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Reading Strategies
Scanning
When you Read, you usually look for specific information or details.
Questions like “who?” “what?” “how?” “where?” “when?” will help you to get the ideas you areinterested in. When you use this strategy, you can read quickly and still get more information.
3. Read the text again to get this information. Match column A and column B.

a. In the USA, peoplecelebrate…
b. On this date, they….
c. in Colombia, people…
d. but in europe, children…
1.… have a party at school
2.… St. Valentine’s day on february 14th.
3…. Sing songs and receive presents
4….Play “secret friend”

Now, answer the following questions base don the text:
a. Do you celebrate saint valentine’s day in your country?__________________________________________________________________

b. When is it?
_________________________________________________________________
c. Does it have the same name? If not, what is it called?-------------------------------------------------

d. How did you celebrate it last year?
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e. Ask your parents or your grandparents about it. How did they celebrateit?
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4. listen and complete the postcard that Barbara wrote to a friend in canada.

Dear Sandy:

Last week, we ________ St. Valentine’s
Day atschool.
We ________ a great party. I _______ a beautiful _______ to my friend Betty. I decorated it with colorfulpapers. She liked it very much. My classmates brought ________ and our french teacher________ a delicious _______.
What about you? What did you _______ on that day?
Write to me soom
Lots of love
Barbara

Word Bank
Do had prepared gave Candycelebrated cake gift

Writing strategies

When you follow a dictation, pay attention to the meaning of what you hear. Then, check the spelling of the words you wrote.

* Match...