Reading 2

Predicting, previewing, and scanning in descriptive text

Copiled by:
Vitaloka Medi (21801073065)
Nanda Ayu Marsela Dewi (21801073068)

Supervised by:
Dr. Wahyunengsih, S.pd, M.pd
The Islamic University of Malang (UNISMA)
Faculty of teacher’s training of education
English Department
2019
 Lesson Plan
Course: Reading 2

Topic: Predicting, Previewing, and Scanning in Descriptive text

Time: 40 minutes

Teachers: Vita Loka Medi and Nanda Ayu Marsela Dewi

Group: 10

A. Course Description
In this course we will learn:
1. Predicting
Predicting is not really a technique but a skill which is a basic to all the reading
technique practiced in this part and to the process of reading generally. It is the
faculty of predicting or guessing what is to come next, making use of grammatical,
logical and cultural clues. This skill is at the core of techniques such as
“anticipation” and will therefore be practiced in those sections, but it may be
worthwhile to devote some time to more systematic.

How to predict
1. Look at the tittle
2. Look at the picture
3. Think about what you know already (making connections to prior knowledge)
4. Make our prediction

Autor: F. Grellet
Published: 1999
Tittle: Developing Reading Skill
Published in: Cambridge University
Published by: Cambridge University press

2. Previewing

Previewing is a very specific reading technique which involves using the

table of contents, the appendix, the preface, the chapter and paragraph headings in
order to find out where the required information is likely to be.
 Autor: F. Grellet
Published: 1999
Tittle: Developing Reading Skill
Published in: Cambridge University
Published by: Cambridge University press

 Strategy
Previewing in Reading

Before you read something, look it over quicly. Look at the pictures and read the
titles and the heading (the titles for each paragraph or section.) This will give
you ideas about the reading . Whit ideas in mind, you will understand more.

(Interaction ACCESS Reading by Pamela Hartmann & James Mentel)

 When To Use It
Previewing is a strategy readers use before and during reading.
 How To Use It
When readers preview a text before they read, they first ask themselves
whether the text is fiction or nonfiction.
 If the text is fiction or biography, readers look at the title, chapter
headings, introductory notes, and illustrations for a better
understanding of the content and possible settings or events.
 If the text is nonfiction, readers look at text features and illustrations (and
their captions) to determine subject matter and to recall prior knowledge,
to decide what they know about the subject. Previewing also helps readers
figure out what they don’t know and what they want to find out.
(courses.lumenlearning.com/vccs-enf102-
17fa/chapter/text-previewing/)
3. Scanning
When scanning, we only try to locate specific information and often we do not
even follow the linearity of the passage to do so. We simply let our eyes wander
over the text until we find what we are looking for, whether it be name, a date, or
a less specific piece of information.

Autor: F. Grellet
Published: 1999
Tittle: Developing Reading Skill
Published in: Cambridge University
 Published by: Cambridge University press

 Strategy
Scanning
Tou can scan a reading to find information quikly. Follow these steps
to scan :
 Know the information that you want to find.
 Look for that information.
 Move your eyes quicly across the words. Don’t read every word.
You will practice scanning throughout the book when you look for
specific informatin and details
(Interaction ACCESS Reading by Pamela Hartmann & James Mentel)

1. How to scan a text

When you scan, you know what to look out for and you don’t really
read everything but your eyes search for the keyword or keywords and
looking for a specific word, numbers, names etc.
(Mervyn Blake, Reading Rites Improve Your Comprehension Skills Secondary 1
(EPB Pan Pasific,2006))

4. Descriptive
A. The definition of descriptive text
Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its
purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

B. Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

There are some generic structures of descriptive text. There are
identification and description.
 Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or
object will be described.)
 Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things,
place or person by describing its features, forms, colors, or anything related
to what the writer describe.
C. Purpose of Descriptive text

– To describe person, thing or place in specific

– To describe a particular person, thing or place.

D. Language Feature of Descriptive Text

 – Specific participant: has a certain object, is not common and unique (only
one). for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle
Jim

– The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun. for example: a
beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in jepara, etc.

– The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple
present because it tells the fact of the object described.
– Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut
etc.)

Autor: British Course

Published: August 31, 2017

Website : http://britishcourse.com/descriptive-text-definition-purposes-
generic-structures-language-features.php

B. In this course student will learn:

1. Student be able to understand the definition predicting, previewing, and scanning in

descriptive text.
2. Demonstrate the way of predicting, previewing and scanning in descriptive text.
3. Understand the definition of descriptive text,organization and also the language
features
4. Understand the use of scanning in reading descriptive text

C. Media

1. Power point presentation

2. Presentation using carton 50x70 cm to explain about scanning in descriptive text.
3. Lesson plan to guide the explanation about predicting, previewing and scanning in
descriptive text.
4. Evaluation is quiz in essay related to the topic.

D. Teaching Procedure

1) Pre-teaching (time : 10 minutes)

a. Teachers greet student.

b. Teachers give a brainstorming by asking the student what they know about
experience.

2) Whilst-Teaching (time : 20 minutes)

 a. Teachers read and explain definition of descriptive text.
b. Teachers show the example of descriptive text.

Descriptive text

1. Sphynx Cats

My Sphynx cat is the only pet I have. He has a little hair but is not totally hairless as he has a
peach fuzz over much of his body. His coat is often a warm chamois. My Sphynx has a
normal cat proportion.

I like his tail although my mom say that it is like a rat’s tail. I love his usual color
varieties including, tortoiseshell, chocolate, black, blue, lilac, chocolate etc. He is really an
amazing cat. Believe it or not, he is very intelligent cat. He can respond my voice commands.
He is really funny as well as my friends get a joke. I love him so much as I love my mother.

c. Teachers discuss with the students the topic and how to find the topic of the
descriptive text
d. Teachers show the topic sentence or the main idea of each paragraph.
e. Teachers explain the definition of scanning.
f. Teachers give the example of how to do scanning in descriptive text.
3) Post-teaching
a. Teachers ask the student to conclude the lesson by asking questions:
 What is the definition of predicting?
 What is the definition of previewing?
  What is the definition of scanning?
 What is the definition of descriptive text?
 How to predict?
 How to preview?
 How to scan?
 What are the generic structur of the descriptive text?
 What are the purpose of the descriptive text?
 What are the language features of descriptive text?
b. Teachers give a quiz or games that test the students comprehension related
the topic.
E. Sources

British Course, (August 31, 2017) Website : http://britishcourse.com/descriptive-

text-definition-purposes-generic-structures-language-features.php

courses.lumenlearning.com/vccs-enf102-17fa/chapter/text-previewing/

Interaction ACCESS Reading by Pamela Hartmann & James Mentel

Mervyn Blake, Reading Rites Improve Your Comprehension Skills Secondary 1 (EPB Pan
Pasific,2006)

Grellet, F. (1999). Developing Reading Skills. Cambridge university: Cambridge

university press.

Previewing text (Mrs. Jessica, May 31, 2016) link : https://youtu.be/vu2IhqBFgPU

F. Evaluation
1. What is predicting?
2. What is previewing?
3. What is scanning?
4. What is descriptive text?
5. How to predict?
6. How to preview?
7. How to scan?
8. What is the topic of text?
9. What the generic structur of the descriptive text?
10. What the purpose of the descriptive text?
11. What the language features of descriptive text