Grade 6, reading
Reading Strategies
Skim, scan, find the main idea, guess new words. Short stories and texts, each with one reading skill: the main idea, the order of events, facts and opinions.
The rule in one line
Read the questions FIRST → skim the passage → scan for each answer
What is in this lesson
- Short steps5 steps with pictures, sound and instant feedback.
- Chalkboard trickReading detective: skim · scan · think: a picture on the board that makes the rule easy to remember.
- Notes to copyA short note for the exercise book, made for the Sri Lankan classroom.
- Sinhala and Tamil helpPress and hold any English word to see its meaning.
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- Reading an EmailGrade 8 · informal messageGrade 8
- Saving Our ElephantsGrade 9 · environment articleGrade 9
- The Power of ReadingGrade 9 · opinion article — find the writer's viewGrade 9
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- A Young InventorO/L · biography — true or false?O/L
Questions parents ask
Which grade learns Reading Strategies?
In English Genius it is a Grade 6 lesson, in the reading topic. Students in any later grade can open it again to revise.
How do students practise Reading Strategies?
Inside the lesson itself: questions on the text, like the ones in school tests, with instant feedback. There is also a short note to copy into the exercise book.
How much does it cost?
7 days of everything for Rs. 100, then from Rs. 750 a month.
Try everything for 7 days for Rs. 100
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