School of Languages & English
Upper Intermediate: Reading & Writing
Independent Reading response
Section 1- Article information Topic Lifestyle Name: Nguyen Hai Nhi Author Philippa Perry Student Number S3927113 Article Title I was seeing a man for a few months. Why I am so heartbroken? Date: 6/10/2021 Publication date
NOTE: The news story must be 26/9/2021
from the last THREE WEEKS Stars (delete the ✰✰✰✰✰ Link to text https://www.theguardian. extra stars com/lifeandstyle/2021/se p/26/i-was-seeing-a- man-for-a-few-months- why-am-i-so-heartbroken
Complete each section about the reading text.
Section 2: Write a summary of the text.
Whether past or present, love is a topic that
Think about what, who, where, when and why
appears in the media all the time. And that is when you write.
what the news said as well. The news is a Q&A
session between Philippa and the girl about her
love story. She had everything except love from
Write approximately 100 words.
an outsider. Then she found a man who was
unhappy living in her country and had plans to
move. He went away and made her life a mess.
A psychologist like Philippa absolutely knew that
she was just running away from the truth and
these demons. She was like a paper bag and
trying to contain the water. The advice from
Phillippa was weep, rage, and mourn at the
same time every day for half an hour or focus on
complicated mathematical problems,
School of Languages & English
Upper Intermediate: Reading & Writing crosswords, and other
logical “right-brain” activities. Section 3 - Response:
From my point of view, put myself in the girl’s
● What is your opinion about the story you read
shoes, I completely understand the loneliness about? Why?
feeling and running away her life. The early days
● How does the story relate to your life or to your country?
when she break up, she try to become the girl
● How does this connect to other stories you
who has a strong inwardnes. After that, her life
have read on this topic? (IRR 2 & 3)
seems to be falling because she know that she
can not keep pretending to be strong. Cause we Give reasons for your answers.
are both girls, so i feel that she is extremely
Write at least 160 words.
pitiful. Besides that, Philippa’s solution are really
effective. For instance, light a candle, weep,
write him a love letter that you will never send –
anything. Philippa has a pretty meaningful
saying that is “Human are more complicated
than equations - we have emotions that we
cannot make sense of”. Actually, i am also a
heartfelt lover. Therefore, I experienced the
same story as her. On that day, I also thought
that i was brave enough to overcome the soul’s
pain. But i realized that hiding is not the way to
improve my life. Until i read the story that
The girl told Philip, I thought about “There will be
an angel to love you instead” that is the love novel which i read before
School of Languages & English
Upper Intermediate: Reading & Writing
Which strategies did you use before you read Found a quiet place to read. the text?
Used the headline and pictures to predict what the topic was about.
Thought about what I knew about the topic already.
Thought of vocabulary about the topic that might be in the article.
Other____________________________
Which strategies did you use while you were Concentrated on reading. reading the text? Checked my predictions. Paid attention to keywords.
Asked ‘Wh’ questions about the text.
Stopped reading sometimes to think about how much I understood so far.
Re-read sections to check I understood.
Read to the end to find more information to help me understand difficult parts.
Summarised parts of the text and the main ideas (by writing or in my mind)
Other____________________________
Section 4: Vocabulary: New words and phrases from the text (minimum of three): Write an
example sentence in your own words. Word or phrase in your own words Example sentence 1.suppress
The police were accused of suppressing vital evidence. 2.overriding 3.pressure
The pressure for change continued to mount.