DARING TO BREAKDANCE

DARING TO

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PRE-READING

1. Do you like to dance?

2. Do you like to watch people dance?

TALK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS.

3. Do you like to listen to music?

4. What kind of music or dancing do you like?

TALK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS.

TALK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS.5. What do you see in these photos?

TALK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS.6. Can you breakdance?7. Did you watch somebody breakdance

before?

FAST REA

DING Before you

read, Let’s look at the words next to the reading.

MARTIAL ARTS

Fighting sports like

karate and judo.

GYMNASTICS

ONLINE

Simple past tense of THINK

THOUGHT

=I can’t hear as well as most people can.

I’M HEARING IMPAIRED

FAST READING

1. Read the text as fast as you can.2. Do not use dictionary.3. Do not ask your teacher about the vocabulary.4. Do not follow with a pen or your finger. It

slows you down.5. After fast reading, you just need to find the

topic & main idea. You don’t have to understand every word or sentence.

6. You have 3 minutes.

TOPIC

& MAIN IDEA

Topic: What is the reading about?

Main idea: What does the reading say about the topic?

WHAT IS THE TOPIC?

a. How to learn to danceb. Breakdancersc. John Ying

WHAT IS THE TOPIC?

a. How to learn to danceb. Breakdancersc. John Ying

WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA?

a. Learning to dance is fun and easy.b. Breakdancers have to find their own

style.c. John Ying worked hard to learn to

breakdance.

WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA?

a. Learning to dance is fun and easy.b. Breakdancers have to find their own

style.c. John Ying worked hard to learn to

breakdance.

GUESSING MEANING FROM

CONTEXT?

WHY DIDN’T YOU USE DICTIONARY DURING THE FIRST READING?

WHY DIDN’T YOU USE DICTIONARY DURING THE FIRST READING?

• Because you need to learn guessing meaning from context. You will always have words that you don’t know in your tests, so it is very important to learn guessing.

WHAT DOES CONTEXT MEAN?

WHAT DOES CONTEXT MEAN?• The words and sentences before and after

the word. • Context helps you guess the meaning. • For example, look at the context of describe.

“It is not easy to describe breakdancing. John calls it part dance, part martial arts, and part gymnastics.”

• In the second sentence, John is giving information about breakdancing.

• Describe=tell what something is like

VOCABULARY Now, we can

talk about the vocabulary before careful reading.

• Tell what a person or thing looks like, or is like.

• Can you describe your best friend?

DESCRIBE (V.)

• Forming the main part of something

• Girls generally don’t like soccer because they don’t know the basic soccer rules.

BASIC (ADJ.)

• Put things together to get more

• I need to add more sugar to my coffee.

ADD (V.)

• Related to a person, another way to say my, your etc.

• This is my own car. It is not my husband’s.

OWN (ADJ)

• a way of doing something

• I always use powerpoints. This is my teaching style.

STYLE (N.)

• have a feeling about someone that he/she is a good person and does something very well

• My students show respect for me as a teacher.

=• My students

respect me as a teacher.

RESPECT (N./V.)

• from one person to a second person and from the second person to the first

• In class, you should talk to each other in English.

EACH OTHER (PRONOUN)

• Another way to say me

• By myself/himself/themselves = alone.

• I sometimes talk to myself.

• My sister lives by herself.

MYSELF (PRONOUN)

• Quiet with other people, maybe a little afraid

• She doesn’t dance because she is very shy. She doesn’t want other people to watch her.

SHY (ADJ.)

• Not with any other people

• I live alone. I don’t live with my parents.

ALONE (ADJ./ADV.)

• Starting to like something

• In the university, I got interested in Spanish and started to learn Spanish.

GET INTERESTED IN (V.)

• Do something again and again to get better at it

• I am learning to drive, so I practice everyday.

PRACTICE (V.)

CAREFUL R

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CAREFUL READING

1. Read the text carefully.2. You can ask your teacher if you don’t

understand words and sentences.3. After careful reading, you need to

answer questions about details.

TRUE/FA

LSE You need to show the reason for your answer.

(for example, paragraph 2, sentence 1.)

TRUE? FALSE?

1. In the beginning, John was afraid to breakdance.

TRUE

1. In the beginning, John was afraid to breakdance.

TRUE? FALSE?

2. He doesn’t like to dance with other people.

FALSE

2. He doesn’t like to dance with other people.

TRUE? FALSE?

3. John is a high school student.

FALSE

3. John is a high school student.

TRUE? FALSE?

4. Breakdancers do not all dance the same way.

TRUE

4. Breakdancers do not all dance the same way.

TRUE? FALSE?

5. He learned from watching videos of breakdancers.

TRUE

5. He learned from watching videos of breakdancers.

TRUE? FALSE?

6. John started learning to breakdance at his university.

FALSE

6. John started learning to breakdance at his university.

READING SKILLS

WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH ONE?

a. John’s start in breakdancingb. How John learned to breakdancec. Who John Ying isd. John’s feelings about

breakdancing nowe. What breakdancing is

WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH ONE?

a. John’s start in breakdancingb. How John learned to breakdancec. Who John Ying isd. John’s feelings about


WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH TWO?

a. John’s start in breakdancingb. How John learned to breakdanced. John’s feelings about


WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH TWO?



WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH THREE?


breakdancing now

WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH THREE?


breakdancing now

WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH FOUR?

b. How John learned to breakdanced. John’s feelings about

breakdancing now

WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH FOUR?

b. How John learned to breakdanced. John’s feelings about

breakdancing now

SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUMMARY IS WRONG. FIND AND CORRECT SIX MISTAKES. John Ying is a high school student in the

US. In his free time, he loves to breakdance. He started breakdancing last year. At first, he was happy to try it because he is hearing-impaired. He learnt to do it by reading books about breakdancing and teaching himself. He was shy, so in the beginning, he practiced with his girlfriend. Now, he likes to breakdance with his friends and on TV.

SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUMMARY IS WRONG. FIND AND CORRECT SIX MISTAKES. John Ying is a high school student in

the US. In his free time, he loves to breakdance. He started breakdancing last year. At first, he was happy to try it because he is hearing-impaired. He learnt to do it by reading books about breakdancing and teaching himself. He was shy, so in the beginning, he practiced with his girlfriend. Now, he likes to breakdance with his friends and on TV.

high school=college



last year=when he was 13



happy=afraid



reading books =watching videos



with his girlfriend= alone



On TV= at parties or with his breakdance group at his university

POST-R

EADING

Talk about these questions in pairs.

PARTNER A: ASK THESE QUESTIONS TO PARTNER B.

1. Who do you feel respect for?2. Which one is better? Living with your

parents? Living by yourself?3. When do you like spending time alone?4. What do you need to practice?

PARTNER B: ASK THESE QUESTIONS TO PARTNER A.

1. Can you describe yourself? Are you a shy person?

2. When do you have free time?3. What do you like to do in your free time?4. Do you usually spend your free time

alone or with other people?

THANK YO

U!

DARING TO BREAKDANCE

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