Talk about the importance of choosing appropriate reading material for the learner, and cite resources that you think are useful for different levels. Some examples of "real life" materials are mentioned in the tutor training manual. Show overhead, Basic steps when reading with highbeginner to advanced learners and discuss the basic steps involved in teaching a reading lesson. Use a recent news story from a local paper. Have the trainees imagine what the story is about using the title and pictures provided. Have the trainees write a couple of prereading questions based on the title, pictures and material in bold (if applicable). Ask trainees to imagine now that they are planning to use this material in their next lesson. What other prereading activities would they use? What types of questions would they ask about the text? Have trainees work in pairs for 5 minutes and discuss the results. Were the questions written in a variety of forms? Did they all begin with the same wh-question or were there different types of wh-questions? Was the learner asked to apply the information, evaluate what was read or requested to synthesize the material? Let trainees know that these steps may not be appropriate for all learners. For example, those at a very basic level may be able to respond to a picture connected to the text but will probably not be able to answer prediction questions. Note: There is an article included in the overheads/handouts section of the manual. Sample responses are also included for each of the steps highlighted in the tutor training manual. (You may want to let trainees know that Akbar would not complete ALL of the "preparing to read" exercises - only the one that the tutor felt was most appropriate.) Optional: Show trainees the optional handout: Additional vocabulary review using "The fine art of Canadian Conversation" which demonstrates how some of the word forms could be charted for this article.