Skimming Practice

Name of the students:

MARIA FERNANDA RIASCOS

NICOLLE MELANIE CUERO
ALIZ LISET VELASQUEZ

- Skim the text below. Read it quickly. Don’t use a dictionary. Then,
answer the question.

Sundance by Teresa Wilson

I really don’t know why this book is so popular. I mean, I suppose it is going to
appeal to young girls who want danger and romance, but I found this book
really tedious. For a start, the characters were really unconvincing. The author
went out of her way to add lots of details about the characters, but I found these
details really pointless. I thought that some of the facts she presented about the
main characters would become significant in some way later in the novel, but
they didn’t. They were just worthless bits of information. I also was disappointed
that, although this book is meant to be about kids at high school, the writer
seems to have no recollection at all about what it’s like to be 17. The main
character thought and acted like a 32-year old. It just wasn’t believable. I’m not
saying Teresa Wilson is a bad writer. She can obviously string words together
and come up with a story that is appealing to a large number of people, but she
lacks anything original. There is no flair. It just uses the same sort of language
as you can see in many other mediocre novels.

Q1: How did Kerry feel about the book?

SHE BELIEVES THAT THE BOOK IS OVERRATED, AS IT IS VERY
POPULAR, BUT PERSONALLY, SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT MUCH.
 Scanning Practice

Scan the text below for the answers to the questions. Try to use keywords in the
questions to help you look for specific information.

Sundance by Teresa Wilson

I really don’t know why this book is so popular. I mean, I suppose it is going to
appeal to young girls who want danger and romance, but I found this book
really tedious. For a start, the characters were really unconvincing. The author
went out of her way to add lots of details about the characters, but I found these
details really pointless. I thought that some of the facts she presented about the
main characters would become significant in some way later in the novel, but
they didn’t. They were just worthless bits of information. I also was disappointed
that, although this book is meant to be about kids at high school, the writer
seems to have no recollection at all about what it’s like to be 17. The main
character thought and acted like a 32-year old. It just wasn’t believable. I’m not
saying Teresa Wilson is a bad writer. She can obviously string words together
and come up with a story that is appealing to a large number of people, but she
lacks anything original. There is no flair. It just uses the same sort of language
as you can see in many other mediocre novels.

Q1: Which age group will like this book?

17 A 32 YEARS OLD

Q2: Who is Teresa Wilson?

TERESA WILSON IS A WRITER

Q3: What does “mediocre” mean in the last line?

REGULAR
 Crossword puzzle

1 2 3

S T A F F F
4

A M M O
5 6

L O R D E R S

A U E I
7

R N T N
8 9

Y T Y P I N G
10

G E N E
11

M A N A G E R

Across Down
1. All the workers in a company 1. Money paid to a worker
4. Short for "money order" 2. Quantity, or a sum of money
5. How many _ _ _ _ _ _ did our sales staff 3. Our company is looking _ _ _ a new
get today? manager.
7. A manager's job is to _ _ _ a company. 4. "I can't talk now. I'm in a _ _ _ _ _ _
8. Computer keyboard skill _."
11. A person who runs a company 6. This person works in the music
business
9. Japanese money
10. Short for "general manager"