Pre-, while-, post-reading activities template

PRE-, WHILE-, POST-READING ACTIVITIES TEMPLATE

Pre-reading activity
Discuss these questions.
1. What does the title tell you / mean / etc.? Guess the plot of the story from its title. ………….
2. What do you know about “main thing / cultural element, etc. of the story”? ………….

While-reading activity
1. Look for the facts that suggest that some key point in the text.
2. Ask yourself, “What would I do if ...?”, “Would I feel / behave the way the people in the story do, or would I have a different attitude / reaction?”.
3. Try to find two reasons why Wolf has eaten Cinderella? Think whether she could escape that / Develop your own sequence of events if she would choose another route.

Uzbek folk-, fairy-tale 3 pages long text, without pictures Font & Size: Times New Roman, 12 Spacing: 1

Post-reading activities
I. Getting the message.
1. After reading the story, choose the best answer to each item.
1. According to the story, ..........
a.
b.
c.
d.
2. Something from the story to check the SS' comprehension.
a.
b.
c.
d.
3. The author of the story ..........
a.
b.
c.
d.
4. Something from the story to check the SS' comprehension.
a.
b.
c.
d.
5. Something from the story to check the SS' comprehension.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2. After reading the story, indicate if each statement is true (T) or false (F).
1. ___ Statement 1 from the story.
2. ___ Statement 2 from the story.
3. ___ Statement 3 from the story.
4. ___ Statement 4 from the story.
5. ___ Statement 5 from the story.

II. Expanding your vocabulary.
1. Getting meaning from context.
1. Find each word in the paragraph indicated in the parentheses. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word. Choose the best definition.

WORD 1 (para 1)	First part of WORD 4	Second part of WORD 2
WORD 2 (para 2)	First part of WORD 5	Second part of WORD 1
WORD 3 (para 3)	First part of WORD 3	Second part of WORD 4
WORD 4 (para 4)	First part of WORD 1	Second part of WORD 5
WORD 5 (para 5)	First part of WORD 2	Second part of WORD 3

2. Practice using the new word in the context.
Put each word from the box (from ex. 1) into the gap to complete the sentence / the summary of the story.
Individual sentences with the words from the text / or a short summary of the whole story with the gaps on the words from the story to check SS' understanding of the new vocabulary.

III. Talking and Writing.
Discuss the following topics. Then choose one of them to write about.
1. Topic 1 with some important idea, concept, moral, etc. of the story.
2. Topic 2 with some important idea, concept, moral, etc. of the story.
3. Topic 3 with some important idea, concept, moral, etc. of the story.