Reading techniques: "Mice".

1. Skimming: What do you think the text is about?

2. Scanning: Answer the following questions:

• Which mouse can climb very well?
• Which mouse can't live in Antarctica?
• Which mouse can sleep for seven months every year?
• Which mouse eats seeds, worms and beetles?
• Which mouse lives with people?

3. Guessing meaning from the context: Join the words with the corresponding pictures:

4. Reading between the lines: Answer the following questions:

• Why is the Harvest mouse a popular pet?
• Why can the Dormouse hear very well?

5. Predicting: How many types of mice exist in the world?

6. Intensive reading: Complete the following box:

Produced by Cristina Beltrán Sabater and Eva Martín Vega.