Step 3 Reading

1.Skimming and canning.

Purpose: To get a brief understanding of the text and to get the students to have some details in the text.

1. Read the text quickly and try to get some details from the text. Work in pairs and try to ask and answer questions from the text. Questions can be like these.

(1). Why is a volcanologist’s job important?

(2). Where is Mount Kilauea?

(3). Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption?

(4). What caused the writer’s bedroom to become as bright as day even though it was night?

(5). Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting?

(6). Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater?

(7). What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for many years?