too little use of prior knowledge (what you already know about the subject).