S: In (a), it says "Oliver Twist said that he would ask for more food". But as a matter of fact, he was not willing to do it. He was chosen to do that.

T: Good. Who can tell me why (c) is wrong?

S: In (c), it says "the workhouse managers were very angry and sent Oliver out to work". According to the text, he was locked in a room.

Step III Scanning

In this step, the students will do some scanning. Check their understanding of some detailed information. First, show the students some questions based on the passage and let them find the answers.

Questions:

1. What was the room like where the boys were fed?

2. Why did the bowls never needed washing?

3. Why did the boys choose one boy to ask for more food?

4. How did they choose the representative to ask for more food?

5. Why they choose Oliver as the representative?

6. What was the warden like?

7. When Oliver Twist to ask for more food, what is the warden's reaction?

8. What about Oliver's final result for asking for more food?

9. What can we learn from the sentence "Nobody disagreed with the gentleman's opinion?"?

Suggested answers:

1. The room was a large stone hall, with a large pot at one end.

2. Because the boys cleaned them with their spoons, trying to eat every bit of soup.

3. Because first each boy were allowed one bowl of soup and no more; second, boys usually have excellent appetites; third, they have starved for three months. As a result, the boys became quite wild with hunger.

4. They wrote their names on a piece of paper and picked one out.

5. Because he is a shy, weak and timid boy. They are always bullying smaller boys.

6. He was a fat, healthy man who is very cruel.