You are going to work on finding main ideas and supporting details, and changing these into your own words, in some more short texts. The texts, and tasks, will become more challenging as we go on... so prepare yourself.
You can practice this by taking any sentence from any text and trying to change it into your own words! Your broadsheet reviews will help you with this also!
Task: Read these paragraphs from the Shetland brochure:
The treeless nature of the islands is due at least in part to the salt spray from the sea thrust ashore by these winds.
The winds have also shaped the built landscape. The buildings along Lerwick’s long narrow main street are huddled together for protection from the elements. All the islands’ many harbours are either natural shelters or else have been given substantial breakwaters. At Sumburgh airport the runway has giant rock defences at either end to protect it from the huge seas. The spectacular power of the sea in strong winds is nowhere better witnessed than along the Eshaness coastline. At the end of the road a lighthouse sits high on a cliff, but stones from the rolling sea below have from time to time broken its windows.
Task: Find the information about the capitalised words and translate them into your own words. I have done the first one for you.
1 TREES- There are no trees on the islands because of the salt travelling from the sea, via the wind, to the shore.
2 STREET-
3 HARBOURS
4 AIRPORT
Task: Read these paragraphs from the Shetland brochure:
The treeless nature of the islands is due at least in part to the salt spray from the sea thrust ashore by these winds.
The winds have also shaped the built landscape. The buildings along Lerwick’s long narrow main street are huddled together for protection from the elements. All the islands’ many harbours are either natural shelters or else have been given substantial breakwaters. At Sumburgh airport the runway has giant rock defences at either end to protect it from the huge seas. The spectacular power of the sea in strong winds is nowhere better witnessed than along the Eshaness coastline. At the end of the road a lighthouse sits high on a cliff, but stones from the rolling sea below have from time to time broken its windows.
Task: Find the information about the capitalised words and translate them into your own words. I have done the first one for you.
1 TREES- There are no trees on the islands because of the salt travelling from the sea, via the wind, to the shore.
2 STREET-
3 HARBOURS
4 AIRPORT
5 LIGHTHOUSE
