50 likes | 250 Views
Reading Strategies. Identifying essential and non-essential words. Dealing with new words. We do not need to know all the words to understand a text. When we see a word that we do not know we need to determine if it is essential or non-essential. Essential We need to know
E N D
Reading Strategies Identifying essential and non-essential words
Dealing with new words • We do not need to know all the words to understand a text. • When we see a word that we do not know we need to determine if it is essentialor non-essential.
Essential • We need to know • Ex. verbs and nouns • Non-essential • We do not need to know
Examples of essential words • Pesticide prices are much higher than last month. • The amount of Puerto Rican fruits sold in the island always increases in April. • Some agronomists believe that the coffee industry is in precarious conditions.
This is one of the largest ebbits in the country but not one of the largest farms in the world. • It is especially important to mebegle. • Scientists make decisions based on lazzapit-evidence from research. • We need to think about the tubblits-for example, the biological and ecological consequences.