Discussion point Discuss these questions with a partner. 1 Look at the picture. How does it make you feel? It makes me feel … 2

READING 1

 Fears, reactions, coping

Before you read

Look at these common fears. Try to rank them in order from the most common

to the least common fear. Discuss your ideas with a partner.

The most common fear is probably …

Global reading

1

Underline the words or ideas that helped you match the sentence to each

paragraph.

The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph, but it might be the second or third

sentence. It introduces the main idea of the paragraph and all other ideas in the paragraph will be

related to the topic sentence. You can use topic sentences to help you locate the information you need

more quickly.