Using the Reading Strategies Reading 3. Previewing: T - Title The giant worm that turns … up What? Where? Who?

Using the Reading Strategies

Reading 3

Previewing: T - Title

The giant worm that turns … up

What?Where?Who?

Previewing: G - Graphics

What?Who?Where?

Previewing: C - Caption

What?Who?Where?

After Reading: Look Back1 Where was the giant worm discovered?2 What does the worm live in?3 What group of words suggests that it is a rare sight?4 What possibly caused the worm to come up from the ground?5 How do the worms ‘breathe’?6 Why did the park staff want to keep the worm over night?7 Why would worms be designed to be fluorescent? 8 What is the purpose of this article?9 Re-write the headline of the article from the worm’s point of

view.

Now …. ask Miss White for the Language Questions.

After Reading: LanguageA List 3 adjectives used in the first paragraph to describe the worm.B List the verb in the first paragraph used to show how the worm moves.C Copy two proper nouns from the second paragraph.D Suggest a synonym (a word with similar meaning) to ‘alongside’ as it used in Para 3.E Copy and write in full the four contractions used in the paragraph beginning, “We’ve always …”F What is an entomologist? What is the origin of that word?G What language technique is this, “You are a serious breakfast.”H What does “torrential” mean? Suggest a synonym.