Intensive Reading: Inferring Meaning
3.0 Etiquette — Telephone · 3.2 Reading: Intensive Reading
Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 6 English | Theme 3.0 Etiquette — Telephone | Sub-Strand 3.2 Reading: Intensive Reading (3 Lessons)
Lesson objectives
By the end of this topic, you will be able to:
- Identify new words in a text for comprehension
- Answer direct and inferential questions for comprehension
- Infer the meaning of words, similes, proverbs, metaphors, and idioms with straightforward meanings, using contextual clues
- Advocate the need to read intensively for lifelong learning
Summary
This topic reads a text of up to 500 words on etiquette, then works through it closely -- skimming and scanning for information, then using contextual clues to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words and expressions.