32 Reading Strategies
On this page, you will do several warm-up activities to get you ready to read an interview invitation email. You will do the following:
- A matching vocabulary activity.
- A sorting activity to activate your background knowledge about interviews.
- An activity to review email structure.
A. Vocabulary
In the materials below, you will read the following words. Complete the following question to review or learn the words.
B. Reading Strategy: Activate Background Knowledge
One reading strategy is to activate your background knowledge before you read or learn something new. Sometimes your teacher will call this a “warm-up” activity.
You will read an email related to a job interview on the next page.
First, warm up or activate your background knowledge about job interviews by reviewing what you do before, during, and after a job interview.
C. Reading Strategy: Recognize Parts of an Email
Another reading strategy is to think about the structure of the text you are reading. Knowing the structure of a text type can help you quickly find the information you need. This is true whether you are reading a report, paragraph, essay, or email.
Look at the image of the email below. Drag and drop the labels to show that you understand the structure of an email.
Make active; turn on
A short activity or exercise that you do to prepare for the main activity
Organization