Skimming
To Get A General Idea
I.
Learning Objectives
·
Skim to get a general idea of what the
material is about.
·
Conserve and protect the environment by
recycling waste materials.
II.
Subject Matter
A.
Topic: Skimming to Get a General Idea on what
the Material is
About
B.
References: PELC III 6.5
C.
Materials: Any piece of gold jewelry, trash
Value
Focus: Conservation
and protection of the environment
III.
Procedure
A.
Preparatory
Activities
Motivation
Show
an object made of gold and thrash or garbage in a trash can. Let the pupils
describe and compare the objects.
Ask:
Do you think we can find gold in garbage?
Why?
Tell:
Today we are going to find out if it is possible to find gold in garbage.
Unlocking
of Difficulties
Through
context clues
waste material
sent
to dumpsites
exceptional waste
management
recycling program
B.
Development
of the Lesson
Presentation
Present
the article to the pupil. Let them read silently.
Gold in Garbage
by Ann
Corvera
Avella
Lipata used to make the rounds of Makati hotels and offices in her truck to
collect waste materials. Back at the
warehouse of her company, she and ten other workers carefully sorted items that
would not be sent to dumpsites, instead sold at competitive prices.
When
her story was featured as an exceptional solid waste management initiative, it
caught the attention of the Solid Waste Management Program.
Any
association might have much to gain from implementing a solid waste management
program. For a busy commercial district,
setting up an organized waste collection and disposal system was not only
cost-efficient, but also helped maintain the malls’ standards as premier
lifestyle centers. It was an association
that initiated the waste collection and recycling program in 1996.
By
the time the group contacted Avella’s company 10 years later, it had reduced
the amount of garbage hauled from the malls from 20 trucks to seven trucks
everyday. Through further segregation,
two truckloads of collected materials can still be recovered and sold.
Introduce
the title of the selection.
Let the
pupils formulate hypothesis about the text.
Ask: What do you think is the selection about?
Let them
read the beginning and last paragraphs of the selection and have them formulate
questions about the text. Write the
questions given by the pupils.
Examples 1. What
do we do with garbage?
2. How can there be gold in garbage?
Analysis and Discussion
The pupils
survey the text to verify the answers to their questions.
The pupils
will then pick out the specific information from the text to confirm their
answers.
Ask:
What is the topic or main idea of the
text based on the survey?
Say: This
time you are going to read the whole text carefully.
Ask: How did
you read the text the first time. Very fast and only the important words was
read.
How do you
call this manner of reading fast to get the general idea of the selection?
Generalization
How do you
skim a text?
·
To skim is to read titles, headings, main
and key words to get a general idea of what the selection is about.
Values Integration
·
How can you help in keeping your surroundings
clean?
·
Why is it important to keep our place
clean?
C.
Post
Activities
Application
Underline
the words you would read or see if you were to skim the following news articles
and write their main ideas.
1. Jaime
Amiel Pahati may have missed out on the silver medal in the flash bouldering
event in the recent Kia X Games Asia held in Shanghai , China Philippines
2. Oil
prices, including the socially sensitive cooking gas or liquefied petroleum
gas, will continue to increase next month, a Department of Energy official said
yesterday.
3. The
Department of Health yesterday announced that a number of hotels and
restaurants have pledged to ban cigarette smoking in their premises and spare
the public from the inconvenience of having to breathe second-hand smoke.
Enrichment
Skim the
following selections then write the main idea of each.
1. The
coldest areas of our planet are the North Pole and the South Pole. The region around the North Pole is called
the Arctic and the region around the South
Pole is known as the Antarctic. Both
poles have daylight for half the year and darkness for the remaining six
months. The climates of both regions are
cold and harsh.
2. Both frogs
and toads can live on land and in water.
Both lay their eggs in the water and both eat bugs. Their similarities end there. The toad is short and thick. Its skin is dry and rough. The frog is long and thin. Its skin is wet and smooth. The toad cannot jump as high as the
frog. It cannot as well jump so far or
so fast.
IV.
Evaluation
Underline
the words you would read or see if you were skimming the article. Write its main idea then answer the questions
that follow.
Monet, French Impressionist
Claude
Monet is one of the most famous French impressionist
painters.
He was born in Paris
he
was 20.
Monet
traveled a lot in France London
he
painted some famous city scenes.
Water Lilies
In 1883, Monet moved to a
large, pink house in Giverny, a small town west of Paris Marmottan Museum Paris
1. Where and when was Monet born?
2. Where is Giverny?
3. What color was Monet’s house?
4. What was special about his garden?
5. What inspired Monet to paint a
famous series of paintings?
V.
Assignment
Clip
the headline in today’s newspaper; paste it on a short bond paper.
Skim
the news article and write its general idea below the article.
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